Countries that cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan could lose the friendship of the United States under a newly-released bill from a bipartisan group of senators.

“This important legislation reaffirms our commitment to the U.S.-Taiwan relationship and allows for the State Department to take diplomatic action against governments that alter diplomatic relations with Taiwan in favor of China,” Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., one of the architects of the bill, said late Wednesday. “China’s insidious agenda to isolate Taiwan cannot go unanswered, and I call on my colleagues to quickly pass this bill.”