§3356 Fast-tracking sales to Taiwan under foreign military sales program

Summary

By December 23, 2023, and then every year, the Secretary of State together with the Secretary of Defense and other coordinating groups must make a list of military systems, technologies, and equipment that are preapproved and given priority to be sold to Taiwan through the Foreign Military Sales program. The list does not limit what Taiwan can ask for or what can be sold, and it does not replace congressional notice rules under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.). The State and Defense Departments must speed up processing Taiwan’s sales requests, cannot delay them to bundle orders, and must keep fast processing until the Secretary of State tells the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the threat to Taiwan has much lessened. They must also update interagency policies and guidance to include these preapproval steps.