3.0.0 3936 2023-01-11T13:46:16Z 2023-01-11T13:46:16Z Senate S 2020-06-10 116 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-10T22:42:10Z Taiwan Defense Act 116 7423 HR 2020-06-30 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Identical bill CRS 2020-06-10 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2020-06-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO N Armed Forces and National Security Alliances Asia China Conflicts and wars Congressional oversight Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Military education and training Military operations and strategy Military readiness Nuclear weapons Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status Taiwan Armed Forces and National Security 00 2020-06-10 Introduced in Senate 2021-07-08T16:15:45Z Taiwan Defense Act

This bill requires, no later than April 30 every year, beginning in 2021 and ending in 2026, the Department of Defense (DOD) to submit to Congress a report on the progress of DOD with respect to improving the ability of the U.S. Armed Forces to conduct combined joint operations to deny the ability of China to execute a fait accompli against Taiwan.

The bill defines fait accompli as the strategy of China designed to allow it to use military force to seize control of Taiwan before the U.S. Armed Forces are able to respond effectively, while simultaneously deterring an effective combined joint response by the Armed Forces by convincing the United States that mounting such a response would be prohibitively difficult or costly.

]]> Taiwan Defense Act Display Title Taiwan Defense Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Taiwan Defense Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to maintain the ability of the United States Armed Forces to deny a fait accompli by the People's Republic of China against Taiwan, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3936is/xml/BILLS-116s3936is.xml 2020-06-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.