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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2756 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to seek to engage the Government of 
Taiwan regarding expanded cooperation with respect to military cyberse-
curity activities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 20, 2023 
Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself and Ms. HOULAHAN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in ad-
dition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to seek to engage the 
Government of Taiwan regarding expanded cooperation 
with respect to military cybersecurity activities, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Taiwan Cybersecurity 
Resiliency Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. MILITARY CYBERSECURITY COOPERATION WITH 
TAIWAN. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Policy, in concurrence with the Secretary of State and 
in coordination with the Commander of the United States 
Cyber Command and the Commander of the United States 
Indo-Pacific Command, shall seek to engage the Govern-
ment of Taiwan for the purpose of expanding cooperation 
on military cybersecurity activities. 
(b) COOPERATION EFFORTS.—In expanding the co-
operation of military cybersecurity activities between the 
Department of Defense and the Government of Taiwan 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may carry 
out efforts to— 
(1) actively defend military networks, infra-
structure, and systems; 
(2) eradicate malicious cyber activity that has 
compromised such networks, infrastructure, and sys-
tems; 
(3) leverage United States commercial and mili-
tary cybersecurity technology and services to harden 
and defend such networks, infrastructure, and sys-
tems; and 
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(4) conduct combined cybersecurity training ac-
tivities and exercises. 
(c) BRIEFINGS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 
of State, shall provide to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a briefing on the implementation 
of this section. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The briefing under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description of the feasibility and ad-
visability of expanding cooperation on military 
cybersecurity activities between the Department 
of Defense and the Government of Taiwan. 
(B) An identification of any challenges and 
resources necessary to be addressed so as to ex-
pand such cooperation. 
(C) An overview of efforts undertaken pur-
suant to this section. 
(D) Any other matters the Secretary deter-
mines relevant. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
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(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
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