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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3332 
To bolster United States engagement with the Pacific Islands region, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 13, 2025 
Mr. CASE (for himself, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. MOYLAN, Mrs. 
KING-HINDS, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. OLSZEWSKI, Mr. 
GOTTHEIMER, Mr. LIEU, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. BERA, Ms. 
TITUS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. SHERMAN, and 
Mrs. KIM) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To bolster United States engagement with the Pacific Islands 
region, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pacific Partnership 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress as follows: 
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(1) The United States has longstanding and en-
during cultural, historic, economic, strategic, and 
people-to-people connections with the Pacific Islands, 
based on shared values, cultural histories, common 
interests, and a commitment to fostering mutual un-
derstanding and cooperation. 
(2) Successive United States administrations 
have recognized the critical importance of the Pacific 
Islands, to the world in high-level strategic docu-
ments, including the— 
(A) 2015 National Security Strategy, 
which first declared the rebalance to Asia and 
the Pacific, affirmed the United States as a Pa-
cific nation, and paved the way for subsequent 
United States engagement with the Pacific Is-
lands; 
(B) 2017 National Security Strategy, 
which includes a commitment to ‘‘shore up 
fragile partner states in the Pacific Islands re-
gion to reduce their vulnerability to economic 
fluctuations and natural disasters’’; 
(C) 2019 Indo-Pacific Strategy Report, 
which identified the Pacific Islands as ‘‘critical 
to United States strategy because of our shared 
values, interests, and commitments’’; 
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(D) 2022 Indo-Pacific Strategy Report, 
which recognized the need to engage further 
with the Pacific Islands on shared security 
goals; and 
(E) 2022 Strategy for Pacific Partnership, 
which outlined goals and methods for deepening 
the United States partnerships with Pacific Is-
land nations. 
(3) The United States Government should fur-
ther develop, expand, and support a comprehensive 
and multifaceted United States policy for the Pacific 
Islands that— 
(A) promotes peace, security, and pros-
perity for all countries that respects the sov-
ereignty and political independence of all na-
tions; 
(B) preserves the Pacific Ocean as a cor-
ridor for international maritime economic op-
portunities and growth and promotes sustain-
able development; 
(C) supports regional efforts to address 
shared challenges, including by strengthening 
resilience to natural disasters and stewardship 
of natural resources; and 
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(D) strengthens democratic governance 
and the rule of law, and promotes internation-
ally recognized human rights and the preserva-
tion of the region’s cultural heritages. 
(4) The United States should collaborate closely 
with existing regional multilateral institutions and 
frameworks, such as the Pacific Islands Forum and 
the Pacific Community. 
(5) The United States should work closely with 
United States allies and partners with existing rela-
tionships and interests in the Pacific Islands, such 
as Australia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, 
and Taiwan, and regional institutions like the Pa-
cific Islands Forum. 
SEC. 3. STRATEGY FOR PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 1, 2026, 
and again not later than January 1, 2030, the President, 
in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall develop 
and submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a strategy entitled the ‘‘Strategy for Pacific Partnership’’ 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Strategy’’). 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The Strategy shall 
include each of the following: 
(1) A description of overarching goals for 
United States engagement in the Pacific Islands re-
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