Sec. 5512. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TAIWAN DEFENSE RELATIONS

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## SEC. 5512 SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TAIWAN DEFENSE RELATIONS **[**[22 U.S.C. 3351 note](/us/usc/t22/s3351)**]** It is the sense of Congress that— ####

(1)the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96-8; 22 U.S.C. et seq.) and the Six Assurances provided by the United States to Taiwan in July 1982 are the foundation for United States-Taiwan relations; ####

(2)as set forth in the Taiwan Relations Act, the United States decision to establish diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China rests upon the expectation that the future of Taiwan will be determined by peaceful means, and that any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means, including boycotts and embargoes, is of grave concern to the United States; ####

(3)the increasingly coercive and aggressive behavior of the People’s Republic of China toward Taiwan is contrary to the expectation of the peaceful resolution of the future of Taiwan; ####

(4)as set forth in the Taiwan Relations Act, the capacity to resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security, or the social or economic system, of the people on Taiwan should be maintained; ####

(5)the United States should continue to support the development of capable, ready, and modern defense forces necessary for Taiwan to maintain sufficient defensive capabilities, including by— #####

(A)supporting acquisition by Taiwan of defense articles and services through foreign military sales, direct commercial sales, and industrial cooperation, with an emphasis on capabilities that support an asymmetric strategy; #####

(B)ensuring timely review of and response to requests of Taiwan for defense articles and services; #####

(C)conducting practical training and military exercises with Taiwan that enable Taiwan to maintain sufficient defensive capabilities, as described in the Taiwan Relations Act; #####

(D)exchanges between defense officials and officers of the United States and Taiwan at the strategic, policy, and functional levels, consistent with the Taiwan Travel Act (Public Law 115-135; 132 Stat. 341), especially for the purposes of— ######

(i)enhancing cooperation on defense planning; ######

(ii)improving the interoperability of the military forces of the United States and Taiwan; and ######

(iii)improving the reserve force of Taiwan; #####

(E)cooperating with Taiwan to improve its ability to employ military capabilities in asymmetric ways, as described in the Taiwan Relations Act; and #####

(F)expanding cooperation in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief; and ####

(6)the United States should increase its support to a free and open society in the face of aggressive efforts by the Government of the People’s Republic of China to curtail or influence the free exercise of rights and democratic franchise. ### PART 2 COUNTERING PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA’S COERCION AND INFLUENCE CAMPAIGNS

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