IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 927 
Declaring that it shall continue to be the policy of the United States, con-
sistent with the Taiwan Relations Act, to make available to Taiwan 
such defense articles and services as may be necessary for Taiwan to 
maintain a sufficient self-defense capability. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 19, 2009 
Mr. BARTON of Texas submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Declaring that it shall continue to be the policy of the United 
States, consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act, to 
make available to Taiwan such defense articles and serv-
ices as may be necessary for Taiwan to maintain a 
sufficient self-defense capability. 
Whereas April 10, 2009, marked the 30th anniversary of the 
enactment of the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96– 
8), codifying in law the basis for continued commercial, 
cultural, and other relations between the United States 
and the Taiwan; 
Whereas the Taiwan Relations Act, as the cornerstone of 
United States-Taiwan relations, has been instrumental in 
maintaining peace, security, and stability in the Taiwan 
Strait since its enactment in 1979, when the United 
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States extended diplomatic recognition to the People’s 
Republic of China; 
Whereas the Taiwan Relations Act specifies that it is United 
States policy to consider any non-peaceful means to de-
termine Taiwan’s future ‘‘a threat’’ to the peace and se-
curity of the Western Pacific and of ‘‘grave concern’’ to 
the United States, ‘‘to provide Taiwan with arms of a de-
fensive character’’ and ‘‘to maintain the capacity of the 
United States to resist any resort to force or other forms 
of coercion’’ jeopardizing the security, or social or eco-
nomic system of Taiwan’s people; 
Whereas section 3(a) of the Taiwan Relations Act 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’’; 
Whereas section 3(b) of the Taiwan Relations Act stipulates 
that both the President and the Congress shall determine 
the nature and quantity of such defense articles and serv-
ices ‘‘based solely’’ upon their judgment of the needs of 
Taiwan; 
Whereas Taiwan’s 2007 defense budget included approxi-
mately $488,000,000 to begin the process of procuring 
66 new United States-origin F–16C/D fighters, pending 
United States price and availability data; 
Whereas the Taiwanese Defense Ministry has requested and 
the Executive Yuan approved in August 2007 a 2008 de-
fense budget that includes approximately $764,000,000 
for the second year’s budget for F–16C/D fighters; 
Whereas the 2009 Pentagon Report on the Military Power of 
the People’s Republic of China stated that ‘‘The PLA’s 
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modernization vis-a`-vis Taiwan has continued over the 
past year, including its build-up of short-range missiles 
opposite the island’’, and that ‘‘In the near-term, China’s 
armed forces are rapidly developing coercive capabilities 
for the purpose of deterring Taiwan’s pursuit of de jure 
independence’’; 
Whereas the report added that ‘‘These same capabilities 
could in the future be used to pressure Taiwan toward 
a settlement of the cross-Strait dispute on Beijing’s 
terms while simultaneously attempting to deter, delay, or 
deny any possible U.S. support for the island in case of 
conflict’’; and 
Whereas the Director of National Intelligence, Admiral Den-
nis Blair, in the 2009 Annual threat Assessment of the 
Intelligence Community for the Senate Select Committee 
on Intelligence, stated that ‘‘Preparations for a possible 
Taiwan conflict continue to drive the modernization goals 
of the People’s Liberation Army and the Chinese defense- 
industrial complex’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) it shall continue to be the policy of the 
United States, consistent with the Taiwan Relations 
Act, to make available to Taiwan such defense arti-
cles and services as may be necessary for Taiwan to 
maintain a sufficient self-defense capability; and 
(2) the United States should determine the na-
ture and quantity of such defense articles and serv-
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