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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2103 

To improve defense cooperation between the United States and Taiwan, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 19, 2021 

Mr. PERRY (for himself, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. CRENSHAW, and Mr. CHABOT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To improve defense cooperation between the United States 

and Taiwan, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Taiwan PLUS Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

6 Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) Taiwan is the 10th largest trading partner 

8 in goods with the United States. 

9 (2) Taiwan is recognized by 15 countries as an 

10 independent state, and it is presently treated as a 


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1 major non-NATO ally by the United States under 

2 section 1206 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

3 Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 

4 U.S.C. 2321k note). 

5 (3) The unclassified summary of the 2018 Na6 tional Defense Strategy notably prioritized United 

7 States efforts to protect America’s allies and part8 ners, stating that United States defense objectives 

9 include ‘‘defending allies from military aggression, 

10 and bolstering partners against coercion, and fairly 

11 sharing responsibilities for common defense’’. 

12 (4) The Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96– 

13 8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) states that ‘‘the United 

14 States will make available to Taiwan such defense 

15 articles and defense services in such quantity as may 

16 be necessary to enable Taiwan to maintain a suffi17 cient self-defense capability’’. 

18 (5) Consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act, 

19 the United States Congress has for four decades ap20 proved numerous defense articles and defense serv21 ices for Taiwan’s self-defense, including, since 2017, 

22 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), 

23 F–16 C/D fighter jets, MK 48 torpedoes, Harpoon 

24 Coastal Defense Systems, Stinger man-portable air 

25 defense systems, M109A6 Paladin howitzers, MS– 


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1 110 Airborne Reconnaissance Systems, Sniper Ad2 vanced Targeting Pods, Field Information Commu3 nications Systems, and recertification of MIM–104 

4 Patriot Missiles. 

5 (6) Defense Security Cooperation Agency 

6 (DSCA) data indicates that Taiwan was the United 

7 States’ largest Foreign Military Sales customer in 

8 fiscal year 2020. 

9 (7) DSCA data also indicates that from fiscal 

10 years 1950 through 2020, Taiwan was the United 

11 States’ third-largest Foreign Military Sales cus12 tomer, tied with Japan. 

13 (8) The Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 (sub14 title B of title III of division FF of Public Law 116– 

15 260), states, ‘‘the United States should conduct reg16 ular sales and transfers of defense articles to Tai17 wan in order to enhance its self-defense capabilities, 

18 particularly its efforts to develop and integrate 

19 asymmetric capabilities, including undersea warfare 

20 and air defense capabilities, into its military forces’’. 

21 (9) Subparagraph (A) of section 1260(b)(1) of 

22 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

23 Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283) states, ‘‘[the 

24 United States should continue] supporting acquisi25 tion by Taiwan of defense articles and services 


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1 through foreign military sales, direct commercial 

2 sales, and industrial cooperation, with an emphasis 

3 on capabilities that support the asymmetric defense 

4 strategy of Taiwan, including anti-ship, coastal de5 fense, anti-armor, air defense, undersea warfare, ad6 vanced command, control, communications, com7 puters, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, 

8 and resilient command and control capabilities.’’. 

9 (10) Subparagraph (B) of section 1260(b)(1) of 

10 such Act further states that the United States 

11 should continue supporting the development of de12 fense forces necessary for Taiwan to maintain a suf13 ficient self-defense capability by ‘‘ensuring timely re14 view of an response to response to requests of Tai15 wan for defense articles and services’’. 

16 (11) In its 2019 Recommendations to Congress, 

17 the bipartisan U.S.-China Economic and Security 

18 Commission issued the following judgement: ‘‘Con19 gress [should] raise the threshold of congressional 

20 notification on sales of defense articles and services 

21 to Taiwan to the highest tier set to U.S. allies and 

22 partners. Congress [should] also terminate any re23 quirement to provide prior notification of mainte24 nance and sustainment of military equipment and 

25 capabilities previously sold to Taiwan.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 It is the sense of Congress that— 

3 (1) enhanced support for defense cooperation 

4 with Taiwan is critical to the national security of the 

5 United States, including through designation of Tai6 wan as a member of the colloquially titled ‘‘NATO 

7 Plus’’ community of states, which presently includes 

8 Japan, Australia, the Republic of Korea, Israel, and 

9 New Zealand, with respect to consideration by Con10 gress of Foreign Military Sales to Taiwan, as well 

11 as all other rights, privileges, and responsibilities af12 forded to such community of states; and 

13 (2) Taiwan should be so designated as a mem14 ber of the ‘‘NATO Plus’’ community of states. 

15 SEC. 4. ENHANCED DEFENSE COOPERATION. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—During the 5-year period begin17 ning on the date of the enactment of this Act, Taiwan 

18 shall be treated as if it were a country listed in the provi19 sions of law described in subsection (b) for purposes of 

20 applying and administering such provisions of law. 

21 (b) PROVISIONS OF LAW DESCRIBED.—The provi22 sions of law described in this subsection are— 

23 (1) subsections (b)(2), (d)(2)(B), (d)(3)(A)(i), 

24 and (d)(5) of section 3 of the Arms Export Control 

25 Act (22 U.S.C. 2753); 


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1 (2) subsections (e)(2)(A), (h)(1)(A), and (h)(2) 

2 of section 21 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2761); 

3 (3) the matter following subparagraph (P) of 

4 subsection (b)(1) and subsections (b)(2), (b)(6), 

5 (c)(2)(A), (c)(5), and (d)(2)(A) of section 36 of such 

6 Act (22 U.S.C. 2776); 

7 (4) section 62(c)(1) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 

8 2796a(c)(1)); and 

9 (5) section 63(a)(2) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 

10 2796b(a)(2)). 

11 (c) CONTINUED APPLICATION.—The Secretary of 

12 State is authorized to continue to apply this section with 

13 respect to Taiwan for additional 5-year periods beginning 

14 after the end of the 5-year period described in subsection 

15 (a) if, with respect to each such additional 5-year period, 

16 the Secretary— 

17 (1) determines that such continued application 

18 is in the national security interests of the United 

19 States; and 

20 (2) submits such determination to the Com21 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep22 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela23 tions of the Senate not later than 14 days before the 

24 start of such additional 5-year period. 

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