Definitions

In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; (C) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and (D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. (2) Gray zone tactics The term gray zone tactics means coercive actions, including military, paramilitary, cyber, space, economic, informational, and legal actions and other activities conducted below the threshold of armed conflict to alter the status quo without triggering a conventional military response. (3) Taiwan contingency The term Taiwan Contingency means any attempt— (A) to overthrow or dismantle the governing institutions in Taiwan; (B) to occupy any territory controlled or administered by Taiwan; (C) to violate the territorial integrity of Taiwan; or (D) to take significant action against Taiwan, including— (i) conducting a naval blockade of Taiwan; (ii) seizing any outlying island of Taiwan; or (iii) perpetrating a significant physical or cyber attack on Taiwan that erodes the ability of the governing institutions in Taiwan to operate or provide essential services to the citizens of Taiwan.