Strait, after which the People’s Republic of China
ceased further planned military exercises.
(17) An earlier consequence of such ambiguity
and lack of clarity was the expressed surprise by the
People’s Republic of China that Congress and the
American people fully supported President Lee Teng-
hui’s private visit to his alma mater, Cornell Univer-
sity, necessitating House Concurrent Resolution 53,
approved by the House of Representatives by a vote
of 390–0 on May 2, 1995, and by the Senate by a
vote of 97–1 on May 9, 1995, which stated such sup-
port explicitly.
SEC. 3. TRAINING OF MILITARY OFFICERS AND SALE OF DE-
FENSE ARTICLES AND SERVICES TO TAIWAN.
(a) TRAINING OF TAIWAN MILITARY OFFICERS.—The
Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military de-
partments shall make every effort to reserve additional posi-
tions for Taiwan military officers at the National Defense
University and other professional military education
schools specified in section 2162(d) of title 10, United States
Code, and for prospective Taiwan military officers at the
United States Military Academy, the United States Naval
Academy, and the Air Force Academy.
(b) FOREIGN MILITARY SALES.—The Secretary of
State shall, when considering foreign military sales to
Taiwan—
(1) take into account the special status of Tai-
wan, including the defense needs of Taiwan in re-
sponse to the military modernization and weapons
procurement efforts by the People’s Republic of China;
and
(2) make every effort to ensure that Taiwan has
full and timely access to price and availability data
for defense articles and defense services.
SEC. 4. DETERMINATIONS OF DEFENSE NEEDS OF TAIWAN.
(a) INCREASE IN TECHNICAL STAFF OF THE AMER-
ICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN.—Upon the request of the De-
fense Security Cooperation Agency, the President shall use
funds available to the Department of Defense under the
Arms Export Control Act for the employment of additional
technical staff at the American Institute in Taiwan.
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Beginning 60 days after the
next round of arms talks between the United States and
Taiwan, and annually thereafter, the President shall sub-
mit a report to Congress, in classified and unclassified
form—
(1) detailing each of Taiwan’s requests for pur-
chase of defense articles and defense services during
the one-year period ending on the date of the report;
(2) describing the defense needs asserted by Tai-
wan as justification for those requests; and
(3) describing the decision-making process used
to reject, postpone, or modify any such request.
SEC. 5. STRENGTHENING THE DEFENSE OF TAIWAN.
(a) MAINTENANCE OF SUFFICIENT SELF-DEFENSE CA-
PABILITIES OF TAIWAN.—Congress finds that any deter-
mination of the nature or quantity of defense articles or
defense services to be made available to Taiwan that is
made on any basis other than section 3(b) of the Taiwan
Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3302(b)), whether such alternative
basis is the August 17, 1982, communique signed with the
People’s Republic of China, or any similar executive agree-
ment, order, or policy, would violate the intent of Congress
in the enactment of such Act.
(b) COMBINED TRAINING AND PERSONNEL EXCHANGE
PROGRAMS.—Not later than 210 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall imple-
ment a plan for the enhancement of programs and arrange-
ments for operational training and exchanges of senior offi-
cers between the Armed Forces of the United States and the
armed forces of Taiwan for work in threat analysis, doc-
trine, force planning, operational methods, and other areas.
At least 30 days prior to such implementation, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit the plan to Congress, in clas-
sified and unclassified form.
(c) REPORT REGARDING MAINTENANCE
OF SUFFI-
CIENT SELF-DEFENSE CAPABILITIES.—Not later than 45
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annu-
ally thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
Congress, in classified and unclassified form, an annual re-
port on the security situation in the Taiwan Strait. Such
report shall include an analysis of the military forces facing
Taiwan from the People’s Republic of China, evaluating re-
cent additions to the offensive military capability of the
People’s Republic of China. The report shall include, but
not be limited to, an analysis of the surface and subsurface
naval threats, the ballistic missile threat, the air threat, and
the threat to the military and civilian communications
links in Taiwan. The report shall include a review of the
steps taken by the armed forces of Taiwan to address its
security situation.
(d) COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND
TAIWAN MILITARY COMMANDS.—Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Defense shall certify to the Committee on International
Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate
that direct secure communications exist between the armed
forces of the United States and the armed forces of Taiwan.
(e) RELATION TO ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT.—
Nothing in this section supersedes or modifies the applica-
tion of section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act to the
sale of any defense article or defense service under this sec-
tion.
SEC. 6. REPORT REGARDING THE ABILITY OF THE UNITED
STATES TO RESPOND IN ASIA-PACIFIC CON-
TINGENCIES THAT INCLUDE TAIWAN.
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and updated as appropriate,
the Secretary of Defense shall prepare and submit to the
chairmen and ranking minority members of the Committee
on International Relations and the Committee on Armed
Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services
of the Senate a report in classified and unclassified form
on the ability of the United States to successfully respond
to a major contingency in the Asia-Pacific region where
United States interests on Taiwan are at risk.
(b) CONTENTS.—The report described in subsection (a)
shall include—