S.Amdt. 921

SA 921. Mr. RICKETTS 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. REPORT ON DEFENSE SUPPORT FOR TAIWAN.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report containing an
evaluation of the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) processes
across all military services for the provision of defense
articles, defense services, and training to Taiwan pursuant
to the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.).
(b) Matters to Be Included.--Such report shall contain the
following:
(1) A description of price and availability data with
respect to the provision of defense articles, defense
services, and training requested by Taiwan during the two-
year period preceding the date on which the report is
submitted.
(2) A description of timelines from price and availability
data requested to price and availability data provided to
Taiwan of articles, services, and training described in
paragraph (1), including an identification of the specific
service lead associated with the provision of such articles,
services, and training.
(3) A description of when articles, services, and training
described in paragraph (1) were provided to the Department of
State for FMS authorization.
(4) An evaluation of military training activities conducted
with Taiwan during the two-year period preceding the date on
which the report is submitted report, including--
(A) the objectives of such training activities;
(B) funding authority, unless national funds were applied;
and
(C) an evaluation of the effectiveness of such training
activities, including the strengths and weaknesses in
Taiwan's capacity to absorb the training provided.
(5) A description of the articles, services, and training
described in paragraph (1) planned to be provided to Taiwan
during the one-year period after the period covered by the
report.
(6) A description of the timeframe from Department of State
authorization to Taiwan signature on the Letter of Offer and
Acceptance of articles, services, and training described in
paragraph (1) and information on delays in concluding a
Letter of Offer and Acceptance.
(7) A description of timelines the Department of Defense
took to work with United States industry in entering into
contracts associated articles, services, and training
described in paragraph (1), including a description of the
average timeframes for Letters of Offer and Acceptance.
(8) A description of the timeliness of Department of
Defense components' reporting of deliveries articles,
services, and training described in paragraph (1).
(9) A description on cooperation across agencies in
identifying priority articles, services, and training
described in paragraph (1) and cooperation with United States
industry to address delivery delays.
(10) An update on the Department of Defense's efforts to
work with industry and the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency to introduce innovative technology to the Department
of Defense to address delivery delays resulting from supply
chain issues and long-lead manufacturing timelines for
articles, services, and training described in paragraph (1).
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) may
include a classified annex.
(d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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