Senate bill · 117th Congress · Public Law 117-124
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.
Became law on May 13, 2022.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2021
- Committee actionJul 28, 2021
- Passed SenateAug 6, 2021 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseApr 27, 2022 · 425–0
- To the PresidentMay 3, 2022
- Became lawMay 13, 2022
Latest action: May 13, 2022 — Became Public Law No: 117-124.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 812.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 812, 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 August 25, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the Senate on August 6, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 25, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57436
- CBO publication date
- August 25, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 812, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/812
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Christopher Coons (D-DE), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Jim Inhofe (R-OK).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.