A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to deliver on foreign military sales to Taiwan.

II 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2057 To require the Secretary of Defense to deliver on foreign military sales to Taiwan. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 20, 2023 Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Mr. SCOTT of Florida) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on For- eign Relations A BILL To require the Secretary of Defense to deliver on foreign military sales to 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. DELIVERY ON FOREIGN MILITARY SALES TO 3 TAIWAN. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), with re- 5 spect to defense articles and services contracted to be sold 6 to Taiwan under the foreign military sales process as of 7 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 8 Defense, with the concurrence of the Government of Tai- 9 wan, shall ensure the delivery of such defense articles and 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:27 Jul 13, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2057.IS S2057 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •S 2057 IS services to Taiwan ahead of the delivery of substantially 1 similar articles and services to any other foreign military 2 sales customer. 3 (b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of Defense may not 4 apply subsection (a) in a manner that, directly or indi- 5 rectly, inhibits or delays the delivery of substantially simi- 6 lar articles and services to Ukraine or Israel. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:27 Jul 13, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2057.IS S2057 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB