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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1241 

To enhance and expand cooperation between the Department of Defense 

and the Government of Taiwan. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 20, 2023 

Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. ROUNDS) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To enhance and expand cooperation between the Department 

of Defense and the Government of Taiwan. 

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 Cybersecurity 

5 Resiliency Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MILITARY CYBERSECURITY COOPERATION WITH 

7 TAIWAN. 

8 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

9 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

10 Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense 


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1 for Policy, in concurrence with the Secretary of State and 

2 in coordination with the Commander of the United States 

3 Cyber Command and the Commander of the United States 

4 Indo-Pacific Command, shall seek to engage the Govern5 ment of Taiwan for the purpose of expanding cooperation 

6 on military cybersecurity activities. 

7 (b) COOPERATION EFFORTS.—In expanding the co8 operation of military cybersecurity activities between the 

9 Department of Defense and the Government of Taiwan 

10 under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may carry 

11 out efforts— 

12 (1) to actively defend military networks, infra13 structure, and systems; 

14 (2) to eradicate malicious cyber activity that 

15 has compromised such networks, infrastructure, and 

16 systems; 

17 (3) to leverage United States commercial and 

18 military cybersecurity technology and services to 

19 harden and defend such networks, infrastructure, 

20 and systems; and 

21 (4) to conduct combined cybersecurity training 

22 activities and exercises. 

23 (c) BRIEFINGS.— 

24 (1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days 

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1 retary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 

2 of State, shall provide to the appropriate committees 

3 of Congress a briefing on the implementation of this 

4 section. 

5 (2) CONTENTS.—The briefing under paragraph 

6 (1) shall include the following: 

7 (A) A description of the feasibility and ad8 visability of expanding the cooperation on mili9 tary cybersecurity activities between the De10 partment of Defense and the Government of 

11 Taiwan. 

12 (B) An identification of any challenges and 

13 resources that need to be addressed so as to ex14 pand such cooperation. 

15 (C) An overview of efforts undertaken pur16 suant to this section. 

17 (D) Any other matter the Secretary con18 siders relevant. 

19 (d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE20 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit21 tees of Congress’’ means— 

22 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

23 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 


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1 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

2 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep3 resentatives. 

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