House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law

To amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the Department of State's Taiwan Guidelines.

H.R. 1159Introduced Feb 24, 2023Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedFeb 24, 2023
Committee actionFeb 28, 2023
Passed HouseMar 22, 2023 · 404–7
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 23, 2023 — 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. 1159.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1159, A bill to amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the Department of State’s Taiwan Guidelines” on March 9, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on February 28, 2023”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 2023 ↗
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H.R. 1159, 118th Congress
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May 27, 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 Mrs. WAGNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 36, February 24, 2023, Page H875):
Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the Department of State's Taiwan Guidelines.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2023 ↗
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H.R. 1159, 118th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 27, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 27, 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

6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats

3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.

Gerald Connolly (D-VA), J. Hill (R-AR), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Brad Sherman (D-CA).

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ann Wagner.

Sponsor’s state and district

Missouri in Congress · MO-2 district

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.