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Us Congress House Bill HB8238 Compare Versions

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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	DSESSION H. R. 8238
5	5	To require the Secretary of Defense to appropriately consider Taiwan for
6	6	enhanced defense industrial base cooperation activities.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	MAY2, 2024
9	9	Mrs. S
10	10	TEEL(for herself and Mr. HORSFORD) introduced the following bill;
11	11	which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition
12	12	to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently de-
13	13	termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
14	14	as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To require the Secretary of Defense to appropriately consider
17	17	Taiwan for enhanced defense industrial base cooperation
18	18	activities.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	SECTION 1. CONSIDERATION OF TAIWAN FOR ENHANCED 3
22	22	DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE COOPERATION. 4
23	23	(a) E
24	24	NHANCEDDEFENSEINDUSTRIALBASECO-5
25	25	OPERATION.— 6
26	26	(1) I
27	27	N GENERAL.—Consistent with the Taiwan 7
28	28	Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), the Sec-8
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32	32	retary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 1
33	33	of State and the head of any other relevant Federal 2
34	34	department or agency, shall take measures to ensure 3
35	35	that Taiwan is appropriately considered for en-4
36	36	hanced defense industrial base cooperation activities 5
37	37	aligned with the United States National Defense In-6
38	38	dustrial Strategy to expand global defense produc-7
39	39	tion, increase supply chain security and resilience, 8
40	40	and meet the defense needs of Taiwan. 9
41	41	(2) E
42	42	LEMENTS.—Consideration for enhanced 10
43	43	defense industrial base cooperation activities under 11
44	44	paragraph (1) shall include the consideration of Tai-12
45	45	wan for the following: 13
46	46	(A) Eligibility for funding to initiate or fa-14
47	47	cilitate cooperative research, development, test-15
48	48	ing, or evaluation projects with the Department 16
49	49	of Defense. 17
50	50	(B) Eligibility to enter into a memo-18
51	51	randum of understanding or other formal 19
52	52	agreement with the Department of Defense for 20
53	53	the purpose of conducting cooperative research 21
54	54	and development projects on defense equipment 22
55	55	and munitions, with a focus on enhancing the 23
56	56	defense industry and supply chain resilience of 24
57	57	Taiwan. 25
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61	61	(b) FEASIBILITYSTUDY.— 1
62	62	(1) I
63	63	N GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in 2
64	64	coordination with the Secretary of State, the Gov-3
65	65	ernment of Taiwan, and representatives of the 4
66	66	United States defense industry, shall conduct a 5
67	67	study on the feasibility and advisability of entering 6
68	68	into one or more defense industrial agreements with 7
69	69	Taiwan. 8
70	70	(2) E
71	71	LEMENTS.—The study required by para-9
72	72	graph (1) shall— 10
73	73	(A) evaluate the strategic benefits and im-11
74	74	plications of entering into a defense industrial 12
75	75	agreement with Taiwan, including with respect 13
76	76	to— 14
77	77	(i) long-term supply chain security 15
78	78	and resilience; 16
79	79	(ii) mutual supply of defense goods 17
80	80	and services; 18
81	81	(iii) supply of regional maintenance, 19
82	82	repair, and overhaul capabilities and any 20
83	83	other support capability the Secretary con-21
84	84	siders appropriate; and 22
85	85	(iv) the promotion of interoperability; 23
86	86	(B) account for the legal, economic, and 24
87	87	defense policy aspects of a closer defense pro-25
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91	91	curement partnership between the United 1
92	92	States and Taiwan; and 2
93	93	(C) include a list of not fewer than 5 de-3
94	94	fense capabilities— 4
95	95	(i)(I) developed by, and produced in, 5
96	96	Taiwan; and 6
97	97	(II) that require expedited licenses for 7
98	98	components produced in the United States; 8
99	99	or 9
100	100	(ii) developed by the United States 10
101	101	but for which the United States defense in-11
102	102	dustry cannot meet the demand of Taiwan 12
103	103	on a timely basis so as to necessitate pro-13
104	104	duction in Taiwan. 14
105	105	(3) R
106	106	EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 15
107	107	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 16
108	108	of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed 17
109	109	Services of the Senate and the House of Representa-18
110	110	tives a report on the results of the study conducted 19
111	111	under paragraph (1). 20
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