SEC. 204. ESTABLISHMENT OF QUAD INTRA-PARLIAMEN-
TARY WORKING GROUP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall seek to enter into negotiations with the governments 
of Japan, Australia, and India (collectively, with the 
United States, known as the ‘‘Quad’’) with the goal of 
reaching a written agreement to establish a Quad Intra- 
Parliamentary Working Group to facilitate closer coopera-
tion on shared interests and values. 
(b) UNITED STATES GROUP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—At such time as the govern-
ments of the Quad countries enter into a written 
agreement described in subsection (a) to establish a 
Quad Intra-Parliamentary Working Group, there 
shall be established a United States Group, which 
shall represent the United States at the Quad Intra- 
Parliamentary Working Group. 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The United States 
Group shall be comprised of not more than 24 
Members of Congress. 
(B) APPOINTMENT.—Of the Members of 
Congress appointed to the United States Group 
under subparagraph (A)— 
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(i) half shall be appointed by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives 
from among Members of the House, not 
fewer than four of whom shall be members 
of the Committee on Foreign Affairs; and 
(ii) half shall be appointed by the 
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, based 
on recommendations of the majority leader 
and minority leader of the Senate, from 
among Members of the Senate, not fewer 
than four of whom shall be members of the 
Committee on Foreign Relations (unless the 
majority leader and minority leader deter-
mine otherwise). 
(3) MEETINGS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The United States 
Group shall seek to meet not less frequently than 
annually with representatives and appropriate 
staff of the legislatures of Japan, Australia, and 
India, and any other country invited by mutual 
agreement of the Quad countries. 
(B) LIMITATION.—A meeting described in 
subparagraph (A) may be held— 
(i) in the United States; 
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(ii) in another Quad country during 
periods when Congress is not in session; or 
(iii) virtually. 
(4) CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON.— 
(A) HOUSE DELEGATION.—The Speaker of 
the House of Representatives shall designate the 
chairperson or vice chairperson of the delegation 
of the United States Group from the House from 
among members of the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs. 
(B) SENATE DELEGATION.—The President 
Pro Tempore of the Senate shall designate the 
chairperson or vice chairperson of the delegation 
of the United States Group from the Senate from 
among members of the Committee on Foreign 
Relations. 
(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated $1,000,000 for each fiscal years 
2022 through 2025 for the United States Group. 
(B) DISTRIBUTION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year 
for which an appropriation is made for the 
United States Group, half of the amount 
appropriated shall be available to the dele-
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gation from the House of Representatives 
and half of the amount appropriated shall 
be available to the delegation from the Sen-
ate. 
(ii) METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION.—The 
amounts available to the delegations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate 
under clause (i) shall be disbursed on vouch-
ers to be approved by the chairperson of the 
delegation from the House of Representa-
tives and the chairperson of the delegation 
from the Senate, respectively. 
(6) PRIVATE
SOURCES.—The United States 
Group may accept gifts or donations of services or 
property, subject to the review and approval, as ap-
propriate, of the Committee on Ethics of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Ethics of the 
Senate. 
(7) CERTIFICATION
OF
EXPENDITURES.—The 
certificate of the chairperson of the delegation from 
the House of Representatives or the delegation of the 
Senate of the United States Group shall be final and 
conclusive upon the accounting officers in the audit-
ing of the accounts of the United States Group. 
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(8) ANNUAL REPORT.—The United States Group 
shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate a report for each fis-
cal year for which an appropriation is made for the 
United States Group, including a description of its 
expenditures under such appropriation. 
SEC. 205. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON COOPERATION WITH 
ASEAN. 
It is the policy of the United States to— 
(1) stand with the nations of the Association of 
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as they respond to 
COVID–19 and support greater cooperation in build-
ing capacity to prepare for and respond to pandemics 
and other public health challenges; 
(2) support high-level United States participa-
tion in the annual ASEAN Summit held each year; 
(3) reaffirm the importance of United States- 
ASEAN economic engagement, including the elimi-
nation of barriers to cross-border commerce, and sup-
port the ASEAN Economic Community’s (AEC) 
goals, including strong, inclusive, and sustainable 
long-term economic growth and cooperation with the 
United States that focuses on innovation and capac-
ity-building efforts in technology, education, disaster 
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management, food security, human rights, and trade 
facilitation, particularly for ASEAN’s poorest coun-
tries; 
(4) urge ASEAN to continue its efforts to foster 
greater integration and unity within the ASEAN 
community, as well as to foster greater integration 
and unity with non-ASEAN economic, political, and 
security partners, including Japan, the Republic of 
Korea, Australia, the European Union, and India; 
(5) recognize the value of strategic economic ini-
tiatives such as United States-ASEAN Connect, which 
demonstrates a commitment to ASEAN and the AEC 
and builds upon economic relationships in the region; 
(6) support ASEAN nations in addressing mari-
time and territorial disputes in a constructive man-
ner and in pursuing claims through peaceful, diplo-
matic, and, as necessary, legitimate regional and 
international arbitration mechanisms, consistent with 
international law, including through the adoption of 
a code of conduct in the South China Sea that rep-
resents the interests of all parties and promotes peace 
and stability in the region; 
(7) urge all parties involved in the maritime and 
territorial disputes in the Indo-Pacific region, includ-
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ing the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China— 
(A) to cease any current activities, and 
avoid undertaking any actions in the future, 
that undermine stability, or complicate or esca-
late disputes through the use of coercion, intimi-
dation, or military force; 
(B) to demilitarize islands, reefs, shoals, 
and other features, and refrain from new efforts 
to militarize, including the construction of new 
garrisons and facilities and the relocation of ad-
ditional military personnel, material, or equip-
ment; 
(C) to oppose actions by any country that 
prevent other countries from exercising their sov-
ereign rights to the resources in their exclusive 
economic zones and continental shelves by enforc-
ing claims to those areas in the South China Sea 
that lack support in international law; and 
(D) to oppose unilateral declarations of ad-
ministrative and military districts in contested 
areas in the South China Sea; 
(8) urge parties to refrain from unilateral ac-
tions that cause permanent physical damage to the 
marine environment and support the efforts of the 
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
and ASEAN to implement guidelines to address the 
illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in the re-
gion; 
(9) urge ASEAN nations to develop a common 
approach to encourage China and the Philippines to 
comply with the decision of the Permanent Court of 
Arbitration’s 2016 ruling in favor of the Republic of 
the Philippines in the case against the People’s Re-
public of China’s excessive maritime claims; 
(10) reaffirm the commitment of the United 
States to continue joint efforts with ASEAN to halt 
human smuggling and trafficking in persons and 
urge ASEAN to create and strengthen regional mech-
anisms to provide assistance and support to refugees 
and migrants; 
(11) support the Mekong-United States Partner-
ship; 
(12) support newly created initiatives with 
ASEAN nations, including the United States-ASEAN 
Smart Cities Partnership, the ASEAN Policy Imple-
mentation Project, the United States-ASEAN Innova-
tion Circle, and the United States-ASEAN Health 
Futures; 
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(13) encourage the President to communicate to 
ASEAN leaders the importance of promoting the rule 
of law and open and transparent government, 
strengthening civil society, and protecting human 
rights, including releasing political prisoners, ceasing 
politically motivated prosecutions and arbitrary 
killings, and safeguarding freedom of the press, free-
dom of assembly, freedom of religion, and freedom of 
speech and expression; 
(14) support efforts by organizations in ASEAN 
that address corruption in the public and private sec-
tors, enhance anti-bribery compliance, enforce bribery 
criminalization in the private sector, and build bene-
ficial ownership transparency through the ASEAN– 
USAID PROSPECT project partnered with the South 
East Asia Parties Against Corruption (SEA–PAC); 
(15) support the Young Southeast Asian Leaders 
Initiative as an example of a people-to-people part-
nership that provides skills, networks, and leadership 
training to a new generation that will create and fill 
jobs, foster cross-border cooperation and partnerships, 
and rise to address the regional and global challenges 
of the future; 
(16) support the creation of initiatives similar to 
the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative for 
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other parts of the Indo-Pacific to foster people-to-peo-
ple partnerships with an emphasis on civil society 
leaders; 
(17) acknowledge those ASEAN governments that 
have fully upheld and implemented all United Na-
tions Security Council resolutions and international 
agreements with respect to the Democratic People’s 
Republic of Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile pro-
grams and encourage all other ASEAN governments 
to do the same; and 
(18) allocate appropriate resources across the 
United States Government to articulate and imple-
ment an Indo-Pacific strategy that respects and sup-
ports the crucial role of ASEAN and supports 
ASEAN as a source of well-functioning and problem- 
solving regional architecture in the Indo-Pacific com-
munity. 
SEC. 206. YOUNG SOUTHEAST ASIAN LEADERS INITIATIVE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Act’’ or the 
‘‘YSEALI Act’’. 
(b) YOUNG SOUTHEAST ASIAN LEADERS INITIATIVE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Department of State the Young Southeast Asian 
Leaders Initiative (‘‘YSEALI’’) program. 
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(2) GOALS.—The YSEALI program shall seek to 
build to capacity of young leaders in Southeast Asia 
to— 
(A) support young leaders from Southeast 
Asia by offering professional development and a 
global network to share expertise, including in 
the areas of civic engagement, economic em-
powerment and social entrepreneurship, edu-
cation and environmental issues; and 
(B) further strengthen the enduring part-
nership between the United States and Southeast 
Asia and connect United States experts with 
YSEALI participants. 
(3) YSEALI PROGRAMS.— 
(A) YSEALI 
ACADEMIC
FELLOWS
PRO-
GRAM.—There is established the YSEALI Aca-
demic Fellows Program to bring students from 
YSEALI partner countries to the United States 
for the purposes of building practical expertise, 
leadership skills, and professional networks relat-
ing to one or more of the YSEALI themes. The 
Secretary of State may award fellowships under 
the Academic Fellows Program to eligible indi-
viduals based on the following: 
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