S. 579: A bill to direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan at the triennial International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly, and for other purposes.

113th Congress · introduced 2013-03-14 · International Affairs · Latest: Committee on Foreign Relations Senate Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-458.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-03-14 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Committee on Foreign Relations Senate Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-458. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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A bill to direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan at the triennial International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly, and for other purposes.

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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.) Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan at the next triennial International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly to be held in September 2013 in Montreal, Canada; and (2) instruct the U.S. Mission to the ICAO to officially request observer status for Taiwan at the Assembly and other related meetings, activities, and mechanisms, and urge ICAO member states to support Taiwan observer status and participation in the ICAO. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress, in unclassified form, describing the U.S. strategy to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the triennial ICAO Assembly and at any subsequent ICAO Assemblies and other related meetings.

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A bill to direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan at the triennial International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment)

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Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · 22 cosponsors

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Deb Fischer (R-NE), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), John Boozman (R-AR), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Chuck Grassley (R-IA)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113s579.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/s>

Record fed-us-cong113-s579 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113