[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3594]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 589. Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. Cruz) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 12__. REVIEW AND REPORT ON OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNITED 
                   STATES UNDER TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) Taiwan is a vital partner of the United States and a 
     critical element of the free and open Indo-Pacific region;
       (2) for 40 years, the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 
     et seq.) has secured peace, stability, and prosperity and 
     provided enormous benefits to the United States, Taiwan, and 
     the Indo-Pacific region; and
       (3) the United States should reaffirm that the policy of 
     the United States toward diplomatic relations with the 
     People's Republic of China rests upon the expectation that 
     the future of Taiwan will be determined by peaceful means, as 
     described in that Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.).
       (b) Review.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
     the Secretary of State, shall conduct a review of--
       (1) whether, and the means by which, as applicable, the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China is affecting, 
     including through military, economic, information, digital, 
     diplomatic, or any other form of coercion--
       (A) the security, or the social and economic system, of the 
     people of Taiwan;
       (B) the military balance of power between the People's 
     Republic of China and Taiwan; or
       (C) the expectation that the future of Taiwan will continue 
     to be determined by peaceful means; and
       (2) the role of United States policy toward Taiwan with 
     respect to the implementation of the 2017 National Security 
     Strategy and the 2018 National Defense Strategy.
       (c) Report.--
       (1) In general.--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 report on the review 
     under subsection (b).
       (2) Matters to be included.--The report under paragraph (1) 
     shall include the following:
       (A) Recommendations on legislative changes or Department of 
     Defense or Department of State policy changes necessary to 
     ensure that the United States continues to meets its 
     obligations to Taiwan under the Taiwan Relations Act (22 
     U.S.C. 3301 et seq.).
       (B) Guidelines for--
       (i) new defense requirements, including requirements 
     relating to information and digital space;
       (ii) exchanges between senior-level civilian and military 
     officials of the United States and Taiwan; and
       (iii) the regular transfer of defense articles, especially 
     defense articles that are mobile, survivable, and cost 
     effective, to most effectively deter attacks and support the 
     asymmetric defense strategy of Taiwan.
       (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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