interests as a function of the PRC’s current or potential 
locations identified pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(A). 
(b) STRATEGY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of 
Defense and other appropriate senior Federal offi-
cials, shall submit a strategy to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that contains the information 
described in paragraph (2). 
(2) CONTENTS.—The strategy required under 
paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) identify not fewer than 5 locations that 
pose the greatest potential risks, as identified in 
the assessment required under subsection (a), 
where the PRC maintains a physical presence, 
or is suspected to be seeking a physical pres-
ence, which could ultimately transition into a 
PRC global base; 
(B) include a comprehensive listing of ex-
ecutive branch entities currently involved in ad-
dressing aspects of PRC global basing, includ-
ing estimated programmatic and personal re-
source requirements on an agency-by-agency 
basis to effectively address the issue of PRC 
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global basing intentions, and any relevant re-
source constraints; 
(C) describe in detail all executive branch 
efforts to mitigate the impacts to the national 
interests of the United States and partner 
countries of the locations referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) and prevent the PRC from es-
tablishing new global bases, including with re-
sources described in subparagraph (B); and 
(D) for each of the locations referred to in 
subparagraph (A), identify the actions by the 
United States or its allies that would be most 
effective in ensuring the respective foreign gov-
ernments terminate plans for hosting a PRC 
base. 
(c) TASK FORCE.—Not later than 90 days after sub-
mitting the strategy described in subsection (b), the Sec-
retary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of De-
fense and other appropriate senior Federal officials, shall 
establish an interagency task force— 
(1) to implement the strategy described in sec-
tion (b) to counter the PRC’s efforts at the locations 
of chief concern; and 
(2) to identify mitigation measures that would 
prevent the PRC from establishing new bases in lo-
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cations beyond the locations of chief concern identi-
fied pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(A). 
(d) QUADRENNIAL REVIEWS
AND REPORTS.—Not 
later than 4 years after the submission of the strategy re-
quired under subsection (b), and not less frequently than 
once every 4 years thereafter, the Secretary of State, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the Director 
of National Intelligence, and other appropriate senior Fed-
eral officials, shall— 
(1) conduct a review of the Executive Branch’s 
strategy and overall approach in response to the 
PRC global basing intentions; and 
(2) submit the results of such review, including 
the information described in subsection (b)(2), to the 
appropriate congressional committees. 
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