Sec. 3. Definitions
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In this Act: Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate ; the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate ; the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate ; the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives ; the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives ; and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives . The term counter intervention capabilities includes, in such quantities as the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, determines to be necessary to achieve the purpose described in section 204(c)— mobile, ground-based coastal defense cruise missiles and launchers; mobile, ground-based short-range and medium-range air defense systems; smart, self-propelled naval mines and coastal minelaying platforms; missile boats and fast-attack craft equipped with anti-ship and anti-landing craft missiles; manned and unmanned aerial and other mobile, resilient surveillance systems to support coastal and air defense operations; equipment to support target location, tracking, identification, and targeting, especially at the local level, in communications degraded or denied environments; man-portable anti-armor weapons, mortars, and small arms for ground combat operations; equipment and technical assistance for the purpose of developing civil defense forces, composed of civilian volunteers and militia; training and equipment, including appropriate war reserves, required for Taiwan forces to independently maintain, sustain, and employ the capabilities described in subparagraphs
(A)through (H); concept development for coastal defense, air defense, decentralized command and control, civil defense, logistics, planning, and other critical military functions, with an emphasis on operations in a communications degraded or denied environment; and any other capability that the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, considers appropriate for the purpose described in section 204(d). The term Republic of China means the East Asia island country commonly known as Taiwan . The term sharp power means the coordinated and often concealed application of disinformation, media manipulation, economic coercion, cyber-intrusions, targeted investments, and academic censorship that is intended— to corrupt political and nongovernmental institutions and interfere in democratic elections and encourage self-censorship of views at odds with those of the Government of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party; or to foster attitudes, behavior, decisions, or outcomes in Taiwan and elsewhere that support the interests of the Government of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party.