[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5680 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5680

   To provide for the establishment of the Taiwan Defense Assessment 
                  Commission, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2018

  Mr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the establishment of the Taiwan Defense Assessment 
                  Commission, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Taiwan Defense Assessment Commission 
Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States to reinforce its commitments 
to Taiwan under the Taiwan Relations Act and consistent with the ``Six 
Assurances'' as both governments work to improve Taiwan's self-defense 
capability.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that the United States should--
            (1) strengthen and enhance its longstanding partnership and 
        cooperation with Taiwan;
            (2) continue to conduct regular transfers of defense 
        articles and defense services necessary to enable Taiwan to 
        maintain a sufficient self-defense capability, based solely on 
        the needs of Taiwan;
            (3) continue to conduct bilateral military exercises and 
        exchanges of senior military officers and senior officials with 
        Taiwan to improve military-to-military relations, as expressed 
        in section 1284 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
        Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 130 Stat. 2544); and
            (4) provide regular consultation and advice to Taiwan on 
        other matters that will improve the efficiency, effectiveness, 
        readiness and resilience of Taiwan's defense establishment.

SEC. 4. TAIWAN DEFENSE ASSESSMENT COMMISSION.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
commission, to be known as the ``Taiwan Defense Assessment 
Commission'', to conduct a comprehensive assessment of Taiwan's defense 
establishment and provide recommendations to improve the efficiency, 
effectiveness, readiness, and resilience of Taiwan's self-defense 
capability in the following areas:
            (1) Strategic planning and resource management.
            (2) Personnel management and force development.
            (3) Joint operational planning and assessment.
            (4) Military readiness measurement and assessment.
            (5) Command, control, communications, and intelligence.
            (6) Technology research and development.
            (7) Defense article procurement and logistics.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date on which the 
commission is established under subsection (a), the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to Taiwan's Defense Minister and the congressional 
defense committees a report on the recommendations of the Commission 
under subsection (a).
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