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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1330 
To provide for the loan and lease of defense articles to the Government 
of Taiwan, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2023 
Mrs. STEEL (for herself, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. 
WITTMAN, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. FALLON, Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, Mrs. 
LESKO, Mr. OWENS, Mr. MILLS, Mr. MANN, and Mr. LAMBORN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs 
A BILL 
To provide for the loan and lease of defense articles to 
the Government of 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 Democracy 
Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. LOAN AND LEASE OF DEFENSE ARTICLES TO GOV-
ERNMENT OF TAIWAN. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that steps taken to bolster the security relations be-
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tween the United States and Taiwan should include the 
following: 
(1) The increased conduct of relevant joint mili-
tary training and bilateral exercises, or multilateral 
exercises, with the armed forces of Taiwan. 
(2) The prioritization of capacity building in 
Taiwan, to ensure the protection of sensitive tech-
nology lent or leased to the Government of Taiwan 
by the United States Government. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO LEND OR LEASE DEFENSE ARTI-
CLES TO GOVERNMENT OF TAIWAN.— 
(1) 
AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding 
section 
503(b)(3) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2311(b)(3)) or section 61 of the Arms Ex-
port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2796), the President 
may lend or lease defense articles to the Government 
of Taiwan to assist in the bolstering of the defensive 
capabilities of such Government or the protection of 
the citizen population of Taiwan from potential ag-
gression carried out by the People’s Liberation Army 
of China against Taiwan (including through one or 
more of the means described in paragraph (2)) if, as 
a condition of such loan or lease, the President re-
quires— 
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(A) the payment by the Government of 
Taiwan of the cost of restoring or replacing the 
defense article, in the case that the defense ar-
ticle is damaged; and 
(B) the payment by the Government of 
Taiwan of an amount equal to the replacement 
cost (less any depreciation in the value) of the 
defense article, in the case that the defense ar-
ticle is lost or destroyed. 
(2) MEANS OF AGGRESSION BY PEOPLE’S LIB-
ERATION ARMY.—The means described in this para-
graph are the following: 
(A) The full or partial naval blockade of 
Taiwan. 
(B) An amphibious assault and ground in-
vasion of Taiwan. 
(C) A missile strike (whether conducted 
alone or as a part of a broader campaign). 
(D) Kinetic or non-kinetic operations 
against military targets or critical infrastruc-
ture in Taiwan. 
(E) A seizure, or attempted seizure, of one 
or more of the outlying islands controlled by 
Taiwan. 
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