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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4300 

To amend the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018 to require the 

Secretary of Defense to carry out the Pacific Deterrence Initiative. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 23, 2020 

Mr. GARDNER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To amend the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018 to 

require the Secretary of Defense to carry out the Pacific 

Deterrence Initiative. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. PACIFIC DETERRENCE INITIATIVE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Asia Reassurance 

5 Initiative Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–409; 132 Stat. 

6 5391) is amended by adding at the end the following new 

7 section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 217. PACIFIC DETERRENCE INITIATIVE. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

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1 tion of the National Defense Strategy with respect to the 

2 Indo-Pacific region, to be known as the ‘Pacific Deter3 rence Initiative’ (referred to in this section as the ‘Initia4 tive’). 

5 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Initiative is to 

6 carry out only the following activities: 

7 ‘‘(1) Activities to increase the lethality of the 

8 joint force in the Indo-Pacific region, including, but 

9 not limited to— 

10 ‘‘(A) by improving active and passive de11 fenses against theater cruise, ballistic, and 

12 hypersonic missiles for bases, operating loca13 tions, and other critical infrastructure at loca14 tions west of the International Date Line; and 

15 ‘‘(B) procurement and fielding of— 

16 ‘‘(i) long-range precision strike sys17 tems to be stationed or pre-positioned at 

18 locations west of the International Date 

19 Line; 

20 ‘‘(ii) critical munitions to be pre-posi21 tioned at locations west of the Inter22 national Date Line; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) command, control, communica24 tions, computers and intelligence, surveil25 lance, and reconnaissance systems intended 


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1 for stationing or operational use in the 

2 Indo-Pacific region. 

3 ‘‘(2) Activities to enhance the design and pos4 ture of the joint force in the Indo-Pacific region, in5 cluding, but not limited to, by— 

6 ‘‘(A) transitioning from large, centralized, 

7 and unhardened infrastructure to smaller, dis8 persed, resilient, and adaptive basing at loca9 tions west of the International Date Line; 

10 ‘‘(B) increasing the number and capabili11 ties of expeditionary airfields and ports in the 

12 Indo-Pacific region available for operational use 

13 at locations west of the International Date 

14 Line; 

15 ‘‘(C) enhancing pre-positioned forward 

16 stocks of fuel, munitions, equipment, and mate17 riel at locations west of the International Date 

18 Line; 

19 ‘‘(D) increasing the availability of strategic 

20 mobility assets in the Indo-Pacific region; 

21 ‘‘(E) improving distributed logistics and 

22 maintenance capabilities in the Indo-Pacific re23 gion to ensure logistics sustainment while under 

24 persistent multidomain attack; and 


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1 ‘‘(F) increasing the presence of the Armed 

2 Forces at locations west of the International 

3 Date Line. 

4 ‘‘(3) Activities to strengthen alliances and part5 nerships, including, but not limited to, by— 

6 ‘‘(A) building capacity of allies and part7 ners; and 

8 ‘‘(B) improving— 

9 ‘‘(i) interoperability and information 

10 sharing with allies and partners; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) information operations capabili12 ties in the Indo-Pacific region, with a focus 

13 on reinforcing United States commitment 

14 to allies and partners and countering ma15 lign influence. 

16 ‘‘(4) Activities to carry out a program of exer17 cises, experimentation, and innovation for the joint 

18 force in the Indo-Pacific region. 

19 ‘‘(c) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than February 15, 

20 2021, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 

21 Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, 

22 shall submit to the congressional defense committees (as 

23 defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) 

24 a plan to expend not less than the amounts authorized 

25 to be appropriated under subsection (e)(2). 


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1 ‘‘(d) BUDGET DISPLAY INFORMATION.—The Sec2 retary of Defense shall include in the materials of the De3 partment of Defense in support of the budget of the Presi4 dent (submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of 

5 title 31, United States Code) for fiscal year 2022 and each 

6 fiscal year thereafter a detailed budget display for the Ini7 tiative that includes the following information: 

8 ‘‘(1) A future-years plan with respect to activi9 ties and resources for the Initiative for the applica10 ble fiscal year and not fewer than the four following 

11 fiscal years. 

12 ‘‘(2) With respect to procurement accounts— 

13 ‘‘(A) amounts displayed by account, budget 

14 activity, line number, line item, and line item 

15 title; and 

16 ‘‘(B) a description of the requirements for 

17 such amounts specific to the Initiative. 

18 ‘‘(3) With respect to research, development, 

19 test, and evaluation accounts— 

20 ‘‘(A) amounts displayed by account, budget 

21 activity, line number, program element, and 

22 program element title; and 

23 ‘‘(B) a description of the requirements for 

24 such amounts specific to the Initiative. 


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1 ‘‘(4) With respect to operation and maintenance 

2 accounts— 

3 ‘‘(A) amounts displayed by account title, 

4 budget activity title, line number, and sub5 activity group title; and 

6 ‘‘(B) a description of the specific manner 

7 in which such amounts will be used. 

8 ‘‘(5) With respect to military personnel ac9 counts— 

10 ‘‘(A) amounts displayed by account, budget 

11 activity, budget subactivity, and budget sub12 activity title; and 

13 ‘‘(B) a description of the requirements for 

14 such amounts specific to the Initiative. 

15 ‘‘(6) With respect to each project under military 

16 construction accounts (including with respect to un17 specified minor military construction and amounts 

18 for planning and design), the country, location, 

19 project title, and project amount by fiscal year. 

20 ‘‘(7) With respect to the activities described in 

21 subsection (b)— 

22 ‘‘(A) amounts displayed by account title, 

23 budget activity title, line number, and sub24 activity group title; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) a description of the specific manner 

2 in which such amounts will be used. 

3 ‘‘(8) With respect to each military service— 

4 ‘‘(A) amounts displayed by account title, 

5 budget activity title, line number, and sub6 activity group title; and 

7 ‘‘(B) a description of the specific manner 

8 in which such amounts will be used. 

9 ‘‘(9) With respect to the amounts described in 

10 each of paragraphs (2)(A), (3)(A), (4)(A), (5)(A), 

11 (6), (7)(A), and (8)(A), a comparison between— 

12 ‘‘(A) the amount in the budget of the 

13 President for the following fiscal year; and 

14 ‘‘(B) the amount projected in the previous 

15 budget of the President for the following fiscal 

16 year. 

17 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

18 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of De19 fense to carry out the activities of the Initiative described 

20 in subsection (b) the following: 

21 ‘‘(1) For fiscal year 2021, $1,406,417,000. 

22 ‘‘(2) For fiscal year 2022, $5,500,000,000. 

23 ‘‘(f) REPEAL.—Section 1251 of the National Defense 

24 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115– 

25 91; 131 Stat. 1676), as most recently amended by section 


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1 1253 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authoriza2 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 

3 Stat. 2054), is repealed.’’. 

4 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

5 The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Asia Reassur6 ance Initiative Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–409; 132 

7 Stat. 5387) is amended by inserting after the item relating 

8 to section 216 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 217. Pacific Deterrence Initiative.’’. 

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