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H.R. 4860House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

U.S.-Taiwan Defense Innovation Partnership Act

Sponsored by Zachary NunnRep. Zachary Nunn (R-IA)
Introduced August 1, 2025

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The U.S.-Taiwan Defense Innovation Partnership Act directs the U.S. Secretary of Defense to form a strategic partnership with Taiwan’s defense ministry. The goal is to coordinate defense‑industry priorities, boost cooperation on new technologies, and help deter regional threats, especially from China. The partnership would involve U.S. and Taiwanese defense companies, startups, and government agencies working together on advanced weapons and dual‑use technologies.

Key Provisions

  • Direct the Secretary of Defense to set up a strategic partnership with Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense.
  • Help U.S. and Taiwanese defense technology firms find more market opportunities and strengthen Taiwan’s defense industrial base.
  • Coordinate research, development, and commercialization of emerging defense technologies such as drones, microchips, directed‑energy weapons, artificial intelligence, missiles, and ISR systems.
  • Create smoother pathways for defense‑technology startups to bring products to market in both countries.
  • Work together to counter the Chinese Communist Party’s development of dual‑use (civilian and military) technologies.

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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Foreign Affairs Committee

August 1, 2025

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August 1, 2025

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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Foreign Affairs Committee

August 1, 2025

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Introduced in HouseIssued August 1, 2025

I

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 4860

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

August 1, 2025

Mr. Nunn of Iowa (for himself, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Moolenaar, and Mrs. Hinson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a strategic partnership with the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense to coordinate defense industrial priorities, expand defense technology cooperation, deter regional adversaries, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the U.S.-Taiwan Defense Innovation Partnership Act.

2.

Strategic partnership on defense industrial priorities between the United States and Taiwan

The Secretary of Defense shall seek to establish a partnership between the Department of Defense and appropriate counterparts of Taiwan in order to—

(1)

enhance market opportunities for United States-based and Taiwan-based defense technology companies;

(2)

bolster Taiwan’s defense industrial base;

(3)

harmonize global security posture through emerging technology;

(4)

counter the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese Communist Party-aligned adversarial proxy group development of dual-use defense technologies; and

(5)

in coordination with appropriate counterpart offices of the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense—

(A)

enable coordination on defense industrial priorities;

(B)

streamline emerging defense technology research and development;

(C)

create more pathways to market for defense technology startups; and

(D)

collaborate on the coordinated development of dual-use defense capabilities, such as the following:

(i)

Drones.

(ii)

Microchips.

(iii)

Directed energy weapons.

(iv)

Artificial Intelligence.

(v)

Missile technology.

(vi)

Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance technology.