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and geoeconomic challenge for United States foreign 
policy, increasing the prioritization of strategic com-
petition with the PRC and broader United States in-
terests in the Indo-Pacific region in the conduct of 
foreign policy and assuring the allocation of appro-
priate resources adequate to the challenge. 
(4) The head of every Federal department and 
agency should designate a senior official at the level 
of Under Secretary or above to coordinate the depart-
ment’s or agency’s policies with respect to strategic 
competition with the PRC. 
(5) The ability of the United States to execute a 
strategy of strategic competition with the PRC will be 
undermined if our attention is repeatedly diverted to 
challenges that are not vital to United States eco-
nomic and national security interests. 
(6) In the coming decades, the United States 
must prevent the PRC from— 
(A) establishing regional hegemony in the 
Indo-Pacific; and 
(B) using that position to advance its asser-
tive political, economic, and foreign policy goals 
around the world.
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(7) The United States must ensure that the Fed-
eral budget is properly aligned with the strategic im-
perative to compete with the PRC by— 
(A) ensuring sufficient levels of funding to 
resource all instruments of United States na-
tional power; and 
(B) coherently prioritizing how such funds 
are used. 
(8) Sustained prioritization of the challenge 
posed by the PRC requires— 
(A) bipartisan cooperation within Congress; 
and 
(B) frequent, sustained, and meaningful col-
laboration and consultation between the executive 
branch and Congress. 
(9) The United States must ensure close integra-
tion among economic and foreign policymakers, the 
private sector, civil society, universities and academic 
institutions, and other relevant actors in free and 
open societies affected by the challenges posed by the 
PRC to enable such actors— 
(A) to collaborate to advance common inter-
ests; and 
(B) to identify appropriate policies—
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(i) to strengthen the United States and 
its allies; 
(ii) to promote a compelling vision of 
a free and open order; and 
(iii) to push back against detrimental 
policies pursued by the CCP. 
(10) The United States must ensure that all Fed-
eral departments and agencies are organized to reflect 
the fact that strategic competition with the PRC is 
the 
United 
States’ 
greatest 
geopolitical 
and 
geoeconomic challenge, including through the assigned 
missions and location of United States Government 
personnel, by— 
(A) dedicating more personnel in the Indo- 
Pacific region, at posts around the world, and in 
Washington DC, with priorities directly relevant 
to advancing competition with the People’s Re-
public of China; 
(B) placing greater numbers of foreign serv-
ice officers, international development profes-
sionals, members of the foreign commercial serv-
ice, intelligence professionals, and other United 
States Government personnel in the Indo-Pacific 
region; and
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(C) ensuring that this workforce, both civil-
ian and military, has the training in language, 
technical skills, and other competencies required 
to advance a successful competitive strategy with 
the PRC. 
(11) The United States must place renewed em-
phasis on strengthening the nonmilitary instruments 
of national power, including diplomacy, information, 
technology, economics, foreign assistance and develop-
ment finance, commerce, intelligence, and law en-
forcement, which are crucial for addressing the unique 
economic, political, and ideological challenges posed 
by the PRC. 
(12) The United States must sustain resourcing 
for a Pacific Deterrence Initiative, which shall be 
aligned with the overarching political and diplomatic 
objectives articulated in the Asia Reassurance Initia-
tive Act (Public Law 115–409), and must prioritize 
the military investments necessary to achieve United 
States political objectives in the Indo-Pacific, includ-
ing— 
(A) promoting regional security in the 
Indo-Pacific; 
(B) reassuring allies and partners while 
protecting them from coercion; and
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(C) deterring conflict with the PRC. 
(13) Competition with the PRC requires the 
United States’ skillful adaptation to the information 
environment of the 21st century. United States public 
diplomacy and messaging efforts must effectively— 
(A) promote the value of partnership with 
the United States; 
(B) highlight the risks and costs of 
enmeshment with the PRC; and 
(C) 
counter 
CCP 
propaganda 
and 
disinformation. 
SEC. 3006. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) APPLICABILITY OF EXISTING RESTRICTIONS ON 
ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN SECURITY FORCES.—Nothing in 
this division shall be construed to diminish, supplant, su-
persede, or otherwise restrict or prevent responsibilities of 
the United States Government under section 620M of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d) or section 
362 of title 10, United States Code. 
(b) NO AUTHORIZATION FOR THE USE OF MILITARY 
FORCE.—Nothing in this division may be construed as au-
thorizing the use of military force.
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TITLE I—INVESTING IN A 
COMPETITIVE FUTURE 
Subtitle A—Science and Technology 
SEC. 3101. AUTHORIZATION TO ASSIST UNITED STATES 
COMPANIES WITH GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN DI-
VERSIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION TO CONTRACT SERVICES.—The 
Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of 
Commerce, is authorized to establish a program to facilitate 
the contracting by the Department of State for the profes-
sional services of qualified experts, on a reimbursable fee 
for service basis, to assist interested United States persons 
and business entities with supply chain management issues 
related to the PRC, including— 
(1) exiting from the PRC market or relocating 
certain production facilities to locations outside the 
PRC; 
(2) diversifying sources of inputs, and other ef-
forts to diversify supply chains to locations outside of 
the PRC; 
(3) navigating legal, regulatory, or other chal-
lenges in the course of the activities described in para-
graphs (1) and (2); and 
(4) identifying alternative markets for produc-
tion or sourcing outside of the PRC, including