[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7983]
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  SA 4479. Mr. ROMNEY 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. DEFENSE TRADE DIALOGUE TO PRIORITIZE AND EXPEDITE 
                   TRANSFER OF DEFENSIVE ASYMMETRIC CAPABILITIES 
                   TO TAIWAN.

       The Secretary of State shall--
       (1) not later than 60 days after the date on which the 
     report required under section 1245(c) is submitted, initiate 
     a defense trade dialogue with Taiwan with the goal of 
     prioritizing and expediting the transfer of defensive 
     asymmetric capabilities to Taiwan; and
       (2) not later than 90 days after the date on which such 
     dialogue is initiated, and every 90 days thereafter, provide 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
     with a briefing on the status of such dialogue.
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