Senate bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-135
Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 2019
Became law on Mar 26, 2020.
Sponsor: Sen. Cory Gardner R-COWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2019
- Committee actionSep 25, 2019
- Passed SenateOct 29, 2019 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseMar 4, 2020 · 415–0
- Resolving differencesMar 11, 2020
- To the PresidentMar 16, 2020
- Became lawMar 26, 2020
Latest action: Mar 26, 2020 — Became Public Law No: 116-135.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1678.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1678, Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 2019” on October 4, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on September 26, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 4, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55695
- CBO publication date
- October 4, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1678, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/1678
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
7 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Christopher Coons (D-DE), John Cornyn (R-TX), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Marco Rubio (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Cory Gardner.
- S. 2661 (116th) National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020
- S.Res. 542 (116th) A resolution commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp during World War II.
- S.Res. 221 (116th) A resolution recognizing the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre and condemning the intensifying repression and human rights…
- S.Con.Res. 13 (116th) A concurrent resolution reaffirming the United States commitment to Taiwan and to the implementation of the Taiwan Relations Act.
- S. 221 (116th) Department of Veterans Affairs Provider Accountability Act
- S.Res. 735 (116th) A resolution designating September 29, 2020, as "National Urban Wildlife Refuge Day".
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.