S.Amdt. 589

SA 589. Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. Cruz) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 12__. REVIEW AND REPORT ON OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNITED
STATES UNDER TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) Taiwan is a vital partner of the United States and a
critical element of the free and open Indo-Pacific region;
(2) for 40 years, the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301
et seq.) has secured peace, stability, and prosperity and
provided enormous benefits to the United States, Taiwan, and
the Indo-Pacific region; and
(3) the United States should reaffirm that the policy of
the United States toward diplomatic relations with the
People's Republic of China rests upon the expectation that
the future of Taiwan will be determined by peaceful means, as
described in that Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.).
(b) Review.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with
the Secretary of State, shall conduct a review of--
(1) whether, and the means by which, as applicable, the
Government of the People's Republic of China is affecting,
including through military, economic, information, digital,
diplomatic, or any other form of coercion--
(A) the security, or the social and economic system, of the
people of Taiwan;
(B) the military balance of power between the People's
Republic of China and Taiwan; or
(C) the expectation that the future of Taiwan will continue
to be determined by peaceful means; and
(2) the role of United States policy toward Taiwan with
respect to the implementation of the 2017 National Security
Strategy and the 2018 National Defense Strategy.
(c) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of State, shall provide to
the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the review
under subsection (b).
(2) Matters to be included.--The report under paragraph (1)
shall include the following:
(A) Recommendations on legislative changes or Department of
Defense or Department of State policy changes necessary to
ensure that the United States continues to meets its
obligations to Taiwan under the Taiwan Relations Act (22
U.S.C. 3301 et seq.).
(B) Guidelines for--
(i) new defense requirements, including requirements
relating to information and digital space;
(ii) exchanges between senior-level civilian and military
officials of the United States and Taiwan; and
(iii) the regular transfer of defense articles, especially
defense articles that are mobile, survivable, and cost
effective, to most effectively deter attacks and support the
asymmetric defense strategy of Taiwan.
(d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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