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118THCONGRESS
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DSESSION S. 4241
To require the Secretary of Defense to appropriately consider Taiwan for
enhanced defense industrial base cooperation activities, and for other
purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY2, 2024
Ms. R
OSEN(for herself, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. KAINE, Mr. SCOTTof Florida,
Ms. D
UCKWORTH, and Ms. ERNST) introduced the following bill; which
was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Defense to appropriately consider
Taiwan for enhanced defense industrial base cooperation
activities, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transpacific Allies In-4
vesting in Weapons to Advance National Security Act’’ or 5
the ‘‘TAIWAN Security Act’’. 6
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SEC. 2. CONSIDERATION OF TAIWAN FOR ENHANCED DE-1
FENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE COOPERATION. 2
(a) E
NHANCEDDEFENSEINDUSTRIALBASECO-3
OPERATION.— 4
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Consistent with the Taiwan 5
Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), the Sec-6
retary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 7
of State and the head of any other relevant Federal 8
department or agency, shall take measures to ensure 9
that Taiwan is appropriately considered for en-10
hanced defense industrial base cooperation activities 11
aligned with the United States National Defense In-12
dustrial Strategy to expand global defense produc-13
tion, increase supply chain security and resilience, 14
and meet the defense needs of Taiwan. 15
(2) E
LEMENTS.—Consideration for enhanced 16
defense industrial base cooperation activities under 17
paragraph (1) shall include the consideration of Tai-18
wan for the following: 19
(A) Eligibility for funding to initiate or fa-20
cilitate cooperative research, development, test-21
ing, or evaluation projects with the Department 22
of Defense. 23
(B) Eligibility to enter into a memo-24
randum of understanding or other formal 25
agreement with the Department of Defense for 26
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the purpose of conducting cooperative research 1
and development projects on defense equipment 2
and munitions, with a focus on enhancing the 3
defense industry and supply chain resilience of 4
Taiwan. 5
(b) F
EASIBILITYSTUDY.— 6
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in 7
coordination with the Secretary of State, the Gov-8
ernment of Taiwan, and representatives of the 9
United States defense industry, shall conduct a 10
study on the feasibility and advisability of entering 11
into one or more defense industrial agreements with 12
Taiwan. 13
(2) E
LEMENTS.—The study required by para-14
graph (1) shall— 15
(A) evaluate the strategic benefits and im-16
plications of entering into a defense industrial 17
agreement with Taiwan, including with respect 18
to— 19
(i) long-term supply chain security 20
and resilience; 21
(ii) mutual supply of defense goods 22
and services; 23
(iii) supply of regional maintenance, 24
repair, and overhaul capabilities and any 25
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other support capability the Secretary of 1
Defense considers appropriate; and 2
(iv) the promotion of interoperability; 3
(B) account for the legal, economic, and 4
defense policy aspects of a closer defense pro-5
curement partnership between the United 6
States and Taiwan; and 7
(C) include a list of not fewer than five de-8
fense capabilities— 9
(i)(I) developed by, and produced in, 10
Taiwan; and 11
(II) that require expedited licenses for 12
components produced in the United States; 13
or 14
(ii) developed by the United States 15
but for which the United States defense in-16
dustry cannot meet the demand of Taiwan 17
on a timely basis so as to necessitate pro-18
duction in Taiwan. 19
(3) R
EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 20
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 21
of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed 22
Services of the Senate and the House of Representa-23
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tives a report on the results of the study conducted 1
under paragraph (1). 2
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