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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§3309 Taiwan instrumentality

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 48— - TAIWAN RELATIONS › § 3309

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the President or a U.S. agency has to do something with Taiwan under U.S. law, they must deal with an agency set up by Taiwan that the President says has the legal power in Taiwan to act for Taiwan. The President is asked to give that Taiwan agency the same number of U.S. offices and staff Taiwan’s government had before January 1, 1979. If Taiwan gives similar protections to the Institute and its staff, the President may give matching privileges and protections to the Taiwan agency and its personnel, with appropriate conditions.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §3309

Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Whenever the President or any agency of the United States Government is authorized or required by or pursuant to the laws of the United States to render or provide to or to receive or accept from Taiwan, any performance, communication, assurance, undertaking, or other action, such action shall, in the manner and to the extent directed by the President, be rendered or provided to, or received or accepted from, an instrumentality established by Taiwan which the President determines has the necessary authority under the laws applied by the people on Taiwan to provide assurances and take other actions on behalf of Taiwan in accordance with this chapter.
(b)The President is requested to extend to the instrumentality established by Taiwan the same number of offices and complement of personnel as were previously operated in the United States by the governing authorities on Taiwan recognized as the Republic of China prior to January 1, 1979.
(c)Upon the granting by Taiwan of comparable privileges and immunities with respect to the Institute and its appropriate personnel, the President is authorized to extend with respect to the Taiwan instrumentality and its appropriate personnel, such privileges and immunities (subject to appropriate conditions and obligations) as may be necessary for the effective performance of their functions.

Legislative History

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective as of January 1, 1979, see section 18 of Pub. L. 96–8, set out as a note under section 3301 of this title.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 3309

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73