Taiwan Cybersecurity Resiliency Act of 2023

II 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1241 To enhance and expand cooperation between the Department of Defense and the Government of Taiwan. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 20, 2023 Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. ROUNDS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To enhance and expand cooperation between the Department of Defense and the Government of Taiwan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Taiwan Cybersecurity 4 Resiliency Act of 2023’’. 5 SEC. 2. MILITARY CYBERSECURITY COOPERATION WITH 6 TAIWAN. 7 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 9 Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:57 Apr 22, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1241.IS S1241 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1241 IS for Policy, in concurrence with the Secretary of State and 1 in coordination with the Commander of the United States 2 Cyber Command and the Commander of the United States 3 Indo-Pacific Command, shall seek to engage the Govern- 4 ment of Taiwan for the purpose of expanding cooperation 5 on military cybersecurity activities. 6 (b) COOPERATION EFFORTS.—In expanding the co- 7 operation of military cybersecurity activities between the 8 Department of Defense and the Government of Taiwan 9 under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may carry 10 out efforts— 11 (1) to actively defend military networks, infra- 12 structure, and systems; 13 (2) to eradicate malicious cyber activity that 14 has compromised such networks, infrastructure, and 15 systems; 16 (3) to leverage United States commercial and 17 military cybersecurity technology and services to 18 harden and defend such networks, infrastructure, 19 and systems; and 20 (4) to conduct combined cybersecurity training 21 activities and exercises. 22 (c) BRIEFINGS.— 23 (1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days 24 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:57 Apr 22, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1241.IS S1241 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 1241 IS retary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 1 of State, shall provide to the appropriate committees 2 of Congress a briefing on the implementation of this 3 section. 4 (2) CONTENTS.—The briefing under paragraph 5 (1) shall include the following: 6 (A) A description of the feasibility and ad- 7 visability of expanding the cooperation on mili- 8 tary cybersecurity activities between the De- 9 partment of Defense and the Government of 10 Taiwan. 11 (B) An identification of any challenges and 12 resources that need to be addressed so as to ex- 13 pand such cooperation. 14 (C) An overview of efforts undertaken pur- 15 suant to this section. 16 (D) Any other matter the Secretary con- 17 siders relevant. 18 (d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE- 19 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit- 20 tees of Congress’’ means— 21 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 22 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:57 Apr 22, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1241.IS S1241 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •S 1241 IS (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 1 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep- 2 resentatives. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:57 Apr 22, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1241.IS S1241 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS