1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taiwan Defense Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Deny The term deny means to use combined joint operations to delay, degrade, and ultimately defeat an attempt by the People’s Republic of China to execute a fait accompli against Taiwan, resulting in— (A) the termination of hostilities or, at a minimum, the termination of the attempted fait accompli; or (B) the neutralization of the ability of the People’s Republic of China to execute a fait accompli against Taiwan. (2) Fait accompli The term fait accompli means the strategy of the People’s Republic of China designed to allow the People’s Republic of China to use military force to seize control of Taiwan before the United States Armed Forces are able to respond effectively, while simultaneously deterring an effective combined joint response by the United States Armed Forces by convincing the United States that mounting such a response would be prohibitively difficult or costly. 3. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) Taiwan is— (A) a beacon of democracy in Asia; and (B) a steadfast partner of the United States in the common pursuit of a free and open Indo-Pacific region in which— (i) all societies enjoy sovereign autonomy; (ii) people live securely, prosperously, and with dignity; and (iii) the societies of the region rise and fall not by coercion but on the basis of peaceful competition. (2) If the Government of the People’s Republic of China were to use military force to compel the unification of Taiwan with the People’s Republic of China— (A) the world would lose one of the great champions of freedom and democracy; (B) the United States and allies and partners of the United States would face severe difficulty in maintaining favorable balances of power relative to the People’s Republic of China in Northeast and Southeast Asia