,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #igd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ab1         
#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 direct the ,secretary of 
,state to seek to enter into            
negotiations with the ,taipei ,economic 
and ,cultural ,representative ,office to
 rename its office the ,taiwan          
,representative ,office1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,taiwan             
,representative ,office ,act4  #b4      
,designation of and references to       
,taiwan ,representative ,office  7a7    
,statement of policy ,it shall be the   
policy of the ,united ,states1          
consistent with the ,taiwan ,relations  
,act 7,public ,law #if-h2 #bb ,u4,s4,c4 
#ccja et seq47 and the ,six ,assurances1
 originally conveyed to ,taiwan by      
,president ,ronald ,reagan in #aihb--   

7#a7 to provide the people of ,taiwan   
with de facto diplomatic treatment      
equivalent to foreign countries1        
nations1 states1 governments1 or similar
 entities2 and  7#b7 consistent with the
 policy described in paragraph 7#a71 to 
rename the ,taipei ,economic and        
,cultural ,representative ,office in the
 ,united ,states as the ,taiwan         
,representative ,office4  7b7 ,renaming 
,the ,secretary of ,state shall seek to 
enter into negotiations with the ,taipei
 ,economic and ,cultural ,representative
 ,office to rename its office in the    
,district of ,colombia as the ,taiwan   
,representative ,office4  7c7           
,references ,if the ,taipei ,economic   
and ,cultural ,representative ,office is
 renamed as the ,taiwan ,representative 
,office1 any reference in a law1 map1   
regulation1 document1 paper1 or other   
record of the ,united ,states           
,government to the ,taipei ,economic and
 ,cultural ,representative ,office shall
 be deemed to be a reference to the     

,taiwan ,representative ,office1        
including for all official purposes of  
the ,government of the ,united ,states1 
all courts of the ,united ,states1 and  
any proceedings thereof4  7d7 ,rule of  
construction ,nothing in this section   
may be construed as-- 7#a7 entailing the
 restoration of diplomatic relations    
with the ,republic of ,china 7,taiwan72 
or  7#b7 altering the position of the   
,united ,states with respect to the     
international status of ,taiwan4