Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§3373 Meaningful participation of Taiwan in the International Civil Aviation Organization

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 48A— - TAIWAN ENHANCED RESILIENCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - INCLUSION OF TAIWAN IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS › § 3373

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Directs the Secretary of State, working with the Commerce and Transportation secretaries, to push for Taiwan to have real participation in ICAO meetings, assemblies, conferences, technical groups, and related activities. Congress says Taiwan is a global aviation leader with useful expertise and resources, and that Taoyuan International Airport is the fifth busiest in Asia. Congress also says pressure from the Chinese Communist Party and the People’s Republic of China has kept Taiwan out of ICAO and hurt ICAO’s ability to protect global aviation safety. The Secretary of State can start a U.S. plan and must tell the U.S. ICAO representative to use America’s voice and vote and to seek a vote at the next ICAO triennial assembly on Taiwan’s participation. Within 90 days after December 23, 2022, and by April 1 each year for six years, the Secretary of State, with Commerce, must send an unclassified report to the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and to the House Committees on Foreign Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce. The report must describe the plan, list efforts made, and say the steps planned for the next year.

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Title 22, §3373

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(a)It is the sense of Congress that—

(1)the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) should allow Taiwan to meaningfully participate in the organization, including in ICAO triennial assembly sessions, conferences, technical working groups, meetings, activities, and mechanisms;

(2)Taiwan is a global leader and hub for international aviation, with a range of expertise, information, and resources and the fifth busiest airport in Asia (Taoyuan International Airport), and its meaningful participation in ICAO would significantly enhance the ability of ICAO to ensure the safety and security of global aviation; and

(3)coercion by the Chinese Communist Party and the People’s Republic of China has ensured the systematic exclusion of Taiwan from meaningful participation in ICAO, significantly undermining the ability of ICAO to ensure the safety and security of global aviation.

(b)The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Transportation, is authorized—

(1)to initiate a United States plan to secure Taiwan’s meaningful participation in ICAO, including in ICAO triennial assembly sessions, conferences, technical working groups, meetings, activities, and mechanisms; and

(2)to instruct the United States representative to the ICAO to—

(A)use the voice and vote of the United States to ensure Taiwan’s meaningful participation in ICAO, including in ICAO triennial assembly sessions, conferences, technical working groups, meetings, activities, and mechanisms; and

(B)seek to secure a vote at the next ICAO triennial assembly session on the question of Taiwan’s participation in that session.

(c)Not later than 90 days after December 23, 2022, and not later than April 1 of each year thereafter for the following 6 years, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives an unclassified report that—

(1)describes the United States plan to ensure Taiwan’s meaningful participation in ICAO, including in ICAO triennial assembly sessions, conferences, technical working groups, meetings, activities, and mechanisms;

(2)includes an account of the efforts made by the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce to ensure Taiwan’s meaningful participation in ICAO, including in ICAO triennial assembly sessions, conferences, technical working groups, meetings, activities, and mechanisms; and

(3)identifies the steps the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce will take in the next year to ensure Taiwan’s meaningful participation in ICAO, including in ICAO triennial assembly sessions, conferences, technical working groups, meetings, activities, and mechanisms.

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22 U.S.C. § 3373

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73