Sec. 1259. STRENGTHENING THE DEFENSE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN

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## SEC. 1259 STRENGTHENING THE DEFENSE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN **[**[22 U.S.C. 3301 note](/us/usc/t22/s3301)**]** ###

(a)Statement of Policy It is the policy of the United States to reinforce its commitments to Taiwan under the Taiwan Relations Act and consistent with the “Six Assurances” as both governments work to improve Taiwan’s self-defense capability. ###

(b)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the United States should— ####

(1)strengthen and enhance its longstanding partnership and cooperation with Taiwan; ####

(2)conduct regular transfers of defense articles and defense services necessary to enable Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self-defense capability, based solely on the needs of Taiwan; ####

(3)invite the military forces of Taiwan to participate in military exercises, such as the “Red Flag” exercises; ####

(4)carry out a program of exchanges of senior military officers and senior officials with Taiwan to improve military-to-military relations, as expressed in section 1284 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 130 Stat. 2544); ####

(5)support expanded exchanges focused on practical training for Taiwan personnel by and with United States military units, including exchanges among services; ####

(6)conduct bilateral naval exercises, to include pre-sail conferences, in the western Pacific Ocean with the Taiwan navy; and ####

(7)consider the advisability and feasibility of reestablishing port of call exchanges between the United States navy and the Taiwan navy.

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