Sec. 1253. Strengthening Taiwan’s force readiness
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The Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with appropriate counterparts of Taiwan, conduct a comprehensive assessment of Taiwan’s military forces, particularly Taiwan’s reserves. The assessment shall provide recommendations to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, readiness, and resilience of Taiwan’s self-defense capability in the following areas: Personnel management and force development, particularly reserve forces. Recruitment, training, and military programs. Command, control, communications and intelligence.
Technology research and development. Defense article procurement and logistics. Strategic planning and resource management. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing each of the following: A summary of the assessment conducted pursuant to subsection (a). A list of any recommendations resulting from such assessment.
A plan for the United States, including by using appropriate security cooperation authorities, to— facilitate any relevant recommendations from such list; expand senior military-to-military engagement and joint training by the United States Armed Forces with the military of Taiwan; and support United States foreign military sales and other equipment transfers to Taiwan, particularly for developing asymmetric warfare capabilities. For purposes of the plan described in paragraph (1)(C), the term appropriate security cooperation authorities means— section 311 of title 10, United States Code (relating to exchange of defense personnel); section 332 such title (relating to defense institution building); and other security cooperation authorities under chapter 16 of such title.
In this subsection, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional defense committees; and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.