[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3163 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3163

   To require the Secretary of Defense to seek to engage appropriate 
   officials of Taiwan in a joint program with Taiwan to enable the 
fielding of uncrewed systems and counter-uncrewed systems capabilities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 7, 2025

Ms. Slotkin (for herself and Mr. Sheehy) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Defense to seek to engage appropriate 
   officials of Taiwan in a joint program with Taiwan to enable the 
fielding of uncrewed systems and counter-uncrewed systems capabilities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. JOINT PROGRAM WITH TAIWAN TO ENABLE FIELDING OF UNCREWED 
              SYSTEMS AND COUNTER-UNCREWED SYSTEMS CAPABILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than March 1, 2026, the Secretary of 
Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall seek to 
engage with appropriate officials of Taiwan in a joint program for the 
purpose of enabling the fielding of uncrewed systems and counter-
uncrewed systems capabilities, including co-development and co-
production of such capabilities, for the Armed Forces of the United 
States and the military forces of Taiwan, consistent with the Taiwan 
Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.).
    (b) Use of Authorities.--In carrying out a joint program under 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may use the authorities under 
title 10, United States Code, and other applicable statutory 
authorities available to the Secretary.
    (c) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through 
        2029, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
        Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate committees 
        of Congress a report on the joint program under subsection (a).
            (2) Elements.--Each report required by paragraph (1) shall 
        include, for the period covered by the report, the following:
                    (A) A summary of engagements under subsection (a).
                    (B) A description of activities undertaken by the 
                Secretary of Defense and appropriate officials of 
                Taiwan to enable the fielding of uncrewed systems and 
                counter-uncrewed systems capabilities described in 
                subsection (a).
                    (C) A description of progress made in finalizing 
                defense trade foundational agreements between the 
                United States and Taiwan, including--
                            (i) a memorandum of understanding on 
                        reciprocal defense procurement;
                            (ii) a security of supply agreement;
                            (iii) an acquisition and cross-servicing 
                        agreement;
                            (iv) a general security of military 
                        information agreement; and
                            (v) a cyber maturity model certification.
                    (D) An identification of the additional resources 
                or authorities necessary to enable the fielding of 
                uncrewed systems and counter-uncrewed systems 
                capabilities described in subsection (a).
                    (E) Any other matter the Secretary of Defense 
                considers appropriate.
    (d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
        Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
        Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
        Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
        House of Representatives.
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