1. Defending America’s 5G Future Act (H.R.3759)
Protects America’s national security from the CCP-owned telecom company Huawei by prohibiting the removal of Huawei from the Commerce Department Entity List without an act of Congress. This act also empowers Congress to disallow waivers that any administration might grant to U.S. companies engaged with Huawei, addresses foreign talent recruitment programs, and requires the disclosure of foreign funding sources to obtain federally funded research awards.
2. Taiwan Partnership Act (S.2395)
Two critical provisions from this act passed as part of the FY22 National Defense Authorization Act, requiring the Department of Defense to conduct a yearly briefing on cooperation between the U.S. National Guard and Taiwan, as well as an evaluation of how to improve future cooperation.
3. Sense of Congress on Taiwan Defense Relations
This sense of Congress was included in the FY23 National Defense Authorization Act and expresses that Taiwan’s future will be determined by peaceful means, not Chinese force, and that the United States should continue to support the development of capable, ready, and modern Taiwanese defense forces that are prepared to repel a Chinese assault.
4. Oversight of Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act (H.R.9598)
Strengthens oversight of the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act by adding reporting requirements on the actions taken to establish or expand comprehensive military training programs with Taiwan, consultative mechanisms with appropriate Taiwanese government officials, and multi-year plans to provide for the acquisition of defensive capabilities.
5. China Defense Spending Transparency Act (S.1791)
Directs the Department of Defense to conduct a comparative study on the transparency of the People’s Republic of China’s public defense spending, following reports that China’s defense spending may be as much as double current estimates.
6. Briefing on Multi-Year Plan to Fulfill Defense Requirements of Military Forces of Taiwan
This provision was included in the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and directs the Department of Defense to provide a briefing on the status of efforts to develop and implement the joint multi-year plan to fulfill the defense requirements of the military forces of Taiwan that was a statutory requirement passed in the FY23 NDAA.
7. Cooperation Among U.S. Defense Partners
This provision was included in the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act and directs the Department of Defense to provide a briefing on ways in which the Department can work with partner countries to provide advice and assistance to Taiwan, including in regards to cybersecurity, reserve force management and conscription, counter-disinformation campaigns, and civil missile defense.
8. Seaplane Procurement and Employment
This provision was included in the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act and directs the Department of Defense to provide an analysis of the feasibility and utility of the Department procuring seaplanes and amphibious aircraft.
9. Plan to Expedite Integration of Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles into Legacy Aircraft Fleets
This provision was included in the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act and directs the Department of Defense to submit a plan to integrate Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles into legacy aircraft fleets.
10. Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (H.R. 7521)
Demands that ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, divest from the Chinese Communist Party or face a ban in the United States in order to protect Americans’ data and privacy.
11. Stop Funding JROTC at CCP-Owned Schools Act (H.R.1225)
Bars the Department of Defense from maintaining JROTC units at educational institutions that are owned, operated, or controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese military, or a Chinese military company.