Formosa Resolution of 1955

Formosa Resolution of 1955

Long title	Joint Resolution to authorize the President of the United States to employ the Armed Forces of the United States for the protecting of the security of Taiwan, the Pescadores, and related positions and territories of that area
Enacted by	the 84th United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 84–4
Statutes at Large	69 Stat. 7
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.J. Res. 159 by James P. Richards Committee consideration by House Foreign Affairs Passed the House on   Passed the Senate on   Signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 29, 1955

Leader of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1960.

The Formosa Resolution of 1955 was a joint resolution passed by the U.S. Senate and signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 29, 1955, to counteract the threat of an invasion of Taiwan (Republic of China) by the People's Republic of China (PRC). The resolution gave the U.S. president the authority "to employ the Armed Forces of the United States as he deems necessary for the specific purpose of securing and protecting Formosa [a name formerly used for the island of Taiwan] and the Pescadores against armed attack".

The resolution was formulated amid the Taiwan Strait Crisis (1954–1955), which was a brief period of armed conflict that involved incursions made by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on the islands in the Taiwan Strait controlled by the Kuomintang (KMT) led Republic of China (ROC). A latent response by the United Nations Security Council regarding these developments prompted U.S. President Eisenhower to request the resolution in January 1955.