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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1074 

To require a strategy for countering the People’s Republic of China. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 30, 2023 

Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To require a strategy for countering the People’s Republic 

of China. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Taiwan Protection and 

5 National Resilience Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING THE PEOPLE’S RE7 PUBLIC OF CHINA. 

8 (a) IDENTIFICATION OF VULNERABILITIES AND LE9 VERAGE.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 

10 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in con11 sultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 


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1 Commerce, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of 

2 the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, and the Direc3 tor of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, shall 

4 submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 

5 that identifies— 

6 (1) goods and services from the United States 

7 that are relied on by the People’s Republic of China 

8 such that that reliance presents a strategic oppor9 tunity and source of leverage against the People’s 

10 Republic of China; and 

11 (2) procurement practices of the United States 

12 Armed Forces and other Federal agencies that are 

13 reliant on trade with the People’s Republic of China 

14 and other inputs from the People’s Republic of 

15 China, such that that reliance presents a strategic 

16 vulnerability and source of leverage that the Chinese 

17 Communist Party could exploit. 

18 (b) STRATEGY TO RESPOND TO COERCIVE AC19 TION.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

21 after the submission of the report required by sub22 section (a), the Secretary of the Treasury, in con23 sultation with the Secretary of the Defense, the Sec24 retary of Commerce, the Secretary of State, the Di25 rector of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, 


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1 and the Director of the Office of Science and Tech2 nology Policy, shall submit to the appropriate com3 mittees of Congress a report, utilizing the findings 

4 of the report required by subsection (a), that de5 scribes a comprehensive sanctions strategy to advise 

6 policymakers on policies the United States and allies 

7 and partners of the United States could adopt with 

8 respect to the People’s Republic of China in re9 sponse to any coercive action, including an invasion, 

10 by the People’s Republic of China that infringes 

11 upon the territorial sovereignty of Taiwan by pre12 venting access to international waterways, airspace, 

13 or telecommunications networks. 

14 (2) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by 

15 paragraph (1) shall include policies that— 

16 (A) restrict the access of the People’s Lib17 eration Army to oil, natural gas, munitions, and 

18 other supplies needed to conduct military oper19 ations against Taiwan, United States facilities 

20 in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and allies and 

21 partners of the United States in the region; 

22 (B) diminish the capacity of the industrial 

23 base of the People’s Republic of China to man24 ufacture and deliver defense articles to replace 

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1 tion Army against Taiwan, the United States, 

2 and allies and partners of the United States; 

3 (C) inhibit the ability of the People’s Re4 public of China to evade United States and 

5 multilateral sanctions through third parties, in6 cluding through secondary sanctions; and 

7 (D) identify specific sanctions-related tools 

8 that may be effective in responding to coercive 

9 action described in paragraph (1) and assess 

10 the feasibility of the use and impact of the use 

11 of those tools. 

12 (c) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REDUCTION OF

13 VULNERABILITIES AND LEVERAGE.—Not later than 180 

14 days after the submission of the report required by sub15 section (a), the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation 

16 the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the Di17 rector of National Intelligence, the United States Trade 

18 Representative, the Director of the Office of Federal Pro19 curement Policy, and the Director of the Office of Science 

20 and Technology Policy, shall submit to the appropriate 

21 committees of Congress a report that— 

22 (1) identifies critical sectors within the United 

23 States economy that rely on trade with the People’s 

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1 ceutical ingredients, rare earth minerals, and met2 allurgical inputs), such that those sectors present a 

3 strategic vulnerability and source of leverage that 

4 the Chinese Communist Party could exploit; and 

5 (2) makes recommendations to Congress on 

6 steps that can be taken to reduce the sources of le7 verage described in paragraph (1) and subsection 

8 (a)(1), including through— 

9 (A) provision of economic incentives and 

10 making other trade and contracting reforms to 

11 support United States industry and job growth 

12 in critical sectors and to indigenize production 

13 of critical resources; and 

14 (B) policies to facilitate ‘‘near- or friend15 shoring’’, or otherwise developing strategies to 

16 facilitate that process with allies and partners 

17 of the United States, in other sectors for which 

18 domestic reshoring would prove infeasible for 

19 any reason. 

20 (d) FORM.—The reports required by subsections (a), 

21 (b), and (c) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 

22 may include a classified annex. 

23 (e) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE24 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit25 tees of Congress’’ means— 


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1 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

2 Committee on Armed Services, the Select Committee 

3 on Intelligence, the Committee on Finance, the Com4 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 

5 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

6 Transportation of the Senate; and 

7 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

8 Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Fi9 nancial Services, the Committee on Energy and 

10 Commerce, and the Permanent Select Committee on 

11 Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 

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