; (4) under the Taiwan Relations Act ( 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), it is the policy of the United States to consider any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means to be of grave concern to the United States; (5) since 1979, the United States Government has consistently upheld the commitments of the United States under the Taiwan Relations Act ( 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.); (6) the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( Public Law 116–92 ) reaffirms that the Taiwan Relations Act ( 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) and the Six Assurances are the cornerstones of United States relations with Taiwan; (7) the Taiwan Relations Act ( 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) further establishes the policy of the United States to maintain the capacity of the United States to resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security, or the social or economic system, of the people on Taiwan ; (8) the Government of the People’s Republic of China appears to be developing the plans and capabilities required to use the fait accompli strategy to compel the unification of Taiwan with the People’s Republic of China, thereby jeopardizing the security and the social and economic system of the people of Taiwan; (9) denial operations will have an essential role in any strategy to prevent a fait accompli by the People’s Republic of China against Taiwan