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title: "22 U.S.C. § 3382"
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title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
chapter_number: "48A"
chapter_name: "TAIWAN ENHANCED RESILIENCE"
section: "3382"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 3382"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 22 U.S.C. § 3382 - Purposes

## Text

The purposes of this subchapter are—

(1) to further strengthen the United States-Taiwan strategic partnership and broaden understanding of the Indo-Pacific region by temporarily assigning officials of any agencies of the United States Government to Taiwan for intensive study in Mandarin and placement as Fellows in a Taiwanese civic institution;

(2) to provide for eligible United States personnel—

(A) to learn or strengthen Mandarin Chinese language skills; and

(B) to expand their understanding of the political economy of Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific region; and

(3) to better position the United States to advance its economic, security, and human rights interests and values in the Indo-Pacific region.

(Pub. L. 117–263, div. E, title LV, § 5528, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3325.)