Sec. 1257. STRENGTHENING TAIWAN’S FORCE READINESS

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## SEC. 1257 STRENGTHENING TAIWAN’S FORCE READINESS ###

(a)Defense Assessment 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: ####

(1)Personnel management and force development, particularly reserve forces. ####

(2)Recruitment, training, and military programs. ####

(3)Command, control, communications and intelligence. ####

(4)Technology research and development. ####

(5)Defense article procurement and logistics. ####

(6)Strategic planning and resource management. ###

(b)Report Required ####

(1)In general 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)A summary of the assessment conducted pursuant to subsection (a). #####

(B)A list of any recommendations resulting from such assessment. #####

(C)A plan for the United States, including by using appropriate security cooperation authorities, to— ######

(i)facilitate any relevant recommendations from such list; ######

(ii)expand senior military-to-military engagement and joint training by the United States Armed Forces with the military of Taiwan; and ######

(iii)support United States foreign military sales and other equipment transfers to Taiwan, particularly for developing asymmetric warfare capabilities. ####

(2)Appropriate security cooperation authorities For purposes of the plan described in paragraph (1)(C), the term “appropriate security cooperation authorities” means— #####

(A)section 311 of title 10, United States Code (relating to exchange of defense personnel); #####

(B)section 332 such title (relating to defense institution building); and #####

(C)other security cooperation authorities under chapter 16 of such title. ####

(3)Appropriate congressional committees In this subsection, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— #####

(A)the congressional defense committees; and #####

(B)the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.