; and (4) that it is the policy of the United States to consider any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by anything other than peaceful means, including by boycotts or embargoes, a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area, and of grave concern to the United States. 102. Authorization for use of United States Armed Forces (a) In general The President is authorized to use the Armed Forces of the United States and take such other measures as the President determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to secure and protect Taiwan against the following: (1) Direct armed attack by the military forces of the People’s Republic of China against the military forces of Taiwan. (2) The taking of territory under the effective jurisdiction of Taiwan by the military forces of the People’s Republic of China. (3) The endangering of the lives of members of the military forces of Taiwan or civilians within the effective jurisdiction of Taiwan in cases in which such members or civilians have been killed or are in imminent danger of being killed. (b) War Powers Resolution Requirements (1) Specific statutory authorization Consistent with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution, the Congress declares that this section is intended to constitute specific statutory authorization within the meaning of section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution. (2) Applicability of other requirements Nothing in this Act supersedes any requirement of the War Powers Resolution. (c) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that, at the earliest possible date after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President should release a public declaration that it is the policy of the United States to secure and protect Taiwan against the actions of the People’s Republic of China described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a). (d) Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States to demand that the People’s Republic of China officially renounce the use or threat of military force in any attempt to unify