TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing on Thursday to review the progress of implementing the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act, which was included in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act.

Bonnie Glaser, managing director of the German Marshall Fund’s Indo-Pacific Program; Lauren Dickey, former senior Pentagon advisor on Taiwan; and Rush Doshi, director of the Council on Foreign Relations' China Strategy Initiative, are scheduled to testify.

The Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act was signed into law in 2023 by then-US President Joe Biden. It requires the secretary of defense to develop a comprehensive plan to help bolster Taiwan’s asymmetric defense and encourage information-sharing between US and Taiwanese forces.

It also mandates the secretary of defense to submit a report to Congress every six months detailing China’s military developments related to Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and the South China Sea, including weapons upgrades, procurement, and military activities.

Under the act, the secretaries of defense and state must also submit a classified report to relevant congressional committees assessing Taiwan’s integration of US-provided and US-approved military capabilities over the past decade, including its performance in operations, maintenance, and deployment.

The act also requires the secretary of defense, in coordination with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the director of national intelligence, to submit a report to Congress within 180 days of enactment analyzing China’s risks and capabilities for sustaining a military blockade of Taiwan.