S.Amdt. 4480

SA 4480. 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:

Strike section 1245 and insert the following:

SEC. 1245. ASSESSMENT OF AND PLAN FOR IMPROVING THE DEFENSIVE
ASYMMETRIC CAPABILITIES OF TAIWAN.

(a) Assessment.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination
with the heads of other relevant Federal departments and
agencies, shall conduct an assessment of the defensive
asymmetric capabilities of Taiwan.
(2) Elements.--The assessment required by paragraph (1)
shall include the following:
(A) An assessment of the current defensive asymmetric
capabilities of Taiwan and the ability of Taiwan to defend
itself from external conventional military threats, which
shall include--
(i) a description and assessment of the current defensive
asymmetric capabilities of Taiwan; and
(ii) a description of the defensive asymmetric capabilities
necessary for Taiwan to successfully alter scenarios and
likely outcomes with respect to a possible use of force by
the People's Republic of China against Taiwan, including the
estimated cost of such capabilities.
(B) An assessment of each of the following:
(i) The applicability of Department of Defense authorities
for improving the defensive asymmetric capabilities of Taiwan
in accordance with the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96-8;
22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.).
(ii) The options available to the Department to support the
defense budgeting and procurement process of Taiwan in a
manner that facilitates sustained investment in capabilities
aligned with the asymmetric defense strategy of Taiwan.
(iii) The feasibility and advisability, including the
estimated costs, of additional policy options to support the
enhancement of the defensive asymmetric capabilities of
Taiwan, including--

(I) assisting Taiwan in the domestic production of
defensive asymmetric capabilities, including through the
transfer of intellectual property, co-development, or co-
production arrangements; and
(II) establishing a permanent fund to support regular
investment by Taiwan in defensive asymmetric capabilities.

(iv) The plans, tactics, techniques, and procedures
underpinning the defensive asymmetric capabilities of Taiwan.
(v) The interoperability of current and future defensive
asymmetric capabilities of Taiwan with the military
capabilities of the United States and its allies and
partners.
(vi) Any other matter the Secretary considers appropriate.
(b) Plan.--The Secretary shall develop a plan for assisting
Taiwan in improving its defensive asymmetric capabilities
that includes--
(1) recommendations for new Department authorities, or
modifications to existing Department authorities, necessary
to improve the defensive asymmetric capabilities of Taiwan in
accordance with the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96-8; 22
U.S.C. 3301 et seq.);
(2) an identification of opportunities--
(A) for key leader and subject matter expert engagement
between Department personnel and military and civilian
counterparts in Taiwan; and
(B) to provide necessary support for the successful
deployment of defensive asymmetric capabilities by Taiwan,
including through appropriate training; and
(3) an identification of challenges and opportunities for
leveraging non-Department authorities, resources, and
capabilities to improve the defensive asymmetric capabilities
of Taiwan in accordance with the Taiwan Relations Act (Public
Law 96-8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.).
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the appropriate committees of Congress--
(1) a report on the results of the assessment required by
subsection (a); and
(2) the plan required by subsection (b).
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence
of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
(2) Defensive asymmetric capabilities.--The term
``defensive asymmetric capabilities'' means the capabilities
necessary to defend Taiwan against conventional external
threats, including coastal defense missiles, naval mines,
anti-aircraft capabilities, cyber defenses, and special
operations forces.
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