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Taiwan Defense Act

Introduced: June 10, 2020 Introduced by: Hawley, Josh Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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Taiwan Defense Act

This bill requires, no later than April 30 every year, beginning in 2021 and ending in 2026, the Department of Defense (DOD) to submit to Congress a report on the progress of DOD with respect to improving the ability of the U.S. Armed Forces to conduct combined joint operations to deny the ability of China to execute a fait accompli against Taiwan.

The bill defines fait accompli as the strategy of China designed to allow it to use military force to seize control of Taiwan before the U.S. Armed Forces are able to respond effectively, while simultaneously deterring an effective combined joint response by the Armed Forces by convincing the United States that mounting such a response would be prohibitively difficult or costly.

What's happening now June 10, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3936: Taiwan Defense Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3936/
MLA
"S. 3936: Taiwan Defense Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3936/.
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S. 3936, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3936/.
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