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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3563 
To improve defense cooperation between the United States and Taiwan, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2025 
Mr. PERRY (for himself and Mr. TIFFANY) 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. 
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 PLUS Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Taiwan is the 7th largest trading partner in 
goods with the United States. 
(2) Taiwan is recognized by 12 countries as an 
independent state, and it is presently treated by the 
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United States as a major non-NATO ally for pur-
poses of the transfer or possible transfer of defense 
articles or defense services under section 1206 of the 
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 
2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 2321k note). 
(3) The unclassified summary of the 2018 Na-
tional Defense Strategy notably prioritized United 
States efforts to protect America’s allies and part-
ners, stating that United States defense objectives 
include ‘‘defending allies from military aggression, 
and bolstering partners against coercion, and fairly 
sharing responsibilities for common defense’’. 
(4) The Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96– 
8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) states that ‘‘the United 
States will make available to Taiwan such defense 
articles and defense services in such quantity as may 
be necessary to enable Taiwan to maintain a suffi-
cient self-defense capability’’. 
(5) Consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act, 
the United States Congress has for more than four 
decades approved numerous defense articles and de-
fense services for Taiwan’s self-defense, including, 
since 2017, High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems 
(HIMARS), F–16 C/D fighter jets, M142 launchers, 
MK 48 heavyweight torpedoes, Harpoon Coastal De-
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fense Systems, Stinger man-portable air defense sys-
tems, M109A6 Paladin howitzers, MS–110 Airborne 
Reconnaissance Systems, Sniper Advanced Tar-
geting Pods, and Field Information Communications 
Systems. 
(6) Defense Security Cooperation Agency 
(DSCA) data indicates that Taiwan was the United 
States largest Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cus-
tomer in fiscal year 2020. 
(7) DSCA data also indicates that from fiscal 
years 1950 through 2020, Taiwan was the United 
States third-largest Foreign Military Sales customer, 
tied with Japan. 
(8) Since 2010, the Department of State has 
notified Congress of over $41,000,000,000 in FMS 
to Taiwan, and over $56,000,000,000 in FMS to 
Taiwan since 2001. 
(9) The Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 (sub-
title B of title III of division FF of Public Law 116– 
260), states, ‘‘the United States should conduct reg-
ular sales and transfers of defense articles to Tai-
wan in order to enhance its self-defense capabilities, 
particularly its efforts to develop and integrate 
asymmetric capabilities, including undersea warfare 
and air defense capabilities, into its military forces’’. 
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(10) Subparagraph (A) of section 1260(b)(1) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283) states, ‘‘[the 
United States should continue] supporting acquisi-
tion by Taiwan of defense articles and services 
through foreign military sales, direct commercial 
sales, and industrial cooperation, with an emphasis 
on capabilities that support the asymmetric defense 
strategy of Taiwan, including anti-ship, coastal de-
fense, anti-armor, air defense, undersea warfare, ad-
vanced command, control, communications, com-
puters, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, 
and resilient command and control capabilities.’’. 
(11) Subparagraph (B) of section 1260(b)(1) of 
such Act further states that the United States 
should continue supporting the development of de-
fense forces necessary for Taiwan to maintain a suf-
ficient self-defense capability by ‘‘ensuring timely re-
view of an response to response to requests of Tai-
wan for defense articles and services’’. 
(12) In its 2019 Recommendations to Congress, 
the nonpartisan U.S.-China Economic and Security 
Commission issued the following judgement: ‘‘Con-
gress [should] raise the threshold of congressional 
notification on sales of defense articles and services 
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to Taiwan to the highest tier set to U.S. allies and 
partners. Congress [should] also terminate any re-
quirement to provide prior notification of mainte-
nance and sustainment of military equipment and 
capabilities previously sold to Taiwan.’’. The Com-
mission repeated this recommendation in its 2024 
annual report. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) enhanced support for defense cooperation 
with Taiwan is critical to the national security of the 
United States, including through designation of Tai-
wan as a member of the colloquially titled ‘‘NATO 
Plus’’ community of states, which presently includes 
Japan, Australia, the Republic of Korea, Israel, and 
New Zealand, with respect to consideration by Con-
gress of Foreign Military Sales to Taiwan, as well 
as all other rights, privileges, and responsibilities af-
forded to such community of states; and 
(2) Taiwan should be so designated as a mem-
ber of the ‘‘NATO Plus’’ community of states. 
SEC. 4. ENHANCED DEFENSE COOPERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the 5-year period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act, Taiwan 
shall be treated as if it were a country listed in the provi-
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sions of law described in subsection (b) for purposes of 
applying and administering such provisions of law. 
(b) PROVISIONS OF LAW DESCRIBED.—The provi-
sions of law described in this subsection are— 
(1) subsections (b)(2), (d)(2)(B), (d)(3)(A)(i), 
and (d)(5) of section 3 of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2753); 
(2) subsections (e)(2)(A), (h)(1)(A), and (h)(2) 
of section 21 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2761); 
(3) the matter following subparagraph (P) of 
subsection (b)(1) and subsections (b)(2), (b)(6), 
(c)(2)(A), (c)(5), and (d)(2)(A) of section 36 of such 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2776); 
(4) section 62(c)(1) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
2796a(c)(1)); and 
(5) section 63(a)(2) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
2796b(a)(2)). 
(c) CONTINUED APPLICATION.—The Secretary of 
State is authorized to continue to apply this section with 
respect to Taiwan for additional 5-year periods beginning 
after the end of the 5-year period described in subsection 
(a) if, with respect to each such additional 5-year period, 
the Secretary— 
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(1) determines that such continued application 
is in the national security interests of the United 
States; and 
(2) submits such determination to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate not later than 14 days before the 
start of such additional 5-year period. 
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