S.Amdt. 4160

SA 4160. Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Gardner)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1247. UNITED STATES POLICY ON TAIWAN.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) For more than 50 years, the United States and Taiwan
have had a unique and close relationship, which has supported
the economic, cultural, and strategic advantage to both
countries.
(2) The United States has vital security and strategic
interests in the Taiwan Strait.
(3) The Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96-8; 22 U.S.C.
3301 et seq.) has been instrumental in maintaining peace,
security, and stability in the Taiwan Strait since its
enactment in 1979.
(4) The Taiwan Relations Act states that it is the policy
of the United States to provide Taiwan with arms of a
defensive character and to maintain the capacity of the
United States to defend against any forms of coercion that
would jeopardize the security, or the social or economic
system, of the people on Taiwan.
(b) Statement of Policy.--The Taiwan Relations Act (Public
Law 96-8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) forms the cornerstone of
United States policy and relations with Taiwan.
(c) Reports.--
(1) Provision of defensive arms to taiwan.--Not later than
February 15, 2017, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary
of State shall jointly brief the appropriate committees of
Congress on the steps the United States has taken, plans to
take, and will take to provide Taiwan with arms of a
defensive character, training, and software in accordance
with the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96-8; 22 U.S.C.
3301 et seq.).
(2) Annual report on foreign military sales to taiwan.--
Section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(j) At the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services and
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Armed
Services and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives
a classified report that lists each request received from
Taiwan and each letter of offer to sell any defense articles
or services under this Act to Taiwan during such fiscal
year.''.
(3) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
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.

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