1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taiwan International Participation Act of 2018 . 2. Participation of Taiwan in international organizations (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 ( Public Law 96–8 ) states that it is the policy of the United States to preserve and promote extensive, close, and friendly commercial, cultural, and other relations between the people of the United States and the people on Taiwan . (2) The Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 states that it is the policy of the United States to maintain the capacity of the United States to resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security, or the social or economic system, of the people on Taiwan . (3) The Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 states, Nothing in this Act may be construed as a basis for supporting the exclusion or expulsion of Taiwan from continued membership in any international financial institution or any other international organization. . (4) The United States, in the 1994 Taiwan Policy Review, declared its intention to support Taiwan’s participation in appropriate international organizations. (5) Taiwan is a free, democratic, and prosperous nation of 23,000,000 people and an important contributor to peace and stability around the world. (6) Taiwan currently maintains full diplomatic relations with 19 nations around the world. (7) Taiwan is a full member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). (8) United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, passed on October 25, 1971, states that the representatives of the Government of the People’s Republic of China are the only lawful representatives of China to the United Nations and that the People’s Republic of China is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council, and Taiwan was subsequently expelled as a member of the United Nations and all United Nations bodies. (9) The Minister of Foreign Affairs of