H.R. 4860
119th CONGRESS 1st Session
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a strategic partnership with the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense to coordinate defense industrial priorities, expand defense technology cooperation, deter regional adversaries, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · August 1, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Nunn of Iowa
Table of contents
SEC. 1. Short title
- This Act may be cited as the U.S.-Taiwan Defense Innovation Partnership Act.
SEC. 2. Strategic partnership on defense industrial priorities between the United States and Taiwan
- The Secretary of Defense shall seek to establish a partnership between the Department of Defense and appropriate counterparts of Taiwan in order to—
- enhance market opportunities for United States-based and Taiwan-based defense technology companies;
- bolster Taiwan’s defense industrial base;
- harmonize global security posture through emerging technology;
- counter the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese Communist Party-aligned adversarial proxy group development of dual-use defense technologies; and
- in coordination with appropriate counterpart offices of the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense—
- enable coordination on defense industrial priorities;
- streamline emerging defense technology research and development;
- create more pathways to market for defense technology startups; and
- collaborate on the coordinated development of dual-use defense capabilities, such as the following:
- (i) Drones.
- (ii) Microchips.
- (iii) Directed energy weapons.
- (iv) Artificial Intelligence.
- (v) Missile technology.
- (vi) Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance technology.