[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3211-S3212]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1736. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to 
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the 
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division C, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 32__. AVAILABILITY OF UNITED STATES DEFENSE ARTICLES AND 
                   SERVICES TO TAIWAN.

       Section 3(a) of the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 
     3302(a)) is amended by striking ``the United States will make 
     available to Taiwan such defense articles and defense 
     services in such quantity as may be necessary to enable 
     Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self-defense capability'' and 
     inserting ``the United States shall make available to Taiwan 
     such defense articles and defense services in such quantity 
     as may be necessary to enable Taiwan to maintain a 
     competitive self-defense capability''.

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