[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 153 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4989]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5596. Mr. HAWLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1254. STRATEGIC TRADE AUTHORIZATION LICENSE EXCEPTION 
                   FOR TAIWAN.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the United States has a strong interest, in accordance 
     with its obligations under the Taiwan Relations Act (22 
     U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), in ensuring that Taiwan has all 
     resources necessary to defend itself, especially by 
     asymmetric ways and means, against military action by the 
     People's Republic of China;
       (2) the threat of military action by the People's Republic 
     of China against Taiwan is growing more rapidly than many 
     anticipated, with the current and former commanders of the 
     United States Indo-Pacific Command testifying that the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China may view the 
     local military balance over Taiwan as favorable to an 
     invasion well before 2035 and potentially as soon as 2027;
       (3) it is imperative that the United States provide Taiwan 
     with defensive resources with urgency, not only so that 
     Taiwan can better defend itself against military action by 
     the People's Republic of China, but also to reduce the 
     operational risk to the United States Armed Forces, if the 
     President commits such forces to Taiwan's defense following 
     the initiation of hostilities by the Government of the 
     People's Republic of China;
       (4) the inclusion of Taiwan in Country Group A:5 under 
     Supplement No. 1 to part 740 of the Export Administration 
     Regulations would address the need described in paragraph (3) 
     by allowing Taiwan to acquire critical asymmetric defensive 
     capabilities on an expedited basis, including undersea 
     sensors, naval mines, man-portable air defense systems, and 
     unmanned aerial vehicles, pursuant to the strategic trade 
     authorization license exception under section 740.20 of the 
     Export Administration Regulations; and
       (5) Taiwan has been designated a major non-NATO ally under 
     section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2321k).
       (b) Strategic Trade Authorization License Exception for 
     Taiwan.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall revise 
     part 740 of the Export Administration Regulations to remove 
     Taiwan from Country Group A:6 and add it to Country Group 
     A:5.
       (c) Definition of Export Administration Regulations.--In 
     this section, the term ``Export Administration Regulations'' 
     has the meaning given that term in section 1742 of the Export 
     Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801).
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