[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1241 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1241

To enhance and expand cooperation between the Department of Defense and 
                       the Government of Taiwan.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 20, 2023

 Ms. Rosen (for herself and Mr. Rounds) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To enhance and expand cooperation between the Department of Defense and 
                       the Government of Taiwan.

    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 Cybersecurity Resiliency Act 
of 2023''.

SEC. 2. MILITARY CYBERSECURITY COOPERATION WITH TAIWAN.

    (a) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in concurrence with the 
Secretary of State and in coordination with the Commander of the United 
States Cyber Command and the Commander of the United States Indo-
Pacific Command, shall seek to engage the Government of Taiwan for the 
purpose of expanding cooperation on military cybersecurity activities.
    (b) Cooperation Efforts.--In expanding the cooperation of military 
cybersecurity activities between the Department of Defense and the 
Government of Taiwan under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may 
carry out efforts--
            (1) to actively defend military networks, infrastructure, 
        and systems;
            (2) to eradicate malicious cyber activity that has 
        compromised such networks, infrastructure, and systems;
            (3) to leverage United States commercial and military 
        cybersecurity technology and services to harden and defend such 
        networks, infrastructure, and systems; and
            (4) to conduct combined cybersecurity training activities 
        and exercises.
    (c) Briefings.--
            (1) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
        coordination with the Secretary of State, shall provide to the 
        appropriate committees of Congress a briefing on the 
        implementation of this section.
            (2) Contents.--The briefing under paragraph (1) shall 
        include the following:
                    (A) A description of the feasibility and 
                advisability of expanding the cooperation on military 
                cybersecurity activities between the Department of 
                Defense and the Government of Taiwan.
                    (B) An identification of any challenges and 
                resources that need to be addressed so as to expand 
                such cooperation.
                    (C) An overview of efforts undertaken pursuant to 
                this section.
                    (D) Any other matter the Secretary considers 
                relevant.
    (d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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