22 U.S.C. § 3309

Taiwan instrumentality

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(a) Establishment of instrumentality; Presidential determination of necessary authority

Whenever the President or any agency of the United States Government is authorized or required by or pursuant to the laws of the United States to render or provide to or to receive or accept from Taiwan, any performance, communication, assurance, undertaking, or other action, such action shall, in the manner and to the extent directed by the President, be rendered or provided to, or received or accepted from, an instrumentality established by Taiwan which the President determines has the necessary authority under the laws applied by the people on Taiwan to provide assurances and take other actions on behalf of Taiwan in accordance with this chapter.

(b) Offices and personnel

The President is requested to extend to the instrumentality established by Taiwan the same number of offices and complement of personnel as were previously operated in the United States by the governing authorities on Taiwan recognized as the Republic of China prior to January 1, 1979.

(c) Privileges and immunities

Upon the granting by Taiwan of comparable privileges and immunities with respect to the Institute and its appropriate personnel, the President is authorized to extend with respect to the Taiwan instrumentality and its appropriate personnel, such privileges and immunities (subject to appropriate conditions and obligations) as may be necessary for the effective performance of their functions.

(Pub. L. 96–8, § 10, Apr. 10, 1979, 93 Stat. 18.)Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective Date

Section effective as of January 1, 1979, see section 18 of Pub. L. 96–8, set out as a note under section 3301 of this title.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1987–1997 · leading case: Dupont Circle Citizens Ass'n v. Dist. of Columbia Bd. of Zoning Adjustment, 530 A.2d 1163 (D.C. 1987).
Dupont Circle Citizens Ass'n v. Dist. of Columbia Bd. of Zoning Adjustment, 530 A.2d 1163 (D.C. 1987). · cites it 2× “” 22 U.S.C.A. § 3309 (a) (1987 Supp.). As already noted, the President designated CCNAA as this entity.”
Millen Indus., Inc. v. Coordination Council for North Am. Affairs, 855 F.2d 879 (D.C. Cir. 1988). “These sections must also be construed in light of a gloss added by 22 U.S.C. § 3309 which provides for the establishment of an “instrumentality” by Taiwan which “the President determines has the necessary authority under the laws applied by the people on Taiwan to provide…”
Schwinn Plan Comm. v. AFS Cycle & Co. (In Re Schwinn Bicycle Co.), 190 B.R. 599 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 1995). “See 22 U.S.C. § 3309 ; see also, Executive Order No.”
Taiwan v. United States Dist. Court, 128 F.3d 712 (9th Cir. 1997). · cites it 2× “See 22 U.S.C. § 3309 (a) (1994). That Taiwan counterpart instrumentality is TECRO, which was formerly known as the Coordination Council for North American Affairs (CCNAA).”
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