# 119-hr-4860: U.S.-Taiwan Defense Innovation Partnership Act

119-hr-4860, U.S.-Taiwan Defense Innovation Partnership Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA); status introduced (as of 2026-06-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4860
- Congress: 119
- Title: U.S.-Taiwan Defense Innovation Partnership Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-08-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-19

## Summary

**Creates a U.S.-Taiwan defense technology partnership** to coordinate research, development, and market access for dual-use defense technologies. It aims to boost market opportunities, strengthen Taiwan’s defense industrial base, and align U.S. and Taiwan priorities against CCP-aligned threats. - Companies and startups: U.S. and Taiwan-based defense technology firms would get expanded market opportunities and more pathways to move emerging tech toward customers. - Taiwan defense industry and military planners: Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense counterparts would work with the Department of Defense to bolster industrial capacity and coordinate defense industrial priorities and R&D. - Technology and regional security: The partnership would focus joint work on drones, microchips, directed energy, artificial intelligence, missile systems, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance to counter the Chinese Communist Party and CCP-aligned proxy development of dual-use tech.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2] (R-MI), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2] (R-IA), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2026-01-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New U.S.-Taiwan defense tech partnership: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Department of Defense would seek a defense tech partnership with Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense. It would aim to open markets for U.S. and Taiwan defense tech firms and startups. The partners would align priorities, speed research, and co-develop dual-use tech like drones, mi…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-4860 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4860)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4860 (as of 2026-06-19).