[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3199-S3200]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4160. Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Gardner) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1247. UNITED STATES POLICY ON TAIWAN.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) For more than 50 years, the United States and Taiwan 
     have had a unique and close relationship, which has supported 
     the economic, cultural, and strategic advantage to both 
     countries.
       (2) The United States has vital security and strategic 
     interests in the Taiwan Strait.
       (3) The Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96-8; 22 U.S.C. 
     3301 et seq.) has been instrumental in maintaining peace, 
     security, and stability in the Taiwan Strait since its 
     enactment in 1979.
       (4) The Taiwan Relations Act states that it is the policy 
     of the United States to provide Taiwan with arms of a 
     defensive character and to maintain the capacity of the 
     United States to defend against any forms of coercion that 
     would jeopardize the security, or the social or economic 
     system, of the people on Taiwan.
       (b) Statement of Policy.--The Taiwan Relations Act (Public 
     Law 96-8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) forms the cornerstone of 
     United States policy and relations with Taiwan.
       (c) Reports.--
       (1) Provision of defensive arms to taiwan.--Not later than 
     February 15, 2017, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
     of State shall jointly brief the appropriate committees of 
     Congress on the steps the United States has taken, plans to 
     take, and will take to provide Taiwan with arms of a 
     defensive character, training, and software in accordance 
     with the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96-8; 22 U.S.C. 
     3301 et seq.).
       (2) Annual report on foreign military sales to taiwan.--
     Section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(j) At the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services and 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Armed 
     Services and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
     a classified report that lists each request received from 
     Taiwan and each letter of offer to sell any defense articles 
     or services under this Act to Taiwan during such fiscal 
     year.''.
       (3) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (A) the congressional defense committees; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.

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