HR2416-119

What This Bill Does

H.R. 2416, the Taiwan International Solidarity Act, would amend the TAIPEI Act of 2019. It adds congressional findings about United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, expands United States policy on advocacy in international organizations, adds a nonbinding recommendation for diplomacy with allies and partners, and broadens the content of existing State Department reports. The official record checked September 22, 2026 lists Senate referral to Foreign Relations on May 6, 2025 as its latest action; this House-passed bill is not enacted.

The new findings state Congress's interpretation that Resolution 2758 recognized the PRC government's representatives as China's representatives at the United Nations without deciding Taiwan's representation, its relationship with the PRC, or its sovereignty. They also state opposition to changes in Taiwan's status without the people's consent. These are proposed congressional findings, not a new international adjudication or a grant of United Nations membership.

Who Benefits and How

Taiwan is the intended diplomatic beneficiary. The expanded policy calls for instructing United States representatives, as appropriate, to use American votes, statements and influence to urge international organizations to resist PRC efforts to distort those organizations' decisions, language, policies or procedures concerning Taiwan. The incorporated scope covers membership in organizations where statehood is not required and the United States participates, plus observer status in other appropriate organizations. Advocacy does not itself change another organization's membership rules or guarantee a favorable vote.

The Senate Foreign Relations, Appropriations and Finance Committees and the House Foreign Affairs, Appropriations and Ways and Means Committees would receive additional information in the existing reports. That can support oversight of PRC attempts to undermine Taiwan's membership, observer status and ties with other countries. Taiwan's diplomatic partners and its partners without formal diplomatic ties are both covered by the proposed encouragement to allies; no partner receives an entitlement to aid or protection.

Who Bears the Burden and How

The Secretary of State would have to add information about prior or ongoing PRC attempts to the existing unclassified report with a classified annex. This is an expansion of report content, not a new indefinite annual reporting program. Public Law 117-263 already changed the underlying schedule to an initial report within 90 days of the December 23, 2022 Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act and annual reports for the following seven years. H.R. 2416 leaves that schedule and its endpoint unchanged; its new content would apply to the first report required after enactment and subsequent reports within that schedule.

United States representatives would be guided by the expanded diplomatic policy, subject to its as-appropriate qualification. The separate recommendation to encourage allies and partners sits within the TAIPEI Act's sense-of-Congress provision saying the United States Government should act; it is not a mandatory instruction to foreign governments. The PRC's diplomatic efforts are the subject of opposition and scrutiny, but this bill creates no trade restriction, asset freeze, immigration penalty, damages liability or new appropriation. It does not impose reporting duties on private companies or Taiwan.

Key Provisions

• Adds congressional findings stating an interpretation of Resolution 2758 and opposing changes to Taiwan's status without consent.
• Expands statutory diplomatic policy to advocate resistance to PRC efforts to distort international organizations' treatment of Taiwan, as appropriate.
• Recommends encouraging United States allies and partners to oppose efforts to undermine both Taiwan's formal diplomatic relationships and other partnerships.
• Requires existing State Department reports to include prior or ongoing PRC attempts affecting Taiwan's international participation and ties.
• Applies the added report content beginning with the first report due after enactment, without restarting or extending the existing seven-year follow-on schedule.