(e) VICINITY DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘vicinity’’ means the area within 30 miles of the bound-
aries of the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands. 
TITLE II—MATTERS RELATING 
TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
SEC. 201. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON MARITIME DISPUTES 
IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States has a national interest in 
maintaining freedom of navigation, freedom of the 
seas, respect for international law, and unimpeded 
lawful commerce, including in the East China and 
South China Seas. 
(2) There has been an unprecedented increase 
in aggressive actions by the Government of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China in the East China Sea, to in-
clude— 
(A) dangerous activities by Chinese mari-
time agencies in areas near the Senkaku is-
lands, including the intrusion of between 6 and 
25 Chinese ships into Japanese administered 
territory in the East China Sea each month 
since September 2012, between 26 and 124 
ships into the ‘‘contiguous zone’’ in the same 
time period, and 9 ships into Japanese adminis-
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tered territory and 33 ships into the contiguous 
zone in February 2014; and 
(B) a unilateral declaration on November 
23, 2013, without prior consultations with the 
United States, Japan, the Republic of Korea, or 
other nations of the Asia-Pacific region, of an 
Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the 
East China Sea. 
(3) In recent years, there have also been nu-
merous dangerous and destabilizing incidents in the 
South China Sea, specifically in waters near the 
coasts of the Philippines, the People’s Republic of 
China, Malaysia, and Vietnam, where the use of co-
ercion, intimidation, and military force by claimants 
seeking to change the status quo have raised ten-
sions in the region. Such unilateral actions include— 
(A) continued restrictions on access to 
Scarborough Reef and pressure on long-stand-
ing Philippine presence at the Second Thomas 
Shoal by the People’s Republic of China; 
(B) establishing hydrocarbon blocks up for 
bid in areas that are under dispute; 
(C) announcing administrative and mili-
tary districts in contested areas in the South 
China Sea; and 
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(D) imposing new fishing regulations cov-
ering disputed areas. 
(4) On December 5, 2013, the USS Cowpens 
was lawfully operating in international waters in the 
South China Sea when a People’s Liberation Army 
Navy vessel crossed its bow at a distance of less 
than 500 yards and stopped in the water, forcing 
the USS Cowpens to take evasive action to avoid a 
collision. Such action appears contrary to the inter-
national legal obligations of the People’s Republic of 
China under International Regulations for Pre-
venting Collisions at Sea (COLREGs). 
(5) The increasing frequency and assertiveness 
of patrols and competing regulations over disputed 
territory and maritime areas and airspace in the 
South China Sea and the East China Sea are raising 
tensions and increasing the risk of miscalculation 
and confrontation. 
(6) The Association of Southeast Asian Nations 
(ASEAN) has promoted multilateral talks on dis-
puted areas without settling the issue of sovereignty, 
and in 2002 joined with the People’s Republic of 
China in signing a Declaration on the Conduct of 
Parties in the South China Sea that committed all 
parties to those territorial disputes to ‘‘reaffirm 
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their respect for and commitment to the freedom of 
navigation in and over flight above the South China 
Sea as provided for by the universally recognized 
principles of international law’’ and to ‘‘resolve their 
territorial and jurisdictional disputes by peaceful 
means, without resorting to the threat or use of 
force’’. 
(7) The United States Government has a clear 
interest in the peaceful diplomatic resolution of dis-
puted maritime claims in accordance with inter-
national law and is firmly opposed to coercion, in-
timidation, threats, or the use of force. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—The United States— 
(1) reaffirms its unwavering commitment and 
support for allies and partners in the Asia-Pacific 
region, and for the longstanding United States pol-
icy that Article V of the United States-Japan Mu-
tual Defense Treaty applies to the Japanese-admin-
istered Senkaku Islands; 
(2) opposes claims that impinge on the rights, 
freedoms, and lawful use of the sea that belong to 
all nations and urges all parties to refrain from en-
gaging in destabilizing activities, including illegal oc-
cupation or efforts to unlawfully assert administra-
tion over disputed claims; 
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(3) supports the development of regional insti-
tutions and bodies, including the Association of 
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum, 
the ASEAN Defense Minister’s Meeting Plus, the 
East Asia Summit, and the expanded ASEAN Mari-
time Forum, to increase regional cooperation and 
ensure that disputes are managed without intimida-
tion, coercion, or force; and 
(4) continues United States military operations 
in, and transit through, international waters and air-
space in the Asia-Pacific region, in accordance with 
established principles and practices of international 
law. 
SEC. 202. SENSE OF CONGRESS REAFFIRMING SECURITY 
COMMITMENT TO JAPAN. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States highly values its alliance 
with the Government of Japan as a cornerstone of 
peace and security in the region, based on shared 
values of democracy, the rule of law, free and open 
markets, and respect for human rights in order to 
promote peace, security, stability, and economic 
prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region; 
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(2) the United States welcomes Japan’s deter-
mination to contribute more proactively to regional 
and global peace and security; 
(3) the United States supports recent increases 
in Japanese defense funding, adoption of a National 
Security Strategy, formation of security institutions 
such as the Japanese National Security Council, re- 
examination of the legal basis for its security includ-
ing the matter of exercising its right of collective 
self-defense and other moves that will enable Japan 
to bear even greater alliance responsibilities; 
(4) the United States and Japan should con-
tinue to improve joint interoperability and collabo-
rate on developing future capabilities with which to 
maintain regional stability in an increasingly uncer-
tain security environment; 
(5) the United States and Japan should con-
tinue efforts to strengthen regional multilateral in-
stitutions that promote economic and security co-
operation based on internationally accepted rules 
and norms; 
(6) the United States acknowledges that the 
Senkaku Islands are under the administration of 
Japan and opposes any unilateral actions that would 
seek to undermine such administration, affirms that 
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unilateral actions of a third party will not affect the 
United States acknowledgment of the administration 
of Japan over the Senkaku Islands, and remains 
committed under the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation 
and Security to respond to any armed attack in the 
territories under the administration of Japan; and 
(7) the United States reaffirms its commitment 
to the Government of Japan under Article V of the 
Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security that 
‘‘[e]ach Party recognizes that an armed attack 
against either Party in the territories under the ad-
ministration of Japan would be dangerous to its own 
peace and safety and declares that it would act to 
meet the common danger in accordance with its con-
stitutional provisions and processes’’. 
SEC. 203. REPORT ON OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN 
RELATIONSHIP 
BETWEEN 
THE 
UNITED 
STATES AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the United States and the Republic of 
Korea have forged a strong security alliance over the 
last 60 years; 
(2) the alliance has been strengthened in joint 
missions to fight the global war on terror and has 
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been further bolstered through a continuous trend of 
meaningful sales of United States military hardware 
to Korea; 
(3) the relationship between the two countries 
was further solidified in 2011 through the United 
States–Korea Free Trade Agreement which has led 
to growth in trade of goods and services; and 
(4) additional opportunities should be identified 
to ensure that this relationship continues to grow in 
the long term and more closely reflects United 
States relationships with other free trade agreement 
partner countries. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than October 1, 
2014, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives, a report on op-
portunities to further strengthen the relationship between 
the United States and the Republic of Korea with an em-
phasis on matters relating to security and trade. 
SEC. 204. MARITIME CAPABILITIES OF TAIWAN AND ITS 
CONTRIBUTION TO REGIONAL PEACE AND 
STABILITY. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than April 1, 
2016, the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with 
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the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, submit to the 
congressional defense committees, the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on— 
(1) the maritime balance of forces between the 
People’s Republic of China and Taiwan; and 
(2) the posture and readiness of the navy of 
Taiwan to respond to an attack or other contingency 
against the territory of Taiwan. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) A description and assessment of the posture 
and readiness of elements of the Chinese People’s 
Liberation Army expected or available to threaten 
the maritime or territorial security of Taiwan, in-
cluding an assessment of— 
(A) the undersea and surface warfare ca-
pabilities of the People’s Liberation Army Navy 
in the littoral areas in and around the Taiwan 
Strait; 
(B) the amphibious and heavy sealift capa-
bilities of the People’s Liberation Army Navy; 
(C) the capabilities of the People’s Libera-
tion Army Air Force to establish air dominance 
over Taiwan; and 
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(D) the capabilities of the People’s Libera-
tion Army Second Artillery Corps to suppress 
or destroy the forces of Taiwan necessary to de-
fend the security of Taiwan. 
(2) A description and assessment of the posture 
and readiness of elements of the armed forces of 
Taiwan expected or available to maintain the mari-
time or territorial security of Taiwan, including an 
assessment of— 
(A) the undersea and surface warfare ca-
pabilities of the navy of Taiwan; 
(B) the land-based anti-ship cruise missile 
capabilities of Taiwan; and 
(C) other anti-access or area-denial capa-
bilities, such as mines, that contribute to the 
deterrence of Taiwan against actions taken to 
determine the future of Taiwan by other than 
peaceful means. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
may be submitted in classified or unclassified form. 
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the United States, in accordance with the 
Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96–8), should 
continue to make available to Taiwan such defense 
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articles and services as may be necessary to enable 
Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self-defense capa-
bility; 
(2) the growth and modernization of the Peo-
ple’s Liberation Army, including its focus on ‘‘pre-
paring for potential conflict in the Taiwan Strait 
[which] appears to remain the principal focus and 
primary driver of China’s military investment’’, as 
noted in the 2013 Office of the Secretary of Defense 
Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security 
Developments Involving the People’s Republic of 
China, requires greater attention to the needed de-
fense capabilities of Taiwan; and 
(3) the United States should consider opportu-
nities to help enhance the maritime capabilities and 
nautical skills of the Taiwanese navy that can con-
tribute to Taiwan’s self-defense and to regional 
peace and stability, in areas such as humanitarian 
assistance and disaster relief operations, including 
extending an invitation to Taiwan to participate in 
the 2014 Rim of the Pacific international maritime 
exercise. 
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SEC. 205. MODIFICATIONS TO ANNUAL REPORT ON MILI-
TARY AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS IN-
VOLVING 
THE 
PEOPLE’S 
REPUBLIC 
OF 
CHINA. 
(a) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Subsection (b) of 
section 1202 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 781; 
10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (10) through 
(20) as paragraphs (11) through (21), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(10) The developments in maritime law en-
forcement capabilities and organization of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China, focusing on activities in con-
tested maritime areas in the South China Sea and 
East China Sea. Such analyses shall include an as-
sessment of the nature of China’s maritime law en-
forcement activities directed against United States 
allies and partners. Such maritime activities shall in-
clude activities originating or suspect of originating 
from China and shall include government and non-
government activities that are believed to be sanc-
tioned or supported by the Chinese government.’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section take effect on the date of the enactment of 
this Act and apply with respect to reports required to be 
submitted under subsection (a) of section 1202 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, 
as so amended, on or after that date. 
Æ 
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