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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8029 
To require the placement of Taiwan in Country Group A:5 for purposes 
of the strategic trade authorization license exception under the Export 
Administration Regulations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 13, 2022 
Mr. BANKS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To require the placement of Taiwan in Country Group A:5 
for purposes of the strategic trade authorization license 
exception under the Export Administration Regulations. 
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 Weapons Ex-
ports Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States has a strong interest, in 
accordance with its obligations under the Taiwan 
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Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), in ensuring 
that Taiwan has all resources necessary to defend 
itself, especially by asymmetric ways and means, 
against military action by the People’s Republic of 
China; 
(2) the threat of military action by the People’s 
Republic of China against Taiwan is growing more 
rapidly than many anticipated, with the current and 
former commanders of the United States Indo-Pa-
cific Command testifying that the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China may view the local mili-
tary balance over Taiwan as favorable to an invasion 
well before 2035 and potentially as soon as 2027; 
(3) it is imperative that the United States pro-
vide Taiwan with defensive resources with urgency, 
not only so that Taiwan can better defend itself 
against military action by the People’s Republic of 
China, but also to reduce the operational risk to the 
United States Armed Forces, if the President com-
mits such forces to Taiwan’s defense following the 
initiation of hostilities by the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China; 
(4) the inclusion of Taiwan in Country Group 
A:5 under Supplement No. 1 to part 740 of the Ex-
port Administration Regulations would address the 
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need described in paragraph (3) by allowing Taiwan 
to acquire critical asymmetric defensive capabilities 
on an expedited basis, including undersea sensors, 
naval mines, man-portable air defense systems, and 
unmanned aerial vehicles, pursuant to the strategic 
trade authorization license exception under section 
740.20 of the Export Administration Regulations; 
and 
(5) Taiwan has been designated a major non- 
NATO ally under section 517 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321k). 
SEC. 3. STRATEGIC TRADE AUTHORIZATION LICENSE EX-
CEPTION FOR TAIWAN. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall revise 
part 740 of the Export Administration Regulations to re-
move Taiwan from Country Group A:6 and add it to 
Country Group A:5. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITION OF EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULA-
TIONS. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Export Administration Regula-
tions’’ has the meaning given that term in section 1742 
of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
4801). 
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