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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3373 
To strengthen United States engagement in the Oceania region and enhance 
the security and resilience of allies and partners of the Oceania commu-
nity, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2021 
Mr. BERA (for himself, Mr. YOUNG, and Mr. CASE) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in ad-
dition to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs, Natural Resources, Armed 
Services, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infra-
structure, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To strengthen United States engagement in the Oceania 
region and enhance the security and resilience of allies 
and partners of the Oceania community, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Honoring Our Commitment to Elevate America’s Neigh-
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bor Islands and Allies Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘Honoring 
OCEANIA Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Statement of policy. 
Sec. 3. Oceania strategic roadmap. 
Sec. 4. Review of USAID programming in Oceania. 
Sec. 5. Oceania development finance strategy. 
Sec. 6. Oceania disaster preparedness. 
Sec. 7. Oceania infrastructure resilience program. 
Sec. 8. Oceania Peace Corps partnerships. 
Sec. 9. Oceania Youth Engagement Coordinator. 
Sec. 10. Improving health care access for veterans in freely associated states. 
Sec. 11. Public health capacity-building in Oceania. 
Sec. 12. Oceania Security Dialogue. 
Sec. 13. Oceania Restoration and Hazards Removal Program. 
Sec. 14. Report on countering illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in 
Oceania. 
Sec. 15. Oceania maritime security initiative. 
Sec. 16. Coordinator for displaced persons. 
Sec. 17. Oceania anticorruption program. 
Sec. 18. Imposition of sanctions with respect to corruption in Oceania. 
Sec. 19. Report on financial intelligence resources of the Department of the 
Treasury in Oceania. 
Sec. 20. Definitions. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It shall be the policy of the United States— 
(1) to elevate the countries of Oceania, includ-
ing the people and the protection of their cultural, 
historical, and environmental resources, as a stra-
tegic priority of the United States Government in all 
national security and economic considerations; 
(2) to promote civil society, the rule of law, and 
democratic governance across Oceania as part of a 
free and open Indo-Pacific region; 
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(3) to broaden and deepen relationships with 
the Freely Associated States of the Republic of 
Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the 
Federated States of Micronesia through robust de-
fense, diplomatic, economic, and development ex-
changes that promote the goals of individual states 
and the entire region; 
(4) to work with the governments of Pacific Is-
lands countries, Australia, France, Japan, New Zea-
land, the Republic of Korea, and the United King-
dom to advance shared alliance goals of the Oceania 
region concerning health, environmental protection, 
disaster resilience and preparedness, illegal, unre-
ported, and unregulated fishing (commonly referred 
to as ‘‘IUU fishing’’), maritime security, and eco-
nomic development; 
(5) to invest in a whole-of-government United 
States strategy that will enhance youth engagement 
and advance long-term growth and development 
throughout Oceania, especially as it relates to pro-
tecting marine resources and fisheries, addressing 
the existential global climate crisis, and strength-
ening the resilience of countries of the Oceania re-
gion against current and future threats resulting 
from extreme weather and severe changes in the en-
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vironment that pose a threat to livelihoods, public 
health, and safety; 
(6) to participate, wherever possible and appro-
priate, in existing regional organizations and inter-
national structures to support the Boe Declaration 
on Regional Security and advance the national secu-
rity and economic goals of the United States and 
countries of the Oceania region; 
(7) to deter and combat acts of malign foreign 
influence and corruption aimed at undermining the 
political, environmental, social, and economic sta-
bility of the people and governments of countries of 
Oceania; 
(8) to improve the local capacity of the coun-
tries of Oceania to address public health challenges 
and improve global health security, particularly as it 
relates to domestic violence, substance use disorders, 
obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular-related dis-
eases, malnutrition, and endemic tropical diseases, 
as well as global pandemic diseases, such as 
coronaviruses, influenza viruses, HIV/AIDS, and the 
Zika virus; 
(9) to help the countries of Oceania access mar-
ket-based private sector investments that adhere to 
best practices regarding transparency, debt sustain-
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