August 1, 2025
Mr. Nunn of Iowa (for himself, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Moolenaar, and Mrs. Hinson) introduced the following bill; which was 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
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a strategic partnership with the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense to coordinate defense industrial priorities, expand defense technology cooperation, deter regional adversaries, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the U.S.-Taiwan Defense Innovation Partnership Act
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Sec. 2. Strategic partnership on defense industrial priorities between the United States and Taiwan
The Secretary of Defense shall seek to establish a partnership between the Department of Defense and appropriate counterparts of Taiwan in order to—
(1)
enhance market opportunities for United States-based and Taiwan-based defense technology companies;
(2)
bolster Taiwan’s defense industrial base;
(3)
harmonize global security posture through emerging technology;
(4)
counter the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese Communist Party-aligned adversarial proxy group development of dual-use defense technologies; and
(5)
in coordination with appropriate counterpart offices of the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense—
(A)
enable coordination on defense industrial priorities;
(B)
streamline emerging defense technology research and development;
(C)
create more pathways to market for defense technology startups; and
(D)
collaborate on the coordinated development of dual-use defense capabilities, such as the following:
(i)
Drones.
(ii)
Microchips.
(iii)
Directed energy weapons.
(iv)
Artificial Intelligence.
(v)
Missile technology.
(vi)
Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance technology.