S.Amdt. 1913

SA 1913. Mr. SCHMITT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1911 submitted by Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Cruz,
Ms. Duckworth, and Mr. Moran) and intended to be proposed to the bill
H.R. 3935, to amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize and
improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation
programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. SPACE COOPERATION WITH TAIWAN.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, in coordination with
the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and
the Secretary of State, may seek to engage the authorities of
Taiwan with respect to expanding cooperation between the
United States and such authorities on civilian space
activities.
(b) Cooperation Efforts.--
(1) In general.--In seeking to expand cooperation under
subsection (a), the Administrator of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration and the Administrator of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may carry out
efforts to identify and pursue space exploration, space
applications, and science initiatives in areas of mutual
benefit to the United States and the authorities of Taiwan,
consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et
seq.) and applicable export regulations, including by--
(A) cooperating on satellite programs, space exploration
programs, and atmospheric and weather programs; and
(B) conducting--
(i) personnel exchanges of employees of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration with employees of the Taiwan
Space Agency; and
(ii) activities of mutual benefit relating to commercial
space and atmospheric and weather technology and services.
(2) Protection of sensitive and proprietary information and
economic interests of the united states.--In carrying out
efforts and activities under paragraph (1), the Administrator
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration shall take all appropriate measures to protect
sensitive information, intellectual property, trade secrets,
and the economic interests of the United States.
(c) Report.--
(1) Requirement.--Not later than 270 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for five
years, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, the Administrator of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Secretary of
State shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a report on the implementation of this section.
(2) Elements.--Each report required by paragraph (1) shall
include the following:
(A) A description of the cooperation efforts and activities
carried out under subsection (b)(1).
(B) An identification of any challenge or resource gap that
needs to be addressed to expand cooperation between the
United States and the authorities of Taiwan on civilian space
activities.
(C) Any other matter the Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Administrator of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the
Secretary of State consider relevant.
(d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
______