Taiwan Cybersecurity Resiliency Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1241
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-04-20
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-04-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Taiwan Cybersecurity Resiliency Act of 2023</b> <p>This bill requires the Department of Defense to seek to expand military cybersecurity cooperation with the government of Taiwan. Such cooperation may include (1) efforts to protect military networks, infrastructure, and installations; and (2) cybersecurity training activities and exercises. </p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1241 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 20, 2023 Ms. Rosen (for herself and Mr. Rounds ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To enhance and expand cooperation between the Department of Defense and the Government of Taiwan.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taiwan Cybersecurity Resiliency Act of 2023 . 2. Military cybersecurity cooperation with Taiwan (a) Requirement Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in concurrence with the Secretary of State and in coordination with the Commander of the United States Cyber Command and the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, shall seek to engage the Government of Taiwan for the purpose of expanding cooperation on military cybersecurity activities. (b) Cooperation efforts In expanding the cooperation of military cybersecurity activities between the Department of Defense and the Government of Taiwan under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may carry out efforts— (1) to actively defend military networks, infrastructure, and systems; (2) to eradicate malicious cyber activity that has compromised such networks, infrastructure, and systems; (3) to leverage United States commercial and military cybersecurity technology and services to harden and defend such networks, infrastructure, and systems; and (4) to conduct combined cybersecurity training activities and exercises. (c) Briefings (1) Requirement Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall provide to the appropriate committees of Congress a briefing on the implementation of this section. (2) Contents The briefing under paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) A description of the feasibility and advisability of expanding the cooperation on military cybersecurity activities between the Department of Defense and the Government of Taiwan. (B) An identification of any challenges and resources that need to be addressed so as to expand such cooperation. (C) An overview of efforts undertaken pursuant to this section. (D) Any other matter the Secretary considers relevant. (d) Appropriate committees of Congress defined In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.