Sec. 1251. Sense of the Senate on supporting prioritization of the People's Republic of China, the Indo-Pacific region, and Taiwan
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It is the sense of the Senate that the Senate— supports the designations by the Department of Defense, as reflected in the 2022 National Defense Strategy and statements by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and other senior Department officials, of— the People’s Republic of China as the Department’s pacing challenge; the Indo-Pacific as the Department’s priority theater; and a Taiwan contingency as the Department’s pacing scenario; underscores the importance of the Department continuing to prioritize the deterrence of aggression by the People's Republic of China, particularly in the form of an invasion of Taiwan by the People's Republic of China, as the Government of the People’s Republic of China expands and modernizes the People’s Liberation Army; and strongly urges the Department to manage force allocations across theaters to ensure, consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act ( Public Law 96–8 ; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq. ), that the United States Armed Forces maintain the ability to deny a fait accompli against Taiwan by the People’s Republic of China in order to deter the People’s Republic of China from using force to unilaterally change the status quo with Taiwan.
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Sense of the Senate on supporting prioritization of the People's Republic of China, the Indo-Pacific region, and Taiwan
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