Definitions

In this Act: (1) Appropriate committees of Congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. (2) First Island Chain The term First Island Chain means the chain of archipelagos extending from the Kuril Islands and Japan, through the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and the Philippines, to Borneo, which form the first line of islands off the East Asian continental mainland. (3) Major defense equipment sales The term major defense equipment sales means all foreign military sales that meet Defense Security Cooperation Agency thresholds for congressional notification under section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776). (4) Strong denial defense The term strong denial defense means the prevention of an adversary from taking aggressive action by demonstrating that success in such an action would be prohibitively difficult.