AN ACCOUNTING: Improvements in attempting to obtain observer status for Taiwan must be included in an annual report by the US secretary of state, the bill stipulates
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 24, 2019
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
The US House of Representatives on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill that would see
Delegates to the World Health Assembly participate in committee discussions on May 26 last year. Photo: WHO
Washington’s efforts to help Taipei regain observer status in the WHO included in an annual report by the US secretary of state.
Bill H.R. 353 was passed by a voice vote without objection, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington said.
The bill was introduced earlier this month by US Representative Ted Yoho, who serves as chairman of the Asia and Pacific Subcommittee under the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and cosponsored by US representatives Eliot Engel, Michael McCaul, Steve Chabot and Brian Fitzpatrick.
A similar bill was last year passed by the US House of Representatives, but it did not make it onto the agenda of the US Senate before new legislators were sworn in on Jan. 3. [FULL STORY]