S.Amdt. 4479

SA 4479. Mr. ROMNEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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. 1253. DEFENSE TRADE DIALOGUE TO PRIORITIZE AND EXPEDITE
TRANSFER OF DEFENSIVE ASYMMETRIC CAPABILITIES
TO TAIWAN.

The Secretary of State shall--
(1) not later than 60 days after the date on which the
report required under section 1245(c) is submitted, initiate
a defense trade dialogue with Taiwan with the goal of
prioritizing and expediting the transfer of defensive
asymmetric capabilities to Taiwan; and
(2) not later than 90 days after the date on which such
dialogue is initiated, and every 90 days thereafter, provide
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives
with a briefing on the status of such dialogue.
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