[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7983-S7984]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4481. Mr. ROMNEY (for himself and Mr. Kelly) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. 
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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. 1253. ENHANCING DEFENSIVE ASYMMETRIC CAPABILITIES OF 
                   TAIWAN.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) President Xi of the People's Republic of China has--
       (A) declared that reunification of the People's Republic of 
     China and Taiwan must occur; and
       (B) not excluded using force as a means to accomplish such 
     reunification.
       (2) The People's Republic of China is taking aggressive 
     actions toward Taiwan through frequent air incursions, 
     including by sending 149 airplanes from the People's Republic 
     of China into the air defense zone of Taiwan from October 1 
     through October 4, 2021.
       (3) The defense policy of the United States towards Taiwan 
     continues to be governed by the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 
     (Public Law 96-8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.).
       (b) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United 
     States to support efforts by Taiwan to defend itself from 
     aggression and the potential use of force by the People's 
     Republic of China by enhancing its defensive asymmetric 
     capabilities.
       (c) Assessment of Defensive Asymmetric Capabilities of 
     Taiwan.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of State, the Director of 
     National Intelligence, and the head of any other Federal 
     department or agency the Secretary of Defense considers 
     appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report on the defensive

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     asymmetric capabilities of Taiwan and options for the United 
     States to enhance such capabilities.
       (2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
     shall include the following:
       (A) A comprehensive description and assessment of scenarios 
     and likely outcomes with respect to a possible use of force 
     against Taiwan by the People's Republic of China, compiled 
     from existing descriptions and assessments from Federal 
     departments and agencies.
       (B) An assessment of the defensive asymmetric capabilities 
     of Taiwan, including--
       (i) a description and assessment of the current defensive 
     asymmetric capabilities of Taiwan; and
       (ii) a description of the defensive asymmetric capabilities 
     necessary for Taiwan to successfully alter scenarios and 
     likely outcomes with respect to a possible use of force by 
     the People's Republic of China against Taiwan, including the 
     estimated cost of such capabilities.
       (C) An assessment of options for the United States to 
     support Taiwan's defense budgeting and procurement process in 
     a manner that facilitates sustained investment in 
     capabilities aligned with the asymmetric defense strategy of 
     Taiwan, including--
       (i) a review of technical advisory options for enhancing 
     defense budgeting across military services in Taiwan;
       (ii) an evaluation of any administrative, institutional, or 
     personnel barrier, in the United States or Taiwan, to 
     implementing the options described in clause (i);
       (iii) an evaluation of the most appropriate entities within 
     the Department of Defense to lead such options;
       (iv) an evaluation of the appropriate entities within the 
     Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan and the National 
     Security Council of Taiwan to participate in such options; 
     and
       (v) a description of additional personnel, resources, and 
     authorities in Taiwan or the United States that may be 
     required to implement such options.
       (D) An assessment of the merits, including any potential 
     risks or costs, of other policy options to support the 
     enhancement of the defensive asymmetric capabilities of 
     Taiwan identified under subparagraph (B)(ii), including--
       (i) assisting Taiwan in the domestic production of such 
     capabilities, including through the transfer of intellectual 
     property or co-development or co-production arrangements; and
       (ii) establishing a permanent fund to support regular 
     investment by Taiwan in such capabilities.
       (E) With respect to each element required by subparagraphs 
     (A) through (D), a description of any lack of consensus and 
     alternative views and analyses.
       (d) Strategy for Engagement With Taiwan To Enhance 
     Defensive Asymmetric Capabilities.--Not later than 60 days 
     after the date on which the report required under subsection 
     (c) is submitted, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
     with the Secretary of State and the Director of National 
     Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report detailing a strategy for engagement with 
     Taiwan to enhance the defensive asymmetric capabilities of 
     Taiwan, including--
       (1) diplomatic and military engagement with Taiwan to 
     support the enhancement of the defensive asymmetric 
     capabilities identified under subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii); and
       (2) support for the successful deployment of such 
     capabilities by Taiwan, including through necessary training.
       (e) Increased Sales of Defensive Asymmetric Capabilities to 
     Taiwan.--Not later than 60 days after the date on which the 
     report required under subsection (d) is submitted, the 
     Secretary of State shall--
       (1) initiate negotiations with Taiwan with the goal of 
     significantly increasing the sale to Taiwan of the defensive 
     asymmetric capabilities identified under subsection 
     (c)(2)(B)(ii); and
       (2) every 180 days after the initiation of such 
     negotiations, brief the appropriate congressional committees 
     on the status of such negotiations.
       (f) Form of Reports.--The reports required under this 
     section shall be submitted in classified form but may include 
     an unclassified annex.
       (g) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Select Committee 
     on Intelligence, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
     and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives.
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