S.Amdt. 310

SA 310. Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 D of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1269. ELIGIBILITY OF TAIWAN FOR THE STRATEGIC TRADE
AUTHORIZATION EXCEPTION TO CERTAIN EXPORT
CONTROL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Taiwan has adopted high standards in the field of
export controls.
(2) Taiwan has declared its unilateral adherence to the
Missile Technology Control Regime, the Wassenaar Arrangement,
the Australia Group, and the Nuclear Suppliers Group.
(3) At the request of President George W. Bush, section
1206 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year
2003 (Public Law 107-228; 22 U.S.C. 2321k note) required that
Taiwan be treated as if it were designated as a major non-
NATO ally (as defined in section 644(q) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2403(q)).
(b) Eligibility for Strategic Trade Authorization.--The
President, consistent with the commitments of the United
States under international arrangements, shall take steps so
that Taiwan may be treated as if it were included in the list
of countries eligible for the strategic trade authorization
exception under section 740.20(c)(1) of the Export
Administration Regulations to the requirement for a license
for the export, re-export, or in-country transfer of an item
subject to controls under the Export Administration
Regulations.
(c) Criteria.--Before the President may treat Taiwan as
eligible for the exception described in subsection (b), the
President shall ensure that Taiwan satisfies any applicable
criteria normally required for inclusion in the Country Group
A:5 list set forth in Supplement No. 1 to part 740 of the
Export Administration Regulations, particularly with respect
to alignment of export control policies with such policies of
the United States.
(d) Export Administration Regulations Defined.--In this
section, the term ``Export Administration Regulations'' has
the meaning given that term in section 1742 of the Export
Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801).
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