,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cbjh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ai1 
#bjbe,mr4 ,curtis 7for himself and ,mr4 
,merkley7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations   
,a ,,bill  ,to codify the ,six          
,assurances to ,taiwan1 provide         
congressional review of the ,six        
,assurances1 protect ,taiwan from       
coercion1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,six ,assurances to ,taiwan ,act4   
#b4 ,findings ,congress finds the       
following3 7#a7 ,taiwan is a free and   
prosperous democracy of more than       
#bc1jjj1jjj people and an important     
economic partner to the ,united ,states4
  7#b7 ,the ,people's ,republic of      
,china 7,,prc7 has long sought to       
subjugate ,taiwan and has not renounced 
the use of force to do so4  7#c7 ,the   
,united ,states longstanding ,one-,china
 ,policy1 which is guided by the ,taiwan

 ,relations ,act 7,public ,law #if-h71  
the three ,united ,states-,china ,joint 
,communiqus1 and the ,six ,assurances1  
has guided ,united ,states-,taiwan      
relations across successive             
administrations and contributed to peace
 and stability in the ,indo-,pacific4   
7#d7 ,from ,july to ,august #aihb1      
before and immediately after the release
 of the ,united ,states-,china ,joint   
,communiqu on ,united ,states ,arms     
,sales to ,taiwan 7the #aihb ,joint     
,communiqu7 on ,august #ag1 #aihb1 the  
,reagan ,administration articulated six 
key foreign policy principles regarding 
,united ,states-,taiwan relations4  7#e7
 ,on ,july #aj1 #aihb1 then-,under      
,secretary of ,state ,lawrence          
,eagleburger sent a cable to ,james     
,lilley1 then-director of the ,american 
,institute in ,taiwan1 detailing what   
the ,united ,states had not agreed to in
 its negotiations with the ,people's    
,republic of ,china over the #aihb      
,joint ,communiqu4 ,he wrote-- 7,a7 ,we 

have not agreed to set a date certain   
for ending arms sales to ,taiwan42  7,b7
 ,we have not agreed to prior           
consultation on arms sales42  7,c7 ,we  
have not agreed to any mediation role   
for the ,u4,s42  7,d7 ,we have not      
agreed to revise the ,taiwan ,relations 
,act42  7,e7 ,we have not agreed to take
 any position regarding sovereignty over
 ,taiwan42 and  7,f7 ,the ,,prc has at  
no time urged us to put pressure on     
,taiwan to negotiate with the ,,prc2    
however1 we can assure you that we will 
never do so4  7#f7 ,on ,august #ag1     
#aihb1 then-,secretary of ,state ,george
 ,shultz provided ,lilley with a version
 of the ,six ,assurances for ,taiwan's  
government to release1 stating that the 
,united ,states-- 7,a7 has not agreed to
 set a date for ending arms sales to    
,taiwan2  7,b7 has not agreed to consult
 with the ,,prc on arms sales to        
,taiwan2  7,c7 will not play any        
mediation role between ,taipei and      
,beijing2  7,d7 has not agreed to revise

 the ,taiwan ,relations ,act2  7,e7 has 
not altered its position regarding      
sovereignty over ,taiwan2 and  7,f7 will
 not exert pressure on ,taiwan to enter 
into negotiations with the ,,prc4  7#g7 
,on ,august #ag1 #aihb1 then-,assistant 
,secretary of ,state for ,east ,asian   
and ,pacific ,affairs ,john ,h4         
,holdridge testified on behalf of the   
executive branch before the ,committee  
on ,foreign ,relations of the ,senate   
about the #aihb ,joint ,communiqu that--
 7,a7 ,we did not agree to set a date   
certain for ending arms sales to        
,taiwan42  7,b7 ,the #aihb ,joint       
,communiqu should not be read to imply  
that we have agreed to engage in prior  
consultations with ,beijing on arms     
sales to ,taiwan42  7,c7 ,we see no     
mediation role for the ,united ,states42
  7,d7 ,we have no plans to seek any    
such revisions to the ,taiwan ,relations
 ,act42  7,e7 ,there has been no change 
in our longstanding position on the     
issue of sovereignty over ,taiwan42 and 

7,f7 ,nor will we attempt to exert      
pressure on ,taiwan to enter into       
negotiations with the ,,prc44  7#h7 ,on 
,august #ah1 #aihb1 ,holdridge testified
 on behalf of the executive branch      
before the ,house ,committee on ,foreign
 ,affairs about the #aihb ,joint        
,communiqu that-- 7,a7 ,we did not agree
 to set a date certain for ending arms  
sales to ,taiwan42  7,b7 ,the #aihb     
,joint ,communiqu should not be read    
that we have agreed to engage in prior  
consultations with ,beijing on arms     
sales to ,taiwan42  7,c7 ,we see no     
mediation role for the ,united ,states42
  7,d7 ,we have no plans to seek any    
such revisions to the ,taiwan ,relations
 ,act42  7,e7 ,there has been no change 
in our longstanding position on the     
issue of sovereignty over ,taiwan42 and 
7,f7 ,nor will we attempt to exert      
pressure on ,taiwan to enter into       
negotiations with the ,people's         
,republic of ,china44  7#i7 ,these six  
foreign policy principles1 as           

articulated by ,eagleburger1 ,shultz1   
and ,holdridge1 have collectively come  
to be known as the ,six ,assurances4    
7#aj7 ,section #abfi;,d of the ,national
 ,defense ,authorization ,act for       
,fiscal ,year #bjbj 7,public ,law       
#aaf-ib2 #acc ,stat4 #afha7 and section 
#abeh of the ,john ,s4 ,mc,cain         
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal #bjai 7,public ,law         
#aae-bcb2 #acb ,stat4 #bjeh7 each state 
that it is the sense of ,congress that  
the ,taiwan ,relations ,act and the ,six
 ,assurances are both cornerstones of   
,united ,states-,taiwan relations4      
7#aa7 ,section #bji of the ,asia        
,reassurance ,initiative ,act of #bjah  
7,public ,law #aae-dji2 #bb ,u4,s4,c4   
#ccja note7 states that it is ,united   
,states policy for the ,united ,states  
to enforce existing ,united ,states     
,government commitments to ,taiwan1     
consistent with the ,taiwan ,relations  
,act of #aigi 7,public ,law #if-h71 the 
#c joint communiques1 and the ,six      

,assurances4  7#ab7 ,section #abei of   
the ,national ,defense ,authorization   
,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjah 7,public   
,law #aae-ia2 #bb ,u4,s4,c4 #ccja note7 
states that it is ,united ,states policy
 for the ,united ,states to reinforce   
its commitments to ,taiwan under the    
,taiwan ,relations ,act and consistent  
with the ,six ,assurances4  #c4 ,sense  
of ,congress ,it is the sense of        
,congress that-- 7#a7 the maintenance of
 peace and stability across the ,taiwan 
,strait are in the political1 security1 
and economic interests of the ,united   
,states1 and are matters of             
international concern2  7#b7 any        
unilateral change to the status quo from
 either side or negotiated settlement of
 the question of ,taiwan's status       
without the consent of both sides of the
 ,strait is unacceptable2  7#c7 the     
future of ,taiwan must be determined by 
peaceful means2 and  7#d7 the           
maintenance of the ,six ,assurances     
constitutes a stabilizing and necessary 

component of the ,united ,states policy 
toward ,taiwan4  #d4 ,statement of      
policy ,it is the policy of the ,united 
,states to reaffirm that1 in the context
 of the #aihb ,joint ,communiqu1 the    
,united ,states-- 7#a7 did not agree to 
set a date for ending arms sales to     
,taiwan2  7#b7 did not agree to consult 
with the ,people's ,republic of ,china  
on arms sales to ,taiwan2  7#c7 did not 
and will not agree to play any mediation
 role2  7#d7 did not agree to seek to   
revise the ,taiwan ,relations ,act2     
7#e7 did not take any position regarding
 the issue of sovereignty over ,taiwan2 
and  7#f7 will not exert pressure on    
,taiwan to enter into negotiations with 
the ,people's ,republic of ,china4  #e4 
,congressional review of certain actions
 relating to the ,six ,assurances to    
,taiwan  7a7 ,submission to ,congress of
 proposed action  7#a7 ,in general      
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 before taking any action described 
in paragraph 7#b71 the ,president shall 

submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees and leadership a notification
 that describes the proposed action and 
the reasons for that action4  7#b7      
,actions described ,an action described 
in this paragraph is an action-- 7,a7 to
 pause or terminate the provision of    
arms of a defensive character to        
,taiwan2  7,b7 to negotiate with the    
,people's ,republic of ,china about the 
provision of arms of a defensive        
character to ,taiwan2  7,c7 to mediate  
between ,taiwan and the ,people's       
,republic of ,china regarding the issue 
of sovereignty over ,taiwan2  7,d7 to   
change the ,united ,states longstanding 
position on the issue of the sovereignty
 over ,taiwan2 or  7,e7 to exert        
pressure on ,taiwan to enter into       
negotiations with the ,people's         
,republic of ,china4  7#c7 ,description 
of type of action ,each notification    
submitted under paragraph 7#a7 with     
respect to an action described in       
paragraph 7#b7 shall include a          

description of whether the action is or 
is not intended to significantly alter  
,united ,states foreign policy with     
respect to ,taiwan or the ,people's     
,republic of ,china4  7#d7 ,inclusion of
 additional matter ,each notification   
submitted under paragraph 7#a7 that     
relates to an action that is intended to
 significantly alter ,united ,states    
foreign policy with respect to ,taiwan  
or the ,people's ,republic of ,china    
shall include a description of-- 7,a7   
the significant alteration to ,united   
,states foreign policy with respect to  
,taiwan or the ,people's ,republic of   
,china2  7,b7 the anticipated effect of 
the action on the economic and national 
security interests of the ,united       
,states2 and  7,c7 the anticipated      
effect of the action on the issue of the
 sovereignty over ,taiwan4  7b7 ,period 
for review by ,congress  7#a7 ,in       
general ,during the period of #cj       
calendar days beginning on the date on  
which the ,president submits a          

notification under subsection 7a77#a71  
the appropriate congressional committees
 should hold hearings and briefings and 
otherwise obtain information in order to
 fully review the notification4  7#b7   
,exception ,the period for congressional
 review under paragraph 7#a7 of a       
notification required to be submitted   
under subsection 7a77#a7 shall be #fj   
calendar days if the notification is    
submitted on or after ,july #aj and on  
or before ,september #g in any calendar 
year4  7#c7 ,limitation on actions      
during initial congressional review     
period ,notwithstanding any other       
provision of law1 during the period for 
congressional review provided for under 
paragraph 7#a7 of a notification        
submitted under subsection 7a77#a7      
proposing an action described in        
subsection 7a77#b71 including any       
additional period for such review as    
applicable under the exception provided 
in paragraph 7#b71 neither the          
,president nor any other officer or     

employee of the ,united ,states may take
 that action or expend any appropriated 
funds in furtherance of that action     
unless a joint resolution of approval   
with respect to that action is enacted  
in accordance with subsection 7c74  7#d7
 ,limitation on actions during          
presidential consideration of a joint   
resolution of disapproval               
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 if a joint resolution of           
disapproval relating to a notification  
submitted under subsection 7a77#a7      
proposing an action described in        
subsection 7a77#b7 passes both ,houses  
of ,congress in accordance with         
subsection 7c71 neither the ,president  
nor any other officer or employee of the
 ,united ,states may take that action or
 expend any appropriated funds in       
furtherance of that action for a period 
of #ab calendar days after the date of  
passage of the joint resolution of      
disapproval4  7#e7 ,limitation on       
actions during congressional            

reconsideration of a joint resolution of
 disapproval ,notwithstanding any other 
provision of law1 if a joint resolution 
of disapproval relating to a            
notification submitted under subsection 
7a77#a7 proposing an action described in
 subsection 7a77#b7 passes both ,houses 
of ,congress in accordance with         
subsection 7c71 and the ,president      
vetoes the joint resolution1 neither the
 ,president nor any other officer or    
employee of the ,united ,states may take
 that action or expend any appropriated 
funds in furtherance of that action for 
a period of #aj calendar days after the 
date of the ,president's veto4  7#f7    
,effect of enactment of a joint         
resolution of disapproval               
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 if a joint resolution of           
disapproval relating to a notification  
submitted under subsection 7a77#a7      
proposing an action described in        
subsection 7a77#b7 is enacted in        
accordance with subsection 7c71 neither 

the ,president nor any other officer or 
employee of the ,united ,states may take
 that action or expend any appropriated 
funds in furtherance of that action4    
7c7 ,joint resolutions of disapproval or
 approval  7#a7 ,definitions ,in this   
subsection3 7,a7 ,joint resolution of   
approval ,the term joint resolution of  
approval means only a joint resolution  
of either ,house of ,congress-- 7i7 the 
title of which is as follows3 ,a joint  
resolution approving the ,president's   
proposal to take an action relating to  
the ,six ,assurances to ,taiwan42 and   
7ii7 the sole matter after the resolving
 clause of which is the following3      
,congress approves of the action        
relating to the action with respect to  
the ,six ,assurances to ,taiwan proposed
 by the ,president in the notification  
submitted to ,congress under section    
#b7;a77#a7 of the ,six ,assurances to   
,taiwan ,act on  relating to 41 with the
 first blank space being filled with the
 appropriate date and the second blank  

space being filled with a short         
description of the proposed action4     
7,b7 ,joint resolution of disapproval   
,the term joint resolution of           
disapproval means only a joint          
resolution of either ,house of          
,congress-- 7i7 the title of which is as
 follows3 ,a joint resolution           
disapproving the ,president's proposal  
to take an action relating to the ,six  
,assurances to ,taiwan42 and  7ii7 the  
sole matter after the resolving clause  
of which is the following3 ,congress    
disapproves of the action relating to   
the ,six ,assurances to ,taiwan proposed
 by the ,president in the notification  
submitted to ,congress under section    
#b7;a77#a7 of the ,six ,assurances to   
,taiwan ,act on  relating to 41 with the
 first blank space being filled with the
 appropriate date and the second blank  
space being filled with a short         
description of the proposed action4     
7#b7 ,introduction ,during the period of
 #cj calendar days provided for under   

subsection 7b77#a71 including any       
additional period as applicable under   
the exception provided in subsection    
7b77#b71 a joint resolution of approval 
or joint resolution of disapproval may  
be introduced-- 7,a7 in the ,house of   
,representatives1 by the majority leader
 or the minority leader2 and  7,b7 in   
the ,senate1 by the majority leader 7or 
the majority leader's designee7 or the  
minority leader 7or the minority        
leader's designee74  7#c7 ,floor        
consideration in house of               
representatives ,if the appropriate     
congressional committee of the ,house of
 ,representatives has not reported the  
joint resolution within #aj legislative 
days after the date of referral1 that   
committee shall be discharged from      
further consideration of the joint      
resolution4  7#d7 ,consideration in the 
senate  7,a7 ,committee referral ,a     
joint resolution of approval or joint   
resolution of disapproval introduced in 
the ,senate shall be referred to the    

,committee on ,foreign ,relations4  7,b7
 ,reporting and discharge ,if the       
committee to which a joint resolution of
 approval or joint resolution of        
disapproval was referred has not        
reported the joint resolution within #aj
 calendar days after the date of        
referral of the joint resolution1 that  
committee shall be discharged from      
further consideration of the joint      
resolution and the joint resolution     
shall be placed on the appropriate      
calendar4  7,c7 ,proceeding to          
consideration ,notwithstanding ,rule    
,,xxii of the ,standing ,rules of the   
,senate1 it is in order at any time     
after the ,committee on ,foreign        
,relations reports a joint resolution of
 approval or joint resolution of        
disapproval to the ,senate or has been  
discharged from consideration of such a 
joint resolution 7even though a previous
 motion to the same effect has been     
disagreed to7 to move to proceed to the 
consideration of the joint resolution1  

and all points of order against the     
joint resolution 7and against           
consideration of the joint resolution7  
are waived4 ,the motion to proceed is   
not debatable4 ,the motion is not       
subject to a motion to postpone4 ,a     
motion to reconsider the vote by which  
the motion is agreed to or disagreed to 
shall not be in order4  7,d7 ,rulings of
 the chair on procedure ,appeals from   
the decisions of the ,chair relating to 
the application of the rules of the     
,senate1 as the case may be1 to the     
procedure relating to a joint resolution
 of approval or joint resolution of     
disapproval shall be decided without    
debate4  7,e7 ,consideration of veto    
messages ,debate in the ,senate of any  
veto message with respect to a joint    
resolution of approval or joint         
resolution of disapproval1 including all
 debatable motions and appeals in       
connection with the joint resolution1   
shall be limited to #aj hours1 to be    
equally divided between1 and controlled 

by1 the majority leader and the minority
 leader or their designees4  7#e7 ,rules
 relating to senate and house of        
representatives  7,a7 ,treatment of     
senate joint resolution in house ,in the
 ,house of ,representatives1 the        
following procedures shall apply to a   
joint resolution of approval or a joint 
resolution of disapproval received from 
the ,senate 7unless the ,house has      
already passed a joint resolution       
relating to the same proposed action73  
7i7 ,the joint resolution shall be      
referred to the appropriate committee4  
7ii7 ,if a committee to which a joint   
resolution has been referred has not    
reported the joint resolution within #e 
legislative days after the date of      
referral1 that committee shall be       
discharged from further consideration of
 the joint resolution4  7iii7 ,beginning
 on the third legislative day after each
 committee to which a joint resolution  
has been referred reports the joint     
resolution to the ,house or has been    

discharged from further consideration   
thereof1 it shall be in order to move to
 proceed to consider the joint          
resolution in the ,house4 ,all points of
 order against the motion are waived4   
,such a motion shall not be in order    
after the ,house has disposed of a      
motion to proceed on the joint          
resolution4 ,the previous question shall
 be considered as ordered on the motion 
to its adoption without intervening     
motion4 ,the motion shall not be        
debatable4 ,a motion to reconsider the  
vote by which the motion is disposed of 
shall not be in order4  7iv7 ,the joint 
resolution shall be considered as read4 
,all points of order against the joint  
resolution and against its consideration
 are waived4 ,the previous question     
shall be considered as ordered on the   
joint resolution to final passage       
without intervening motion except #b    
hours of debate equally divided and     
controlled by the sponsor of the joint  
resolution 7or a designee7 and an       

opponent4 ,a motion to reconsider the   
vote on passage of the joint resolution 
shall not be in order4  7,b7 ,treatment 
of house joint resolution in ,senate    
7i7 ,receipt before passage ,if1 before 
the passage by the ,senate of a joint   
resolution of approval or joint         
resolution of disapproval1 the ,senate  
receives an identical joint resolution  
from the ,house of ,representatives1 the
 following procedures shall apply3 7,i7 
,that joint resolution shall not be     
referred to a committee4  7,,ii7 ,with  
respect to that joint resolution-- 7aa7 
the procedure in the ,senate shall be   
the same as if no joint resolution had  
been received from the ,house of        
,representatives2 but  7bb7 the vote on 
passage shall be on the joint resolution
 from the ,house of ,representatives4   
7ii7 ,receipt after passage ,if1        
following passage of a joint resolution 
of approval or joint resolution of      
disapproval in the ,senate1 the ,senate 
receives an identical joint resolution  

from the ,house of ,representatives1    
that joint resolution shall be placed on
 the appropriate ,senate calendar4      
7iii7 ,no companion measure ,if a joint 
resolution of approval or a joint       
resolution of disapproval is received   
from the ,house1 and no companion joint 
resolution has been introduced in the   
,senate1 the ,senate procedures under   
this subsection shall apply to the      
,house joint resolution4  7,c7          
,application to revenue measures ,the   
provisions of this paragraph shall not  
apply in the ,house of ,representatives 
to a joint resolution of approval or    
joint resolution of disapproval that is 
a revenue measure4  7#f7 ,rules of the  
,house of ,representatives and ,senate  
,this subsection is enacted by          
,congress-- 7,a7 as an exercise of the  
rulemaking power of the ,senate and the 
,house of ,representatives1             
respectively1 and as such is deemed a   
part of the rules of each ,house1       
respectively1 and supersedes other rules

 only to the extent that it is          
inconsistent with such rules2 and  7,b7 
with full recognition of the            
constitutional right of either ,house to
 change the rules 7so far as relating to
 the procedure of that ,house7 at any   
time1 in the same manner1 and to the    
same extent as in the case of any other 
rule of that ,house4  7d7 ,appropriate  
congressional committees defined ,in    
this section1 the term appropriate      
congressional committees means-- 7#a7   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations of
 the ,senate2 and  7#b7 the ,committee  
on ,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of   
,representatives4  #f4 ,severability ,if
 any provision of this ,act1 or the     
application thereof1 is held invalid1   
the validity of the remainder of this   
,act and the application of such        
provision to other persons and          
circumstances shall not be affected     
thereby4