[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7059 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7059

To require the sale of certain defense articles and defense services to 
                                Taiwan.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 24, 2008

 Mr. Tancredo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the sale of certain defense articles and defense services to 
                                Taiwan.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT TO SELL CERTAIN DEFENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE 
              SERVICES TO TAIWAN.

    (a) Requirement.--In accordance with section 3(a) of the Taiwan 
Relations Act, the defense articles and defense services described in 
subsection (b) shall be transferred on a sales basis to Taiwan as soon 
as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Defense Articles and Defense Services Described.--The defense 
articles and defense services referred to in subsection (a) are the 
following:
            (1) The unfulfilled elements of the request made by Taiwan 
        and approved by President George W. Bush in 2001 that includes 
        diesel electric submarines or relevant designs, Mark-48 ASW 
        torpedoes, Harpoon submarine-launched anti-ship cruise 
        missiles, PAC-3 missile defense systems, Paladin self-propelled 
        howitzers, Apache helicopters, and mine-sweeping helicopters.
            (2) 66 F-16 C/D fighter planes that were requested by the 
        Government of Taiwan in August 2007.
    (c) Congressional Notification and Approval.--The requirement to 
transfer defense articles and defense services under subsection (a) 
shall be carried out notwithstanding the provisions for congressional 
notification and approval of a proposed sale of defense articles or 
defense services in section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2776(b)).
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