Sec. 1321. Report on support for Taiwan’s military preparedness
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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on deterrence in the Taiwan Strait. The report required by subsection
(a)shall include the following: An assessment on the feasibility of economic tools to deter the People’s Republic of China from conducting covered contingencies. An assessment by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, on how covered countries would likely respond to various covered contingencies. A description of the policy changes the Secretary of State would recommend in response to covered contingencies. A description of the messaging the Secretary of State would employ to in response to covered contingencies. The report required by subsection
(a)shall be submitted in classified form with an unclassified summary. In this section— the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Banking of the Senate; the term covered contingencies include— a military strike or invasion of one or more of Taiwan’s off-shore islands, including Kinmen, Matsu, Wuciou, and Taiping Island; a military strike against the Island of Taiwan or Penghu; a commercial blockade of Taiwan in which international vessels are subjected to search or seizure by the People’s Liberation Army; a major cyber-attack against the critical infrastructure of Taiwan; and a seizure of one or several of Taiwan’s outlining islands or territorial claims; and the term “covered countries” means Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, and Vietnam, and any other country the Secretary of State determines to be relevant.