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House Bill 7423
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Taiwan Defense Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jun 30, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jun 30, 2020
Latest Action
Jun 30, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
7423
Congress
116
Policy Area
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed Forces and National Security
Primary focus of measure is military operations and spending, facilities, procurement and weapons, personnel, intelligence; strategic materials; war and emergency powers; veterans’ issues. Measures concerning alliances and collective security, arms sales and military assistance, or arms control may fall under International Affairs policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Mike Gallagher
Wisconsin
Republican
Paul Cook
California
Republican
Ted Yoho
Florida
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

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.

Text (1)
Introduced in House
June 30, 2020
Related Bills (1)
Jun 10, 2020
Introduced in Senate
1
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 3936
Taiwan Defense Act
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
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CRS
Actions (2)
06/30/2020
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
06/30/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 8, 2022 11:16:48 PM
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