Multi-year plan to fulfill defensive requirements of military forces of Taiwan

Not later than 180 days after December 23, 2022, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall engage for the purposes of establishing a joint consultative mechanism with appropriate officials of Taiwan to develop and implement a multi-year plan to provide for the acquisition of appropriate defensive capabilities by Taiwan and to engage with Taiwan in a series of combined training, exercises, and planning activities consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96–8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.). The plan required by subsection (a) shall include the following: An identification of the defensive military capability gaps and capacity shortfalls of Taiwan that are required to— An assessment of— An assessment of the capability gaps and capacity shortfalls described in paragraph (5)(B) that could be addressed in a sufficient and timely manner by— An identification of opportunities to build interoperability, combined readiness, joint planning capability, and shared situational awareness between the United States, Taiwan, and other foreign partners and allies, as appropriate, through combined training, exercises, and planning events, including— An identification of options for the United States to use, to the maximum extent practicable, existing authorities or programs to expedite military assistance to Taiwan in the event of a crisis or conflict, including— an assessment of methods that could be used to deliver such assistance to Taiwan during a crisis or conflict, including— The joint consultative mechanism required in subsection (a) shall convene on a recurring basis and not less than annually.