S. 5595Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Weapons Resupply, Stockpile, and Assurance Act

A bill to establish a War Reserve Stock Program for Taiwan, and for other purposes.

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The Weapons Resupply, Stockpile, and Assurance Act creates a War Reserve Stock Program that lets the President send surplus or obsolete U.S. defense and humanitarian items to Taiwan. It covers things like medical supplies, armor, artillery, ammunition, missiles and other munitions. The law requires advance notice to Congress before any transfer and mandates yearly reports on what is sent, any concessions received, and delivery schedules.

Key Provisions

The President may transfer any surplus, obsolete, or reserve U.S. defense and humanitarian items from the Department of Defense inventory to Taiwan.
Transfers must be preceded by a written notification to the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees and the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees at least 30 days before the transfer.
The Secretary of State must submit an annual report to the relevant committees detailing each transfer, any concessions Taiwan provides, and delivery timelines.
Future reports can be combined with reporting requirements already established under the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Foreign Relations Committee

September 29, 2026

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September 29, 2026

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Foreign Relations Committee

September 29, 2026

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Introduced in SenateIssued September 29, 2026

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 5595

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

September 29, 2026

Mr. Banks introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

A BILL

To establish a War Reserve Stock Program for Taiwan, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Weapons Resupply, Stockpile, and Assurance Act.

War Reserve Stock Program for Taiwan

(a)

In general

Notwithstanding section 514 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h), the President may transfer to Taiwan any or all of the items described in subsection (b).

(b)

Items described

The items referred to in subsection (a) are humanitarian and medical supplies, armor, artillery, automatic weapons ammunition, missiles, and other munitions that—

(1)

are obsolete or surplus items;

(2)

are in the inventory of the Department of Defense;

(3)

are intended for use as reserve stocks for Taiwan; and

(4)

are located in a stockpile in Taiwan.

(c)

Congressional notification

Not later than 30 days before making a transfer under the authority of this section, the President shall transmit a notification of the proposed transfer to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. The notification shall identify the items to be transferred and the concessions to be received.

(d)

Report

(1)

In general

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress summarizing items included in each transfer under this section, the concessions received, and timelines for delivery.

(2)

Submission of subsequent reports

After the submission of the initial report under this subsection, the Secretary of State may combine the submission of the subsequent reports with the reporting requirements under the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act (22 U.S.C. 3351 et seq.), as appropriate.