SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pacific Partnership 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress as follows: 
(1) The United States has longstanding and en-
during cultural, historic, economic, strategic, and 
people-to-people connections with the Pacific Islands, 
based on shared values, cultural histories, common 
interests, and a commitment to fostering mutual un-
derstanding and cooperation. 
(2) Successive United States administrations 
have recognized the critical importance of the Pacific 
Islands, to the world in high-level strategic docu-
ments, including the— 
(A) 2015 National Security Strategy, 
which first declared the rebalance to Asia and 
the Pacific, affirmed the United States as a Pa-
cific nation, and paved the way for subsequent 
United States engagement with the Pacific Is-
lands; 
(B) 2017 National Security Strategy, 
which includes a commitment to ‘‘shore up 
fragile partner states in the Pacific Islands re-
gion to reduce their vulnerability to economic 
fluctuations and natural disasters’’;
(C) 2019 Indo-Pacific Strategy Report, 
which identified the Pacific Islands as ‘‘critical 
to United States strategy because of our shared 
values, interests, and commitments’’; 
(D) 2022 Indo-Pacific Strategy Report, 
which recognized the need to engage further 
with the Pacific Islands on shared security 
goals; and 
(E) 2022 Strategy for Pacific Partnership, 
which outlined goals and methods for deepening 
the United States partnerships with Pacific Is-
land nations. 
(3) The United States Government should fur-
ther develop, expand, and support a comprehensive 
and multifaceted United States policy for the Pacific 
Islands that— 
(A) promotes peace, security, and pros-
perity for all countries that respects the sov-
ereignty and political independence of all na-
tions; 
(B) preserves the Pacific Ocean as a cor-
ridor for international maritime economic op-
portunities and growth and promotes sustain-
able development;
(C) supports regional efforts to address 
shared challenges, including by strengthening 
resilience to natural disasters and stewardship 
of natural resources; and 
(D) strengthens democratic governance 
and the rule of law, and promotes human rights 
and the preservation of the region’s cultural 
heritages. 
(4) The United States should support the vi-
sion, values, and objectives of existing regional mul-
tilateral institutions and frameworks, such as the 
Pacific Islands Forum and the Pacific Community. 
(5) The United States should work closely with 
United States allies and partners with existing rela-
tionships and interests in the Pacific Islands, such 
as Australia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, 
and Taiwan, and regional institutions like the Pa-
cific Islands Forum. 
SEC. 3. STRATEGY FOR PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 1, 2026, 
and again not later than January 1, 2030, the President, 
in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall develop 
and submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a strategy entitled the ‘‘Strategy for Pacific Partnership’’ 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Strategy’’).
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The Strategy shall 
include each of the following: 
(1) A description of overarching goals for 
United States engagement in the Pacific Islands re-
gion, including United States diplomatic posts, de-
fense posture, and economic engagement. 
(2) An assessment of threats and pressures to 
the Pacific Islands region including those caused by 
factors such as— 
(A) natural disasters; 
(B) illegal, unreported, and unregulated 
fishing; 
(C) non-United States military presence 
and activity; 
(D) developmental challenges; 
(E) economic coercion and corruption; and 
(F) other factors assessed to be causing a 
direct risk to the United States national inter-
ests in the Pacific Islands. 
(3) A plan to address the threats assessed pur-
suant to paragraph (2). 
(4) An analysis of the needs and goals ex-
pressed by governments of the Pacific Islands re-
gion, including at or through multilateral institu-
tions, evaluated in light of the United States na-
tional interests. 
(5) A plan for the resources necessary for the 
United States to meet its goals in the Pacific Islands 
region. 
(6) Mechanisms, including existing forums, for 
coordinating and cooperating on shared goals among 
the following, as appropriate: 
(A) the governments of Pacific Island 
countries; 
(B) regional partners in the Pacific Islands 
region, including multilateral forums and orga-
nizations, such as the Pacific Islands Forum; 
(C) civil society in the Pacific Islands; and 
(D) United States subnational govern-
ments in the Pacific. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In developing the Strategy, the 
President should consult, as appropriate, with— 
(1) relevant United States governmental agen-
cies; 
(2) regional organizations, such as the Pacific 
Islands Forum, the Pacific Islands Development 
Program, the Pacific Community, the Forum Fish-
eries Agency, and the Secretariat of the Pacific Re-
gional Environment Programme;