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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="8842" measure-id="id117hr8842" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-09-15" update-date="2023-09-06">
        <title>Accelerating Arms Transfers to Taiwan Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr8842v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2023-09-06">
            <action-date>2022-09-15</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Accelerating Arms Transfers to Taiwan Act</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">This bill adds Taiwan to the statutory list of high priority countries for transferring defense articles, directs the Department of Defense to use the Special Defense Acquisition Fund for defense articles to Taiwan, and eliminates restrictions on the stockpiling of defense articles in Taiwan.</p>]]></summary-text>
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