,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cafc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #g1  
#bjbe ,ms4 ,slotkin 7for herself and    
,mr4 ,sheehy7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services   
,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 capabilities4  #a4  ,joint      
program with ,taiwan to enable fielding 
of uncrewed systems and counter-uncrewed
 systems capabilities  7a7  ,in general 
,not later than ,march #a1 #bjbf1 the   
,secretary of ,defense1 in coordination 
with the ,secretary of ,state1 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 capabilities1  
including co-development and            

co-production of such capabilities1 for 
the ,armed ,forces of the ,united       
,states and the military forces of      
,taiwan1 consistent with the ,taiwan    
,relations ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #ccja et 
seq474  7b7  ,use of authorities  ,in   
carrying out a joint program under      
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary of       
,defense may use the authorities under  
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 and   
other applicable statutory authorities  
available to the ,secretary4  7c7       
,report  7#a7  ,in general  ,not later  
than #ahj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 and annually    
thereafter through #bjbi1 the ,secretary
 of ,defense1 in coordination with the  
,secretary of ,state1 shall submit to   
the appropriate committees of ,congress 
a report on the joint program under     
subsection 7a74  7#b7  ,elements  ,each 
report required by paragraph 7#a7 shall 
include1 for the period covered by the  
report1 the following3  7,a7 ,a summary 
of engagements under subsection 7a74    

7,b7 ,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    
7a74  7,c7 ,a description of progress   
made in finalizing defense trade        
foundational agreements between the     
,united ,states and ,taiwan1 including--
  7i7 a memorandum of understanding on  
reciprocal defense procurement2  7ii7 a 
security of supply agreement2  7iii7 an 
acquisition and cross-servicing         
agreement2  7iv7 a general security of  
military information agreement2 and  7v7
 a cyber maturity model certification4  
7,d7 ,an identification of the          
additional resources or authorities     
necessary to enable the fielding of     
uncrewed systems and counter-uncrewed   
systems capabilities described in       
subsection 7a74  7,e7 ,any other matter 
the ,secretary of ,defense considers    
appropriate4  7d7  ,appropriate         

committees of ,congress defined  ,in    
this section1 the term appropriate      
committees of ,congress means--  7#a7   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services1 the 
,committee on ,appropriations1 and the  
,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the
 ,senate2 and  7#b7 the ,committee on   
,armed ,services1 the ,committee on     
,appropriations1 and the ,committee on  
,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of      
,representatives4