[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4802]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2480. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 title XII, add the following:

   Subtitle G--Taiwan Protection and National Resilience Act of 2024

     SEC. 1291. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Taiwan Protection and 
     National Resilience Act of 2024''.

     SEC. 1292. STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 
                   CHINA.

       (a) Identification of Vulnerabilities and Leverage.--Not 
     later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense 
     shall jointly, in consultation with the Secretary of 
     Commerce, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the 
     Office of Federal Procurement Policy, and the Director of the 
     Office of Science and Technology Policy, submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report that identifies--
       (1) goods and services from the United States that are 
     relied on by the People's Republic of China such that that 
     reliance presents a strategic opportunity and source of 
     leverage against the People's Republic of China, including 
     during a conflict; and
       (2) procurement practices of the United States Government 
     that are reliant on trade with the People's Republic of China 
     and other inputs from the People's Republic of China, such 
     that that reliance presents a strategic vulnerability and 
     source of leverage that the Chinese Communist Party could 
     exploit, including during a conflict.
       (b) Strategy To Respond to Coercive Action.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     submission of the report required by subsection (a), the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Secretary 
     of State and in consultation with the Secretary of the 
     Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, the Director of the 
     Office of Federal Procurement Policy, and the Director of the 
     Office of Science and Technology Policy, shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report, utilizing the 
     findings of the report required by subsection (a), that 
     describes a comprehensive sanctions strategy to advise 
     policymakers on policies the United States and allies and 
     partners of the United States could adopt with respect to the 
     People's Republic of China in response to any coercive 
     action, including an invasion, by the People's Republic of 
     China that infringes upon the territorial sovereignty of 
     Taiwan by preventing access to international waterways, 
     airspace, or telecommunications networks.
       (2) Elements.--The strategy required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include policies that--
       (A) restrict the access of the People's Liberation Army to 
     oil, natural gas, munitions, and other supplies needed to 
     conduct military operations against Taiwan, United States 
     facilities in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and allies and 
     partners of the United States in the region;
       (B) diminish the capacity of the industrial base of the 
     People's Republic of China to manufacture and deliver defense 
     articles to replace those lost in operations of the People's 
     Liberation Army against Taiwan, the United States, and allies 
     and partners of the United States;
       (C) inhibit the ability of the People's Republic of China 
     to evade United States and multilateral sanctions through 
     third parties, including through secondary sanctions;
       (D) identify specific sanctions-related tools that may be 
     effective in responding to coercive action described in 
     paragraph (1) and assess the feasibility of the use and 
     impact of the use of those tools;
       (E) identify and resolve potential impediments to 
     coordinating sanctions-related efforts with respect to 
     responding to or deterring aggression against Taiwan with 
     allies and partners of the United States;
       (F) identify industries, sectors, or goods and services 
     with respect to which the United States, working with allies 
     and partners of the United States, can take coordinated 
     action through sanctions or other economic tools that will 
     have a significant negative impact on the economy of the 
     People's Republic of China; and
       (G) identify tactics used by the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China to influence the public in the United 
     States and Taiwan through propaganda and disinformation 
     campaigns, including such campaigns focused on delegitimizing 
     Taiwan or legitimizing a forceful action by the People's 
     Republic of China against Taiwan.
       (c) Recommendations for Reduction of Vulnerabilities and 
     Leverage.--Not later than 180 days after the submission of 
     the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary of State 
     and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, the Director of the Office of Federal Procurement 
     Policy, and the Director of the Office of Science and 
     Technology Policy, submit to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress a report that--
       (1) identifies critical sectors within the United States 
     economy that rely on trade with the People's Republic of 
     China and other inputs from the People's Republic of China 
     (including active pharmaceutical ingredients, rare earth 
     minerals, and metallurgical inputs), such that those sectors 
     present a strategic vulnerability and source of leverage that 
     the Chinese Communist Party or the People's Republic of China 
     could exploit; and
       (2) makes recommendations to Congress on steps that can be 
     taken to reduce the sources of leverage described in 
     paragraph (1) and subsection (a)(1), including through--
       (A) provision of economic incentives and making other trade 
     and contracting reforms to support United States industry and 
     job growth in critical sectors and to indigenize production 
     of critical resources; and
       (B) policies to facilitate ``near- or friend-shoring'', or 
     otherwise developing strategies to facilitate that process 
     with allies and partners of the United States, in other 
     sectors for which domestic reshoring would prove infeasible 
     for any reason.
       (d) Form.--The reports required by subsections (a), (b), 
     and (c) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 
     include a classified annex.
       (e) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the 
     Committee on Finance, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, the Committee on Financial Services, the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.

     SEC. 1293. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION ON MAINTAINING ONE CHINA 
                   POLICY.

       Nothing in this subtitle may be construed as a change to 
     the one China policy of the United States, which is guided by 
     the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), the three 
     United States-People's Republic of China Joint Communiques, 
     and the Six Assurances.

     SEC. 1294. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING NOT AUTHORIZING THE 
                   USE OF FORCE.

       Nothing in this subtitle may be construed as authorizing 
     the use of military force.
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