The United States will review the "Taiwan Policy Act" Senate foreign leaders: clarifying support for Taiwan but not changing its policy toward Taiwan:

Capitol Hill- The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee is expected to review the Taiwan Policy Act on Wednesday (September 14). Sen. Bob Menendez, D-NJ, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said he is confident the bill will have strong bipartisan support from members of the committee. He also emphasized that the bill clearly clarifies the US's support for Taiwan, but does not represent a change in the US's Taiwan policy.Democratic Senator Menendez from New Jersey said in an interview with the media in Congress on Tuesday that Congress has had many discussions with the Biden administration on this bill, and now the legislative and executive departments have reached a consensus."I think we now have a good consensus that on the one hand, they can address their concerns, and at the same time, there can be a very strong bill that expresses the Senate's desire to strengthen relations with Taiwan and to assist Taiwan in its ability to maintain its territorial integrity," Menendez said in response to a question from VOA, "This has not changed our existing policy on Taiwan, but it has made it clearer that we will assist Taiwan, including helping Taiwan in the international community."

Previously, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a program preview for a Bloomberg TV interview last week whether the Biden administration supported the Taiwan policy law, saying that there are some provisions in the bill that can indeed strengthen U.S. security assistance to Taiwan , effectively improving Taiwan's security, but there are also parts that "make us feel some concerns."The "Taiwan Policy Act" was jointly proposed by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Menendez and the Budget Committee's top Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in June this year. The bill aims to strengthen U.S. support for Taiwan and is seen as an important adjustment to the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979.The bill includes providing Taiwan with US$4.5 billion in security assistance, designating Taiwan as a "Major non-NATO Ally", enhancing the representative status of the stationed counterparty, and replacing the current Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the United States with the name "Taiwan Representative Office" Representative Office (TECRO), and renamed the director of the Taipei Office of the American Institute in Taiwan to a representative, and required that this position must be confirmed by the Senate.Bloomberg reported on August 4 according to congressional sources that the Biden administration is concerned that the strong language on Taiwan’s status in the bill “may undermine the existing balance of the United States on Taiwan issues” and is lobbying Democratic lawmakers to “slam the brakes” on the case. .Senator Menendez, one of the co-chairs of the Senate Taiwan Connection, said that everyone can interpret the text of the same bill differently, "but we'll get where we need to be, and I think the bill will get two of them tomorrow. The result of the vote that the party strongly supports."After the bill passes the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, it will be sent to the House of Representatives to wait for the Senate leaders to put it on the agenda for plenary discussion and voting. With less than four months left in the current session of Congress, which includes not only the midterm elections, but also the annual Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, the time for the bill to pass the busy Senate before the end of the year is quite urgent.At the same time, the "Taiwan Policy Act" currently does not have a corresponding version of the bill in the House of Representatives. For a bill to be sent to the president to sign into law, it must first pass the relevant committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and obtain the same version of the text approved by both houses. In the U.S. Congress, various bills introduced by many congressmen will eventually end without success. Although many bills continue to advance in the legislative process, some amendments will be added, making the content different from the original proposal.The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is expected to discuss possible amendments to the Taiwan Policy Act by lawmakers from both parties on Wednesday.