H.R. 535: Taiwan Travel Act
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H.R. 535: Taiwan Travel Act
115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-13 · International Affairs · Latest: Became Public Law No: 115-135.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-13 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 115-135. (final step reached)
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
Taiwan Travel Act
Plain summary
Taiwan Travel Act (Sec. 3) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. government should encourage visits between U.S. and Taiwanese officials at all levels. The bill states that it should be U.S. policy to: (1) allow U.S. officials at all levels to travel to Taiwan to meet their Taiwanese counterparts; (2) permit high-level Taiwanese officials to enter the United States under respectful conditions and to meet with U.S. officials, including officials from the Departments of State and Defense; and (3) encourage the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office and any other instrumentality established by Taiwan to conduct business in the United States.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] · 81 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 535, Taiwan Travel Act (2017-10-27); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 535, Taiwan Travel Act (2018-02-15)
Cosponsors on this site
Brad Sherman (D-CA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), David Rouzer (R-NC), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Ted Budd (R-NC), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Don Bacon (R-NE), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and 21 more.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr535.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr535 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115