Taiwan Relations Act

Taiwan Relations Act

Long title	An act to help maintain peace, security, and stability in the Western Pacific and to promote the foreign policy of the United States by authorizing the continuation of commercial, cultural, and other relations between the people of the United States and the people on Taiwan, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	TRA
Enacted by	the 96th United States Congress
Effective	January 1, 1979
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 96–8
Statutes at Large	93 Stat. 14
Codification
Titles amended	22 U.S.C.: Foreign Relations and Intercourse
U.S.C. sections created	22 U.S.C. ch. 48 § 3301 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as "United States-Taiwan Relations Act" (H.R. 2479 by Clement J. Zablocki (D–WI) on February 28, 1979 Committee consideration by House Foreign Affairs Passed the House on March 13, 1979 (345–55) Passed the Senate on March 14, 1979 (90–6) Reported by the joint conference committee on March 24, 1979; agreed to by the House on March 28, 1979 (339–50) and by the Senate on March 29, 1979 (85–4) Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on April 10, 1979

The Taiwan Relations Act (TRA; Pub. L. 96–8, H.R. 2479, 93 Stat. 14, enacted April 10, 1979) is an act of the United States Congress. Since the formal recognition of the People's Republic of China, the Act has defined the officially substantial but non-diplomatic relations between the United States of America and Taiwan (Republic of China).