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to professional military education courses in the United 
States; 
Whereas the United States has partnered with Papua New 
Guinea and Australia to modernize Papua New Guinea 
Defence Force’s Lombrum Naval Base on Manus Island 
to assist Papua New Guinea in defending its sovereignty 
and maritime rights; 
Whereas the United States Government supports cooperative 
activities with Papua New Guinea, including sustainable 
fisheries management, HIV/AIDS prevention, and care, 
and those authorized by the Asia Reassurance Initiative 
Act; 
Whereas section 1252 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92) expands 
the number of countries that receive assistance under the 
Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative, including 
Papua New Guinea; 
Whereas Papua New Guinea hosted the Asia Pacific Eco-
nomic Cooperation (APEC) Chief Executive Officer 
(CEO) Summit in November 2018; and 
Whereas Palm Desert, California, and Port Moresby, Papua 
New Guinea, are sister cities, a broad-based, long-term 
partnership to promote peace through mutual respect, 
understanding, and cooperation centered on people-to- 
people exchanges: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends Papua New Guinea on success-
fully maintaining a parliamentary democracy since 
independence, and its ongoing efforts to deliver 
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greater transparency in infrastructure development 
and accountability in government; 
(2) supports and affirms the full implementa-
tion of provisions of the Asia Reassurance Initiative 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–409) with regard to 
deepening its cooperation with Papua New Guinea in 
areas of mutual interest, including fisheries and ma-
rine resource conservation, environmental challenges 
and resilience, global health, development and trade, 
people-to-people ties, and continuing United States 
assistance, as appropriate, to support the rule of 
law, good governance, and economic development; 
(3) supports the Papua New Guinea Electrifica-
tion Partnership in cooperation with Australia, 
Japan, and New Zealand, a project to connect 70 
percent of the population to electricity by 2030, and 
the executive branch’s commitment to principles- 
based, sustainable infrastructure development that is 
transparent, non-discriminatory, environmentally re-
sponsible, promotes fair and open competition, up-
holds robust standards, meets the genuine needs of 
the people of Papua New Guinea, and avoids unsus-
tainable debt burdens; and 
(4) recognizes Papua New Guinea’s participa-
tion in multilateral institutions, including the United 
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Nations, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, 
Asian Development Bank, International Atomic En-
ergy Agency, the World Trade Organization, the 
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental 
Programme, as well as the Pacific Islands Forum, 
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, 
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 
Regional Forum (ARF), the Pacific Community, and 
the South Pacific Regional Environmental Program. 
Æ 
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