Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

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

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Requires the Secretary of State, working with the Secretaries of Commerce and Transportation, to start a U.S. plan to secure Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The plan must aim to include Taiwan in ICAO triennial assembly sessions, conferences, technical working groups, meetings, activities, and mechanisms. The U.S. representative to ICAO must use the United States’ voice and vote to press for Taiwan’s inclusion and try to get a vote at the next ICAO triennial assembly on Taiwan’s participation. Congress says Taiwan is a major aviation hub and that Chinese coercion has kept Taiwan out. Not later than 90 days after December 23, 2022, and then by April 1 each year for the next 6 years, the Secretary of State, with the Secretary of Commerce, must send an unclassified report to these congressional committees: Senate—Foreign Relations; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; House—Foreign Affairs; Transportation and Infrastructure; and Energy and Commerce. The report must describe the U.S. plan, list efforts made, and say what steps will be taken in the next year to secure Taiwan’s participation.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §3373

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(a)Sense of Congress

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)Plan for Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the International Civil Aviation Organization

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)Report concerning Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the International Civil Aviation Organization

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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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 3373

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110