ability, and environmental and social safeguards as 
an alternative to state-directed investments by au-
thoritarian governments; 
(10) to ensure the people and communities of 
Oceania remain safe from the risks of old and de-
grading munitions hazards, marine plastics, and 
other marine debris that threaten health and liveli-
hoods; and 
(11) to work cooperatively with all governments 
in Oceania to promote the dignified return of all the 
remains of members of the United States Armed 
Forces that are missing in action from previous con-
flicts in the Indo-Pacific region. 
SEC. 3. OCEANIA STRATEGIC ROADMAP. 
(a) OCEANIA STRATEGIC ROADMAP.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a strategic roadmap for strengthening 
United States engagement with the countries specified in 
subsection (c) to address shared concerns and promote 
shared goals in pursuit of security and resiliency for the 
countries of Oceania. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategic roadmap required by 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
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(1) An assessment of the regional goals and 
concerns shared by the countries specified in sub-
section (c), including a review of issues related to 
anticorruption, maritime security, environmental 
protection, fisheries management, foreign economic 
assistance and development, and disaster resilience 
and preparedness. 
(2) A review of ongoing programs and initia-
tives by the governments of the countries specified 
in subsection (c) and the United States in pursuit of 
those shared regional goals and concerns, including 
with respect to the issues described in paragraph 
(1). 
(3) A review of ongoing programs and initia-
tives by regional organizations and other related 
intergovernmental structures aimed at addressing 
the issues described in paragraph (1). 
(4) A plan for aligning United States programs 
and resources in pursuit of the shared regional goals 
and concerns with respect to the issues described in 
paragraph (1). 
(5) Recommendations for additional United 
States authorities, personnel, programs, or resources 
necessary to execute the strategic roadmap. 
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(6) Any other elements the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(c) COUNTRIES SPECIFIED.—The countries specified 
in this subsection are the following: 
(1) Australia. 
(2) France. 
(3) Japan. 
(4) New Zealand. 
(5) The Republic of Korea. 
(6) The United Kingdom. 
SEC. 4. REVIEW OF USAID PROGRAMMING IN OCEANIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in coordi-
nation with the Administrator of the United States Agen-
cy for International Development (in this section referred 
to as ‘‘USAID’’), shall include the countries of Oceania 
in existing strategic planning and multi-sector program 
evaluation processes, including the Department of State’s 
Integrated Country Strategies and USAID’s Country De-
velopment Cooperation Strategies, the Joint Strategic 
Plan, and the Journey to Self-Reliance Country Road-
maps. 
(b) PROGRAMMATIC CONSIDERATIONS.—Evaluations 
and considerations for countries of Oceania in the pro-
gram planning and strategic development processes under 
subsection (a) should include— 
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(1) descriptions of the diplomatic and develop-
ment challenges of the Indo-Pacific countries of Oce-
ania as those challenges relate to the strategic, eco-
nomic, and humanitarian interests of the United 
States; 
(2) reviews of existing Department of State and 
USAID programs to address the diplomatic and de-
velopment challenges of those countries evaluated 
under paragraph (1); 
(3) descriptions of the barriers, if any, to in-
creasing Department of State and USAID program-
ming to countries of Oceania, including— 
(A) the relative income level of the coun-
tries of Oceania relative to other regions where 
there is high demand for United States foreign 
assistance to support development needs; 
(B) the relative capacity of the countries of 
Oceania to absorb United States foreign assist-
ance for diplomatic and development needs 
through partner governments and civil society 
institutions; and 
(C) any other factor that the Secretary or 
Administrator determines may constitute a bar-
rier to deploying or increasing United States 
foreign assistance to the countries of Oceania; 
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(4) assessments of the presence of, degree of 
international development by, partner country in-
debtedness to, and political influence of malign for-
eign governments, such as the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China, and non-state actors; 
(5) assessments of new foreign economic assist-
ance modalities that could assist in strengthening 
United States foreign assistance in the countries of 
Oceania, including the deployment of technical as-
sistance and asset recovery tools to partner govern-
ments and civil society institutions to help develop 
the capacity and expertise necessary to achieve self- 
sufficiency; 
(6) an evaluation of the existing budget and re-
source management processes for the mission and 
work of the Department of State and USAID with 
respect to programming in the countries of Oceania; 
(7) an explanation of how the Secretary and the 
Administrator will use existing programming proc-
esses, including those with respect to development of 
an Integrated Country Strategy, a Country Develop-
ment Cooperation Strategy, the Joint Strategic 
Plan, and the Journey to Self-Reliance Country 
Roadmaps, to advance the long-term growth, govern-
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ance, economic development, and resilience of the 
countries of Oceania; and 
(8) any recommendations about appropriate 
budgetary, resource management, and programmatic 
changes necessary to assist in strengthening United 
States foreign assistance programming in the coun-
tries of Oceania. 
(c) OCEANIA DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Oceania’’ includes such independent countries of Oceania 
as are identified by the Secretary of State and the Admin-
istrator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment. 
SEC. 5. OCEANIA DEVELOPMENT FINANCE STRATEGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Executive Officer of the 
United States International Development Finance Cor-
poration (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Corporation’’), 
in consultation with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, shall estab-
lish a strategy for supporting the development goals of the 
countries of Oceania using market-based private invest-
ment wherever there is appropriate capacity to absorb pri-
vate financing. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the strategy required 
by subsection (a) is to ensure that the United States Gov-
ernment is fully utilizing existing development finance au-
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thorities to support efforts of the countries of Oceania to 
access market-based private investment, including authori-
ties provided under the Better Utilization of Investments 
Leading to Development Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9601 et 
seq.), and consistent with section 1412(c) of that Act (22 
U.S.C. 9612(c)), to support sustainability, resilience, and 
development. 
(c) OBJECTIVES.—In developing the strategy re-
quired by subsection (a), the Chief Executive Officer of 
the Corporation shall consider the following, to the max-
imum extent practicable: 
(1) How the full range of financing products 
and technical assistance tools available to the Cor-
poration can be used to help counter malign foreign 
influence in Oceania that entraps host countries with 
development projects that result in high indebted-
ness and financial imbalance. 
(2) How the Corporation can create an invest-
ment portfolio that complements existing United 
States foreign economic assistance programs in the 
countries of Oceania, including specifically those ac-
tivities aimed at advancing the long-term growth, 
governance, economic development, and resilience of 
the countries of Oceania. 
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(3) How the Corporation can partner with re-
lated institutions of the governments of Australia, 
New Zealand, and Japan to maximize the effective-
ness of United States financing products and tech-
nical assistance tools to help the countries of Oce-
ania use market-based investment to advance eco-
nomic security as it relates to the development of 
fifth generation and future generation telecommuni-
cations infrastructure, undersea cables, and other 
critical infrastructure and associated supply chains. 
(4) How the Corporation can create an invest-
ment portfolio that minimizes financial risk exposure 
to the United States Government while helping to 
support the sustainable development goals of the 
countries of Oceania. 
(5) How the capacity of the private sector and 
economic constraints of the countries in Oceania 
may, at times, require that investment and develop-
ment are better supported by government rather 
than the private sector. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2022, and an-
nually thereafter, the Chief Executive Officer of the Cor-
poration shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a list of countries for which the Corporation 
plans to prioritize support for access to market-based pri-
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vate investment based on the objectives described in sub-
section (c) during the following 12-month period. 
(e) OCEANIA DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Oceania’’ includes such independent countries of Oceania 
as are identified by the Chief Executive Officer of the Cor-
poration and the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development. 
SEC. 6. OCEANIA DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall de-
velop a program to strengthen the disaster risk reduction 
and resilience of the countries of Oceania. 
(b) GOALS.—The goals of the program required by 
subsection (a) are to help the countries of Oceania— 
(1) build national first responder capacity to 
anticipate, respond to, and recover from natural and 
man-made disasters; 
(2) strengthen end-to-end early warning sys-
tems to ensure the ability of emergency management 
and first responders to reach all communities vulner-
able to natural and man-made disasters; and 
(3) improve community-based assistance, in-
cluding through the development of community ac-
tion plans, exercises, and training programs that im-
prove local capacity to deliver first aid and emer-
gency services. 
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(c) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—In developing 
the program required by subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall review best practices of, and, where appropriate, col-
laborate with, other United States Government agencies 
to strengthen the disaster risk reduction and resilience of 
the countries of Oceania, including— 
(1) the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance of 
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment; 
(2) the Food and Nutrition Service of the De-
partment of Agriculture; 
(3) the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy of the Department of Homeland Security; 
(4) the Federal Communications Commission; 
(5) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration of the Department of Commerce; and 
(6) the United States Coast Guard. 
(d) ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS.—The Secretary may 
partner with institutions of higher education in the United 
States and affiliated centers of excellence that have exper-
tise with strengthening disaster risk reduction and resil-
ience to carry out the program required by subsection (a). 
(e) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the status of the program re-
quired by subsection (a) in strengthening the dis-
aster risk reduction and resilience of the countries of 
Oceania. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A review of programs that currently 
exist to strengthen the disaster risk reduction 
and resilience of the countries of Oceania, in-
cluding with respect to the programs and activi-
ties of regional partners and organizations to 
strengthen disaster preparedness and emer-
gency management, and a description of how 
those efforts have been incorporated into the 
program required by subsection (a). 
(B) An assessment of the challenges with 
delivering assistance to the countries of Oceania 
in support of the goals described in subsection 
(b). 
(C) Recommendations regarding the fund-
ing, personnel, and related resources required 
to address the challenges described in subpara-
graph (B). 
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SEC. 7. OCEANIA INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in collabo-
ration with the Secretary of Transportation, the Chief of 
Engineers, and the Secretary of Energy, working through 
the directors of the national laboratories of the Depart-
ment of Energy and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall 
develop a program to provide frequent and meaningful 
technical assistance to inform the needs assessments and 
planning of the countries of Oceania to protect against 
threats to critical infrastructure. 
(b) GOALS.—The goal of the program established 
under subsection (a) is to strengthen United States sup-
port of the countries of Oceania in assessing— 
(1) existing and forecasted threats to the 
functionality and safety of infrastructure resulting 
from sea-level fluctuation, salt water intrusion, ex-
treme weather, or other severe changes in the envi-
ronment, as well as cyber threats and any other se-
curity risks that disrupt essential services or threat-
en public health; 
(2) the strategies, designs, and engineering 
techniques for reinforcing or rebuilding failing infra-
structure in ways that with withstand and maintain 
function in light of existing and forecasted threats to 
community infrastructure; 
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(3) rate and sources of deterioration, structural 
deficiencies, and most pressing risks to public safety 
from aging and failing infrastructure; 
(4) priorities for infrastructure improvement, 
reinforcement, re-engineering, or replacement based 
on the significance of infrastructure to ensuring 
public health, safety, and economic growth; 
(5) risks associated with the interconnectedness 
of supply chains and technology, communications, 
and financial systems; and 
(6) the policy and governance needed to 
strengthen critical infrastructure resilience, includ-
ing with respect to infrastructure financing to meet 
the contemporary needs of countries in Oceania. 
(c) ACTIVITIES.—To achieve the purpose of the pro-
gram established under subsection (a), the Secretary is en-
couraged to consider the following activities: 
(1) Educational and information sharing with 
the countries of Oceania that helps develop the local 
capacity of government and civil society leaders to 
evaluate localized critical infrastructure risks, inter-
dependencies across systems, and risk-mitigation so-
lutions. 
(2) Technology exchanges that provide the 
countries of Oceania with access to proven, cost-ef-
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fective solutions for mitigating the risks associated 
with critical infrastructure vulnerabilities and related 
interdependencies. 
(3) Financial and budget management and re-
lated technical assistance that provide the countries 
of Oceania with additional capacity to access, man-
age, and service financing for contemporary infra-
structure projects to support the resilience needs of 
communities in the Oceania region. 
SEC. 8. OCEANIA PEACE CORPS PARTNERSHIPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
Peace Corps shall submit to Congress a report on strate-
gies to reasonably and safely expand the number of Peace 
Corps volunteers in Oceania, with the goals of— 
(1) expanding the presence of the Peace Corps 
to all currently feasible locations in Oceania; and 
(2) working with regional and international 
partners of the United States to expand the presence 
of Peace Corps volunteers in low-income Oceania 
communities in support of climate resilience initia-
tives. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall— 
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(1) assess the factors contributing to the cur-
rent absence of the Peace Corps and its volunteers 
in Oceania; 
(2) examine potential remedies that include 
working with United States Government agencies 
and regional governments, including governments of 
United States allies— 
(A) to increase the health infrastructure 
and medical evacuation capabilities of the coun-
tries of Oceania to better support the safety of 
Peace Corps volunteers while in those countries; 
(B) to address physical safety concerns 
that have decreased the ability of the Peace 
Corps to operate in Oceania; and 
(C) to increase transportation infrastruc-
ture in the countries of Oceania to better sup-
port the travel of Peace Corps volunteers and 
their access to necessary facilities; 
(3) evaluate the potential to expand the deploy-
ment of Peace Corps Response volunteers to help the 
countries of Oceania address social, economic, and 
development needs of their communities that require 
specific professional expertise; and 
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(4) explore potential new operational models to 
address safety and security needs of Peace Corps 
volunteers in the countries of Oceania, including— 
(A) changes to volunteer deployment dura-
tions; and 
(B) scheduled redeployment of volunteers 
to regional or United States-based healthcare 
facilities for routine physical and behavioral 
health evaluation. 
(c) VOLUNTEERS IN LOW-INCOME OCEANIA COMMU-
NITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In examining the potential 
to expand the presence of Peace Corps volunteers in 
low-income Oceania communities under subsection 
(a)(3), the Director of the Peace Corps shall con-
sider the development of initiatives described in 
paragraph (2). 
(2) INITIATIVES
DESCRIBED.—Initiatives de-
scribed in this paragraph are volunteer initiatives 
that help the countries of Oceania address social, 
economic, and development needs of their commu-
nities, including by— 
(A) addressing, through appropriate resil-
ience-based interventions, the vulnerability that 
communities in Oceania face as result of ex-
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