(B) The Foreign Military Financing pro-
gram. 
(C) The Overseas Humanitarian Disaster 
and Civic Aid program. 
(D) The authority to build the capacity of 
foreign security forces under section 333 of title 
10, United States Code. 
(E) The authority to provide excess de-
fense articles under section 516 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j). 
(F) The National Guard State Partnership 
Program. 
(3) NATIONAL
POLICE
FORCES
AND
COAST 
GUARDS.—The national police forces and coast 
guards of the Pacific Islands are eligible to receive 
assistance under the programs and authorities de-
scribed in paragraph (2) (other than the programs 
and authorities described in subparagraphs (A), (D), 
and (F) of paragraph (2)) for purposes of the strat-
egy required by this subsection. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The strategy re-
quired by subsection (a) shall seek to preserve peace and 
regional stability in the Pacific Islands and take into con-
sideration and seek to build upon but not duplicate exist-
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ing assistance provided by United States allies and part-
ners. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report that contains the strategy devel-
oped under this section. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report 
required by paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) an assessment of security challenges to 
the Pacific Islands; 
(B) an analysis of demonstrated needs of 
the Pacific Islands for assistance, including ex-
cess defense equipment and related materials 
with humanitarian and development uses to ful-
fill such needs; 
(C) a review of existing security assistance 
programs in the Pacific Islands, including pro-
grams and efforts provided by United States al-
lies and partners; 
(D) a plan for programs for training and 
sustainment with respect to such excess defense 
equipment and related materials, including 
those with humanitarian and development uses; 
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(E) a list of militaries, national police 
forces, coast guards, and other national security 
forces of the Pacific Islands receiving assistance 
under the strategy; 
(F) a plan to provide humanitarian assist-
ance and disaster relief, if necessary, through 
the Overseas Humanitarian Disaster and Civic 
Aid program; 
(G) a review of existing cross-border mari-
time law enforcement operations (commonly 
known as ‘‘shiprider agreements’’) with the Pa-
cific Islands, an assessment of additional 
resourcing needs to enhance operational capac-
ity, and a plan to improve on these programs 
and operations; 
(H) a review of existing National Guard 
State Partnership Programs with the Pacific Is-
lands, an assessment of additional opportunities 
to leverage National Guard State Partnership 
Programs to address law enforcement, disaster 
relief and emergency management, and related 
priorities, and a plan to expand, as appropriate, 
existing and new National Guard State Part-
nership Programs in the region; 
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(I) a review of current efforts and progress 
in removing unexploded ordnance in the Pacific 
Islands and an assessment of additional 
resourcing needed to ensure continued progress, 
including to support coordination with regional 
efforts and those of United States allies and 
partners; 
(J) a review of existing regional fusion cen-
ters and other cooperative intelligence sharing 
efforts in the Pacific Islands to address mari-
time security, transnational crime, natural dis-
asters, and other security challenges and an as-
sessment of opportunities for the United States 
to participate in such efforts, including by allo-
cating staff and supplying resourcing; 
(K) measures to evaluate success for the 
strategy; and 
(L) a detailed assessment of appropriations 
required to achieve the objectives for the strat-
egy in future years. 
(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Com-
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mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Armed Services, and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate. 
SEC. 104. COUNTERING TRANSNATIONAL CRIME. 
(a) RATIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL IN-
STRUMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
prioritize efforts to assist the Pacific Islands in rati-
fying and implementing international legal conven-
tions related to transnational crime, such as— 
(A) the Convention on International Trade 
in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fauna and 
Flora; 
(B) the Agreement on Port State Meas-
ures; and 
(C) relevant protocols supplementing the 
United 
Nations 
Convention 
Against 
Transnational Organized Crime, such as— 
(i) the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, 
and Punish Trafficking in Person, Espe-
cially Women and Children; and 
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(ii) the Protocol Against the Smug-
gling of Migrants by Land, Sea, and Air. 
(2) BIENNIAL
REPORT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
every 2 years thereafter as appropriate, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report on— 
(A) the status of the progress of each 
country of the Pacific Islands toward ratifying 
and implementing international legal conven-
tions related to transnational crime; and 
(B) United States plans for assisting those 
countries that have yet to fully ratify such con-
ventions with their respective ratification ef-
forts. 
(b) UPDATES OF CERTAIN REPORTS.—The Secretary 
of State, in coordination with other Federal agencies as 
appropriate, shall identify and update existing reports to 
include forms of transnational crime affecting the Pacific 
Islands, such as— 
(1) the International Narcotics Control Strat-
egy report; 
(2) the Improving International Fisheries Man-
agement report; and 
(3) the Trafficking in Persons report. 
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(c) ILLEGAL LOGGING AND ASSOCIATED TRADE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter, the Secretary of State, in coordi-
nation with the heads of relevant Federal agencies, 
shall submit to appropriate congressional committees 
a report that identifies countries of the Pacific Is-
lands that are countries of concern with respect to 
illegal logging and associated trade. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description of the impact illegal log-
ging and associated trade have had on local 
communities, good governance, and biodiversity, 
including an identification of those foreign 
countries that may be financing or in any other 
manner supporting illegal logging activities. 
(B) A description of efforts taken by coun-
tries identified under paragraph (1) to comply 
and take appropriate corrective action to miti-
gate illegal logging, and an evaluation of the 
progress of those efforts. 
(C) A description of steps taken by the 
heads of relevant Federal agencies to assist the 
Pacific Islands in adopting and implementing 
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international measures comparable to those of 
the United States, such as the Lacey Act, to re-
duce impacts of illicit logging. 
(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. 
(d) ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED, AND UNREGULATED 
FISHING.—Section 3553 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (16 U.S.C. 8033) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (8) as para-
graph (9); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (7) (as amend-
ed) the following: 
‘‘(8) an assessment of gaps or limitations in the 
ability of the United States to effectively assist pri-
ority regions and priority flag states relating to IUU 
fishing due to resource constraints and the addi-
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tional resources necessary to overcome those con-
straints; and’’. 
SEC. 105. COORDINATION WITH REGIONAL ALLIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall con-
sult and coordinate with regional allies and partners, in-
cluding Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Taiwan, and re-
gional institutions such as the Pacific Islands Forum and 
the Pacific Community, with respect to programs to pro-
vide assistance to the Pacific Islands, including programs 
established by this Act, including for purposes of— 
(1) deconflicting programming; 
(2) ensuring that any programming does not 
adversely affect the absorptive capacity of the Pa-
cific Islands; and 
(3) ensuring complementary programs benefit 
the Pacific Islands to the maximum extent prac-
ticable. 
(b) FORMAL CONSULTATIVE PROCESS.—The Sec-
retary of State shall establish a formal consultative proc-
ess with such regional allies and partners to coordinate 
with respect to such programs and future-years program-
ming. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
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Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report that includes— 
(1) a review of ongoing efforts, initiatives, and 
programs undertaken by regional allies and part-
ners, including multilateral organizations, to advance 
priorities identified in this Act; 
(2) a review of ongoing efforts, initiatives, and 
programs undertaken by non-allied foreign actors 
that are viewed as being potentially harmful or in 
any way detrimental to one or more countries of the 
Pacific Islands; 
(3) an assessment of United States programs in 
the Pacific Islands and their alignment and 
complementarity with the efforts of regional allies 
and partners identified in paragraph (1); and 
(4) a review of the formal consultative process 
required in subsection (b) to summarize engage-
ments held and identify opportunities to improve co-
ordination with regional allies and partners. 
TITLE II—DEVELOPMENT 
INITIATIVES 
SEC. 201. TRADE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE PACIFIC IS-
LANDS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States should expand bilateral and 
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multilateral trade with the Pacific Islands to promote 
socio-economic development and mutual prosperity. 
(b) STRATEGY.—The United States Trade Rep-
resentative shall develop and implement a strategy to ex-
pand and diversify trade and promote regional develop-
ment with the Pacific Islands, including through negoti-
ating trade and investment framework agreements. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter, the Trade Representative shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report that contains the strategy developed under 
this section. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report 
required by paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) an assessment of the readiness of 
countries in the Pacific Islands to enter into en-
hanced trade relationships with the United 
States, including with respect to reducing or 
eliminating tariff and non-tariff barriers inhib-
iting progress towards deepening trade relation-
ships; 
(B) a review of existing regional multilat-
eral and bilateral trade agreements and pref-
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