,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cicf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ad1    
#bjbd,mr4 ,schmitt 7for himself and ,ms4
 ,duckworth7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations
  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the            
,administrator of the ,national         
,aeronautics and ,space ,administration 
and the ,administrator of the ,national 
,oceanic and ,atmospheric               
,administration to seek to engage the   
authorities of ,taiwan with respect to  
expanding cooperation on civilian space 
activities1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,taiwan and ,american ,space       
,assistance ,act of #bjbd4  #b4 ,space  
cooperation with ,taiwan  7a7 ,in       
general ,not later than #ij days after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,administrator of the ,national     
,aeronautics and ,space ,administration1
 in coordination with the ,secretary of 

,commerce1 acting through the           
,administrator of the ,national ,oceanic
 and ,atmospheric ,administration1 and  
the ,secretary of ,state1 may seek to   
engage the authorities of ,taiwan with  
respect to expanding cooperation between
 the ,united ,states and such           
authorities on civilian space           
activities4  7b7 ,cooperation efforts   
7#a7 ,in general ,in seeking to expand  
cooperation under subsection 7a71 the   
,administrator of the ,national         
,aeronautics and ,space ,administration 
and the ,administrator of the ,national 
,oceanic and ,atmospheric               
,administration may carry out efforts to
 identify and pursue space exploration1 
space applications1 and science         
initiatives in areas of mutual benefit  
to the ,united ,states and the          
authorities of ,taiwan1 consistent with 
the ,taiwan ,relations ,act 7#bb        
,u4,s4,c4 #ccja et seq47 and applicable 
export regulations1 including by-- 7,a7 
cooperating on satellite programs1 space

 exploration programs1 and atmospheric  
and weather programs2 and  7,b7         
conducting-- 7i7 personnel exchanges of 
employees of the ,national ,aeronautics 
and ,space ,administration and the      
,national ,oceanic and ,atmospheric     
,administration with employees of the   
,taiwan ,space ,agency2 and  7ii7       
activities of mutual benefit relating to
 commercial space and atmospheric and   
weather technology and services4  7#b7  
,protection of sensitive and proprietary
 information and economic interests of  
the ,united ,states ,in carrying out    
efforts and activities under paragraph  
7#a71 the ,administrator of the         
,national ,aeronautics and ,space       
,administration and the ,administrator  
of the ,national ,oceanic and           
,atmospheric ,administration shall take 
all appropriate measures to protect     
sensitive information1 intellectual     
property1 trade secrets1 and the        
economic interests of the ,united       
,states4  7c7 ,report  7#a7 ,requirement

 ,not later than #bgj days after the    
date of the enactment of this ,act1 and 
annually thereafter for five years1 the 
,administrator of the ,national         
,aeronautics and ,space ,administration1
 the ,administrator of the ,national    
,oceanic and ,atmospheric               
,administration1 and the ,secretary of  
,state shall jointly submit to the      
appropriate committees of ,congress a   
report on the implementation of this    
section4  7#b7 ,elements ,each report   
required by paragraph 7#a7 shall include
 the following3 7,a7 ,a description of  
the cooperation efforts and activities  
carried out under subsection 7b77#a74   
7,b7 ,an identification of any challenge
 or resource gap that needs to be       
addressed to expand cooperation between 
the ,united ,states and the authorities 
of ,taiwan on civilian space activities4
  7,c7 ,any other matter the            
,administrator of the ,national         
,aeronautics and ,space ,administration1
 the ,administrator of the ,national    

,oceanic and ,atmospheric               
,administration1 and the ,secretary of  
,state consider relevant4  7d7          
,appropriate committees of ,congress    
defined ,in this section1 the term      
appropriate committees of ,congress     
means-- 7#a7 the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 and the ,committee on ,foreign         
,relations of the ,senate2 and  7#b7 the
 ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and    
,technology and the ,committee on       
,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of      
,representatives4