House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

To direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3320Introduced Jul 19, 2017Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedJul 19, 2017
Committee actionSep 28, 2017
Passed HouseJan 9, 2018 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jan 10, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3320.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3320, a bill to direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization, and for other purposes” on October 12, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on September 28, 2017”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 12, 2017 ↗
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October 12, 2017
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3320, 115th Congress
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December 5, 2025
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YOHO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 122, July 19, 2017, Page H6043):
Section II Clause 18
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3320, 115th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

29 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 13 Democrats

13 of 29 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.

Don Bacon (R-NE), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Paul Cook (R-CA), John Curtis (R-UT), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Gene Green (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Steve King (R-IA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Luke Messer (R-IN), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Ed Royce (R-CA), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Randy Weber (R-TX), Kevin Yoder (R-KS).

More from the sponsor

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Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-3 district

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