S.Amdt. 603

SA 603. Mr. MARKEY 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the
following:

SEC. 12__. STABILITY ACROSS THE TAIWAN STRAIT.

(a) Short Titles.--This section may be cited as the
``Taiwan Actions Supporting Security by Undertaking Regular
Engagements Act'' or the ``Taiwan ASSURE Act''.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives; and
(D) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives.
(2) China; prc.--The terms ``China'' and ``PRC'' mean the
People's Republic of China.
(3) Taiwan authorities.--The term ``Taiwan authorities''
means officials of the Government of Taiwan.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations for the Global
Cooperation and Training Framework.--There are authorized to
be appropriated for the Global Cooperation and Training
Framework under the Economic Support Fund authorized under
section 531 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2346), $6,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2024 through
2027, which may be expended for trainings and activities that
increase Taiwan's economic and international integration.
(d) Supporting Confidence Building Measures and Stability
Dialogues.--
(1) Annual report.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of
Defense, shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees an unclassified report, with a classified annex,
that includes--
(A) a description of all military-to-military dialogues and
confidence-building measures between the United States and
the PRC during the 10-year period ending on the date of the
enactment of this Act;
(B) a description of bilateral and multilateral diplomatic
engagements with the PRC in which cross-Strait issues were
substantively discussed during such 10-year period, including
Track 1.5 and Track 2 dialogues;
(C) a description of the efforts in the year preceding the
submission of the report to facilitate engagements described
in subparagraphs (A) and (B); and
(D) a description of how and why the engagements described
in subparagraphs (A) and (B) have changed in frequency or
substance during such 10-year period.
(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated to the Department of State, and, as
appropriate, to the Department of Defense, $2,000,000 for
each of the fiscal years 2024 through 2027, which shall be
used to support existing Track 1.5 and Track 2 strategic
dialogues facilitated by independent nonprofit organizations
or academic institutions in which participants meet to
discuss stability cross-Strait stability issues.
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