House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Taiwan Representative Office Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 10, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 10, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3171.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CURTIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 79, May 10, 2023, Page H2245):Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To rename the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) to the Taiwan Representative Office (TRO)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 10, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 177 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3171, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3171
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 6, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Curtis.
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- H.R. 6395 (118th) Recognizing the Importance of Critical Minerals in Healthcare Act of 2023
- H.R. 3397 (118th) WEST Act of 2024
- H.R. 1345 (118th) NTIA Policy and Cybersecurity Coordination Act
- H.R. 7370 (118th) GEO Act
Sponsor’s state and district
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.