,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #baac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ad1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,donalds 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,collins1  
,mr4 ,tiffany1 and ,mr4 ,moore of       
,alabama7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,foreign ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to      
require agencies to use the term ,taiwan
 instead of ,chinese ,taipei1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,america       
,supports ,taiwan ,act4  #b4 ,findings2 
purpose  7a7 ,findings ,congress finds  
as follows3 7#a7 ,the ,united ,states   
,government has never officially        
recognized the ,people's ,republic of   
,china's claim of sovereignty over      
,taiwan4  7#b7 ,the ,people's ,republic 
of ,china1 led by the ,chinese          
,communist ,party1 seeks to control     
,taiwan through means of persuasion and 
coercion1 and potentially compellence4  
7#c7 ,the ,people's ,liberation ,army   
seeks to have the capability to invade  

,taiwan by #bjbg1 the #ajjth anniversary
 of the founding of the ,chinese        
,communist ,party's military1 the       
,people's ,liberation ,army4  7#d7 ,the 
,people's ,republic of ,china refers to 
,taiwan as a region and to the          
,president of ,taiwan as the leader of  
the ,taiwan region1 consistent with its 
assertion that ,taiwan is a region of   
the ,people's ,republic of ,china4  7#e7
 ,taiwan and mainland ,china are        
separated by a median line in the       
,taiwan ,strait1 which acts as an       
unofficial boundary that was generally  
respected from #aiii1 until ,september  
#bjbj1 when a ,chinese ,foreign         
,ministry spokesman stated1 there is no 
so-called median line in the ,strait1   
and ,people's ,liberation ,army aircraft
 and vessels have repeatedly crossed the
 median line since then1 as more than   
#a1djj ,,prc aircraft reportedly crossed
 the median line in #bjbd4  7#f7 ,an    
accounting1 based on ,taiwan ,ministry  
of ,national ,defense reporting1 of     

incursions into ,taiwan's de facto ,air 
,defense ,identification ,zone by ,,prc 
military aircraft illustrates a sharp   
increase over time1 with approximately  
#c1jge incursions in #bjbd1 up from     
approximately #cij in #bjbj1            
illustrating a more confrontational     
posture toward ,taiwan and honing       
military capabilities required to       
conduct combat operations near ,taiwan4 
7#g7 ,many people of ,taiwan see the    
,chinese ,taipei nomenclature as a      
symbol of oppression from the ,people's 
,republic of ,china1 originally stemming
 from an effort to find a way for both  
,taiwan and the ,people's ,republic of  
,china to participate in the #aihj ,lake
 ,placid ,winter ,olympics and the #aihj
 ,moscow ,summer ,olympics4  7#h7 ,in   
,mandarin ,chinese1 ,taiwan uses a      
version of ,chinese ,taipei in which    
,chinese is the cultural term zhonghua  
and does not have sovereignty           
connotations4  7#i7 ,comparatively1 the 
,chinese-language translation of        

,chinese ,taipei carries the connotation
 that ,taiwan is culturally ,chinese1   
and thus the ,english term can be easily
 misunderstood to connote ,,prc         
possession of ,taipei1 and by extension1
 all of ,taiwan4  7b7 ,purpose ,it is   
the sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7 the  
,united ,states must stand firm in the  
commitments it made in the ,taiwan      
,relations ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #ccja et 
seq471 which declares that it is the    
policy of the ,united ,states to        
maintain the capacity of the ,united    
,states to resist any resort to force or
 other forms of coercion that would     
jeopardize the security1 or the social  
or economic system1 of the people on    
,taiwan2  7#b7 the ,united ,states      
,government continues to support ,taiwan
 and enable it to maintain a sufficient 
self-defense capability as it withstands
 control-seeking persuasion and coercion
 from an increasingly aggressive        
,people's ,republic of ,china2 and  7#c7
 the ,united ,states ,government        

disfavors the use of the ,chinese       
,taipei nomenclature1 and instead favors
 the use of ,taiwan so as to avoid      
connotations of possession with the     
,chinese ,taipei term in ,english and   
support resolution of cross-,strait     
differences by peaceful means1 free from
 coercion1 in a manner acceptable to the
 people on both sides of the ,strait4   
#c4 ,agency requirement to use ,taiwan  
7a7 ,in general ,the head of an agency  
may not use ,chinese ,taipei and shall  
use ,taiwan1 except-- 7#a7 in historical
 context explaining the ,people's       
,republic of ,china's attempt to control
 ,taiwan through persuasion and         
coercion2 or  7#b7 to the extent that   
the head of the agency is working on    
matters relating to ,taiwan with an     
international organization at which     
,taiwan is a participant under a        
different official name4  7b7           
,requirement ,to update agency websites 
,not later than #ad days after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act1 the head 

of each agency shall ensure the website 
of the agency meets the requirements of 
this section4  7c7 ,agency defined ,the 
term agency has the meaning given that  
term in section #eea of title #e1       
,united ,states ,code4