Taiwan Cybersecurity Resiliency Act of 2023

Taiwan Cybersecurity Resiliency Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Defense to seek to expand military cybersecurity cooperation with the government of Taiwan. Such cooperation may include (1) efforts to protect military networks, infrastructure, and installations; and (2) cybersecurity training activities and exercises.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2756 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2756

To direct the Secretary of Defense to seek to engage the Government of 
    Taiwan regarding expanded cooperation with respect to military 
           cybersecurity activities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 20, 2023

 Mr. Gallagher (for himself and Ms. Houlahan) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in 
   addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to seek to engage the Government of 
    Taiwan regarding expanded cooperation with respect to military 
           cybersecurity activities, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Taiwan Cybersecurity Resiliency Act 
of 2023''.

SEC. 2. MILITARY CYBERSECURITY COOPERATION WITH TAIWAN.

    (a) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in concurrence with the 
Secretary of State and in coordination with the Commander of the United 
States Cyber Command and the Commander of the United States Indo-
Pacific Command, shall seek to engage the Government of Taiwan for the 
purpose of expanding cooperation on military cybersecurity activities.
    (b) Cooperation Efforts.--In expanding the cooperation of military 
cybersecurity activities between the Department of Defense and the 
Government of Taiwan under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may 
carry out efforts to--
            (1) actively defend military networks, infrastructure, and 
        systems;
            (2) eradicate malicious cyber activity that has compromised 
        such networks, infrastructure, and systems;
            (3) leverage United States commercial and military 
        cybersecurity technology and services to harden and defend such 
        networks, infrastructure, and systems; and
            (4) conduct combined cybersecurity training activities and 
        exercises.
    (c) Briefings.--
            (1) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
        coordination with the Secretary of State, shall provide to the 
        appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the 
        implementation of this section.
            (2) Contents.--The briefing under paragraph (1) shall 
        include the following:
                    (A) A description of the feasibility and 
                advisability of expanding cooperation on military 
                cybersecurity activities between the Department of 
                Defense and the Government of Taiwan.
                    (B) An identification of any challenges and 
                resources necessary to be addressed so as to expand 
                such cooperation.
                    (C) An overview of efforts undertaken pursuant to 
                this section.
                    (D) Any other matters the Secretary determines 
                relevant.
    (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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