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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 39 

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the freedom, security, and 

stability of Taiwan. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 13, 2011 

Mr. ANDREWS (for himself and Mr. GARRETT) submitted the following 

concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the freedom, 

security, and stability of Taiwan. 

Whereas for over half a century a close relationship has existed between the United States and Taiwan, and the relationship has been of enormous economic, cultural, and 

strategic advantage to both countries, the region and the 

world; 

Whereas the United States has vital security and strategic interests in the Taiwan Strait, with United States Armed 

Forces stationed in countries within the Taiwan Strait 

region; 

Whereas the security of the 23,000,000 people in Taiwan is 

threatened by the deployment by the Government of the 

People’s Republic of China of over 1,400 short- and medium-range ballistic missiles targeted at Taiwan; 


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Whereas the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China passed an anti-secession law on March 

14, 2005, which was subsequently condemned by the 

United States House of Representatives in House Concurrent Resolution 98 (109th Congress), passed by the 

House of Representatives on March 16, 2005; 

Whereas House Concurrent Resolution 98 (109th Congress) 

states that the anti-secession law seeks ‘‘to create a legal 

framework for possible use of force against Taiwan’’ and 

that it constitutes ‘‘a unilateral change to the status quo 

in the Taiwan Strait’’; 

Whereas a 2009 Department of Defense report on the military power of the Government of the People’s Republic 

of China states that ‘‘[t]he PLA’s modernization vis-a-vis 

Taiwan has continued over the past year, including its 

build-up of short-range missiles opposite the island’’, and 

that ‘‘[i]n the near-term, China’s armed forces are rapidly developing coercive capabilities for the purpose of deterring Taiwan’s pursuit of de jure independence’’; 

Whereas the report also states that ‘‘[t]hese same capabilities 

could in the future be used to pressure Taiwan toward 

a settlement of the cross-Strait dispute on Beijing’s 

terms while simultaneously attempting to deter, delay, or 

deny any possible U.S. support for the island in case of 

conflict’’; 

Whereas the Director of National Intelligence, Admiral Dennis Blair, in the 2009 Annual Threat Assessment of the 

Intelligence Community for the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, stated that ‘‘[p]reparations for 

a possible Taiwan conflict continue to drive the modernization goals of the People’s Liberation Army and the 

Chinese defense-industrial complex’’; 


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Whereas on January 21, 2010, the Defense Intelligence 

Agency (DIA) completed a report on the current condition of the air force of the Government of Taiwan and 

concludes that, ‘‘although Taiwan has nearly 400 combat 

aircraft in service, far fewer of these are operationally capable’’; 

Whereas on August 16, 2010, the U.S. Department of Defense issued a report titled ‘‘Military and Security Developments involving the People’s Republic of China’’, in 

which it noted that in spite of the ongoing rapprochement, the PRC is continuing its military buildup and 

missile deployment aimed at Taiwan, leading to a further 

deterioration of the military balance across the Taiwan 

Strait; 

Whereas section 2(b)(4) of the Taiwan Relations Act (22 

U.S.C. 3301(b)(4)), which is the cornerstone of United 

States-Taiwan relations, declares that it is the policy of 

the United States ‘‘to consider any effort to determine 

the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means, including by boycotts or embargoes, a threat to the peace 

and security of the Western Pacific area and of grave 

concern to the United States’’; and 

Whereas section 2(b)(6) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 3301(b)(6)) 

declares it the policy of the United States ‘‘to maintain 

the capacity of the United States to resist any resort to 

force or other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the 

security, or the social or economic system, of the people 

on Taiwan’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that— 


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1 (1) grave concerns exist concerning the contin2 ued deployment by the Government of the People’s 

3 Republic of China of over 1,400 ballistic missiles di4 rected toward Taiwan, which threaten security and 

5 stability in the Taiwan Strait; 

6 (2) the President should seek a public and un7 equivocal renunciation from the leaders of the Peo8 ple’s Republic of China of any threat or use of force 

9 against Taiwan and the region; 

10 (3) the future of Taiwan should be determined 

11 peacefully by the people of Taiwan and free from co12 ercion by the Government of the People’s Republic 

13 of China; and 

14 (4) the President should take immediate steps 

15 to redress the deteriorating balance of airpower 

16 noted by the 2010 DOD’s annual report on China’s 

17 military power, and move forward expeditiously with 

18 the sale to Taiwan of new F–16 C/D aircraft and 

19 upgrades of the existing F–16 A/B fleet. 

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