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PART II—TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIPS 
SEC. 255. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TRANSATLANTIC RELA-
TIONSHIPS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States, European Union, the 
United Kingdom, and other European countries are 
close partners, sharing values grounded in democracy, 
human rights, transparency, and the rules-based 
international order established after World War II; 
(2) without a common approach by the United 
States, European Union, the United Kingdom, and 
other European countries on connectivity, trade, 
transnational challenges, and support for democracy 
and human rights, the People’s Republic of China 
will continue to increase its economic, political, and 
security leverage in Europe; 
(3) the People’s Republic of China’s deployment 
of assistance to European countries following the 
COVID–19 outbreak showcased a coercive approach to 
aid, but it also highlighted Europe’s deep economic 
ties to the People’s Republic of China; 
(4) as European countries seek to recover from 
the economic toll of the COVID–19 outbreak, the 
United States must stand in partnership with Europe 
to support our collective economic recovery, reinforce 
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our collective national security, and defend shared 
values; 
(5) the United States, European Union, the 
United Kingdom, and other European countries 
should coordinate on joint strategies to diversify reli-
ance on supply chains away from the People’s Repub-
lic of China, especially in the medical and pharma-
ceutical sectors; 
(6) the United States, European Union, the 
United Kingdom, and other European countries 
should leverage their respective economic innovation 
capabilities to support the global economic recovery 
from the COVID–19 recession and draw a contrast 
with the centralized economy of the People’s Republic 
of China; 
(7) the United States, United Kingdom, and Eu-
ropean Union should accelerate efforts to de-escalate 
their trade disputes, including negotiating a United 
States-European Union trade agreement that benefits 
workers and the broader economy in both the United 
States and European Union; 
(8) the United States, European Union, and 
Japan should continue trilateral efforts to address the 
security, economic, democracy, and human rights 
challenges posed by the People’s Republic of China; 
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(9) the United States, European Union, the 
United Kingdom, and other European countries 
should enhance cooperation to counter People’s Re-
public of China disinformation, influence operations, 
and propaganda efforts; 
(10) the United States and Europe share serious 
concerns with the repressions being supported and ex-
ecuted by the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China, and should continue implementing measures 
to address the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China’s specific abuses in Tibet, Hong Kong, and 
Xinjiang, and should build joint mechanisms and 
programs to prevent the export of China’s authori-
tarian governance model to countries around the 
world; 
(11) the United States and Europe should re-
main united in their shared values against attempts 
by the Government of the People’s Republic of China 
at the United Nations and other multilateral organi-
zations to promote efforts that erode the Universal 
Declaration of Human Rights, like the ‘‘community of 
a shared future for mankind’’ and ‘‘democratization 
of international relations’’; 
(12) the People’s Republic of China’s infrastruc-
ture investments around the world, particularly in 
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5G telecommunications technology and port infra-
structure, could threaten democracy across Europe 
and the national security of key countries; 
(13) as appropriate, the United States should 
share intelligence with European allies and partners 
on Huawei’s 5G capabilities and the intentions of the 
Government of the People’s Republic of China with 
respect to 5G expansion in Europe; 
(14) the European Union’s Investment Screening 
Regulation, which came into force in October 2020, is 
a welcome development, and member states should 
closely scrutinize PRC investments in their countries 
through their own national investment screening 
measures; 
(15) the President should actively engage the Eu-
ropean Union on the implementation of the Export 
Control Reform Act regulations and to better har-
monize United States and European Union policies 
with respect to export controls; 
(16) the President should strongly advocate for 
the listing of more items and technologies to restrict 
dual use exports controlled at the National Security 
and above level to the People’s Republic of China 
under the Wassenaar Arrangement; 
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(17) the United States should explore the value 
of establishing a body akin to the Coordinating Com-
mittee for Multilateral Export Controls (CoCom) that 
would specifically coordinate United States and Eu-
ropean Union export control policies with respect to 
limiting exports of sensitive technologies to the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China; and 
(18) the United States should work with counter-
parts in Europe to— 
(A) evaluate United States and European 
overreliance on goods originating in the People’s 
Republic of China, including in the medical and 
pharmaceutical sectors, and develop joint strate-
gies to diversify supply chains; 
(B) develop a common strategy for pro-
moting energy security and economic growth in 
eastern Europe and the Balkans that addresses 
shared concerns related to China’s Belt and 
Road Initiative in these regions, including com-
plementary investments in the Three Seas Initia-
tive 
Fund 
for 
clean 
energy 
and 
digital 
connectivity projects; 
(C) counter PRC efforts to use COVID–19- 
related assistance as a coercive tool to pressure 
developing countries by offering relevant United 
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States and European expertise and assistance; 
and 
(D) leverage the United States and Euro-
pean private sectors to advance the post-COVID– 
19 economic recovery. 
SEC. 256. STRATEGY TO ENHANCE TRANSATLANTIC CO-
OPERATION WITH RESPECT TO THE PEOPLE’S 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall brief 
the appropriate congressional committees, the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate, and the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives on a strategy for 
how the United States will enhance cooperation with the 
European Union, NATO, and European partner countries 
with respect to the People’s Republic of China. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The briefing required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following elements with respect 
to the strategy referred to in such subsection: 
(1) An identification of the senior Senate-con-
firmed Department of State official who leads United 
States efforts to cooperate with the European Union, 
NATO, and European partner countries to advance a 
shared approach with respect to the People’s Republic 
of China. 
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(2) An identification of key policy points of con-
vergence and divergence between the United States 
and European allies and partners with respect to the 
People’s Republic of China in the areas of technology, 
trade, and economic practices. 
(3) A description of efforts to advance shared in-
terests with European counterparts on— 
(A) security and economic challenges with 
respect to the People’s Republic of China; 
(B) democracy and human rights challenges 
with respect to the People’s Republic of China; 
(C) technology issues with respect to the 
People’s Republic of China; 
(D) defense issues with respect to the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China; and 
(E) developing a comprehensive strategy to 
respond to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) 
established by the Government of the People’s Re-
public of China. 
(4) A description of the coordination mechanisms 
among key regional and functional bureaus within 
the Department of State and Department of Defense 
tasked with engaging with European allies and part-
ners on the People’s Republic of China. 
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(5) A detailing of diplomatic efforts up to the 
date of the briefing and future plans to work with 
European allies and partners to counter the Govern-
ment of the People’s Republic of China’s advancement 
of an authoritarian governance model around the 
world. 
(6) A detailing of the diplomatic efforts made up 
to the date of the briefing and future plans to support 
European efforts to identify cost-effective alternatives 
to Huawei’s 5G technology. 
(7) A detailing of how United States public di-
plomacy tools, including the Global Engagement Cen-
ter of the Department of State, will coordinate efforts 
with counterpart entities within the European Union 
to counter Chinese propaganda. 
(8) A description of the staffing and budget re-
sources the Department of State dedicates to engage-
ment between the United States and the European 
Union on the People’s Republic of China and provide 
an assessment of out-year resource needs to execute 
such strategy. 
(9) A detailing of diplomatic efforts to work with 
European allies and partners to track and counter 
Chinese attempts to exert influence across multilateral 
fora, including at the World Health Organization. 
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(c) FORM.—The briefing required under section (a) 
shall be classified. 
(d) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter 
for three years, the Secretary of State shall consult with 
the appropriate congressional committees, the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate, and the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives regarding the devel-
opment and implementation of the elements described in 
subsection (b). 
SEC. 257. ENHANCING TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION ON 
PROMOTING PRIVATE SECTOR FINANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President should work with 
transatlantic partners to build on the agreement among the 
Development Finance Corporation, FinDev Canada, and 
the European Development Finance Institutions (referred 
to as the ‘‘DFI Alliance’’) to enhance coordination on 
shared objectives to foster private sector-led development 
and provide market-based alternatives to state-directed fi-
nancing in emerging markets, particularly as related to the 
People’s Republic of China’s Belt and Road Initiative 
(BRI), including by integrating efforts such as— 
(1) the European Union Strategy on Connecting 
Europe and Asia; 
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(2) the Three Seas Initiative and Three Seas Ini-
tiative Fund; 
(3) the Blue Dot Network among the United 
States, Japan, and Australia; and 
(4) a European Union-Japan initiative that has 
leveraged $65,000,000,000 for infrastructure projects 
and emphasizes transparency standards. 
(b) STANDARDS.—The United States and the Euro-
pean Union should coordinate and develop a strategy to en-
hance transatlantic cooperation with the OECD and the 
Paris Club on ensuring the highest possible standards for 
Belt and Road Initiative contracts and terms with devel-
oping countries. 
SEC. 258. REPORT AND BRIEFING ON COOPERATION BE-
TWEEN CHINA AND IRAN AND BETWEEN 
CHINA AND RUSSIA. 
(a) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on 
Armed Services, the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation, the Committee on En-
ergy and Natural Resources, the Committee on Bank-
ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on 
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Finance, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Per-
manent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, the Committee on Financial Services, 
the Committee on Ways and Means, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(b) REPORT AND BRIEFING REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
National Intelligence shall, in coordination with the 
Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Sec-
retary of Commerce, the Secretary of Energy, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, and such other heads of Fed-
eral agencies as the Director considers appropriate, 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
report and brief such committees on cooperation be-
tween— 
(A) the People’s Republic of China and the 
Islamic Republic of Iran; and 
(B) the People’s Republic of China and the 
Russian Federation. 
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(2) CONTENTS.—The report and briefing under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 
(A) An identification of major areas of dip-
lomatic energy, infrastructure, banking, finan-
cial, economic, military, and space coopera-
tion— 
(i) between the People’s Republic of 
China and the Islamic Republic of Iran; 
and 
(ii) between the People’s Republic of 
China and the Russian Federation. 
(B) An assessment of the effect of the 
COVID–19 pandemic on such cooperation. 
(C) An assessment of the effect that United 
States compliance with the Joint Comprehensive 
Plan of Action (JCPOA) starting in January 
14, 2016, and United States withdrawal from 
the JCPOA on May 8, 2018, had on the coopera-
tion described in subparagraph (A)(i). 
(D) An assessment of the effect on the co-
operation described in subparagraph (A)(i) that 
would be had by the United States reentering 
compliance with the JCPOA or a successor 
agreement and the effect of the United States not 
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reentering compliance with the JCPOA or reach-
ing a successor agreement. 
(3) FORM.—The report submitted under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SHARING WITH ALLIES 
AND PARTNERS.—It is the sense of Congress that the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence and the heads of other appro-
priate Federal departments and agencies should share with 
important allies and partners of the United States, as ap-
propriate, the findings of the report required under sub-
section (b). 
PART III—SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA 
SEC. 261. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SOUTH AND CENTRAL 
ASIA. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States should continue to stand 
with friends and partners, while also working to es-
tablish new partners in South and Central Asia as 
they contend with efforts by the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China to interfere in their re-
spective political systems and encroach upon their 
sovereign territory; and 
(2) the United States should reaffirm its commit-
ment to the Comprehensive Global Strategic Partner-
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ship with India and further deepen bilateral defense 
consultations and collaboration with India commen-
surate with its status as a major defense partner. 
SEC. 262. STRATEGY TO ENHANCE COOPERATION WITH 
SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees, the Committee 
on Armed Services of the Senate and, the Committee on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives a strategy 
for how the United States will engage with the countries 
of South and Central Asia, including through the C5+1 
mechanism, with respect to the People’s Republic of China. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following elements: 
(1) A detailed description of the security and 
economic challenges that the People’s Republic of 
China (PRC) poses to the countries of South and Cen-
tral Asia, including border disputes with South and 
Central Asian countries that border the People’s Re-
public of China, and PRC investments in land and 
sea ports, transportation infrastructure, and energy 
projects across the region. 
(2) A detailed description of United States ef-
forts to provide alternatives to PRC investment in in-
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frastructure and other sectors in South and Central 
Asia. 
(3) A detailed description of bilateral and re-
gional efforts to work with countries in South Asia on 
strategies to build resilience against PRC efforts to 
interfere in their political systems and economies. 
(4) A detailed description of United States diplo-
matic efforts to work with the Government of Afghani-
stan on addressing the challenges posed by PRC in-
vestment in the Afghan mineral sector. 
(5) A detailed description of United States diplo-
matic efforts with the Government of Pakistan with 
respect to matters relevant to the People’s Republic of 
China, including investments by the People’s Republic 
of China in Pakistan through the Belt and Road Ini-
tiative. 
(6) In close consultation with the Government of 
India, identification of areas with respect to which 
the United States Government can provide diplomatic 
and other support as appropriate for India’s efforts 
to address economic and security challenges posed by 
the People’s Republic of China in the region. 
(7) A description of the coordination mechanisms 
among key regional and functional bureaus within 
the Department of State and Department of Defense 
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tasked with engaging with the countries of South and 
Central Asia on issues relating to the People’s Repub-
lic of China. 
(8) A description of the efforts being made by 
Federal departments and agencies, including the De-
partment of State, the United States Agency for 
International Development, the Department of Com-
merce, the Department of Energy, and the Office of 
the United States Trade Representative, to help the 
countries of South and Central Asia develop trade 
and commerce links that will help those countries di-
versify their trade away from the People’s Republic of 
China. 
(9) A detailed description of United States diplo-
matic efforts with Central Asian countries, Turkey, 
and any other countries with significant populations 
of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities fleeing perse-
cution in the People’s Republic of China to press 
those countries to refrain from deporting ethnic mi-
norities to the People’s Republic of China, protect eth-
nic minorities from intimidation by Chinese Govern-
ment authorities, and protect the right to the freedoms 
of assembly and expression. 
(c) FORM.—The strategy required under section (a) 
shall be submitted in an unclassified form that can be made 
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available to the public, but may include a classified annex 
as necessary. 
(d) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and not less often than 
annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary of State 
shall consult with the appropriate congressional commit-
tees, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Represent-
atives regarding the development and implementation of the 
strategy required under subsection (a). 
SEC. 263. INDIAN OCEAN REGION STRATEGIC REVIEW. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Indian Ocean region is a vitally impor-
tant part of the Indo-Pacific where the United States 
has political, economic, and security interests. 
(2) The United States has an interest in working 
with partners in the Indo-Pacific, including India, 
Japan, and Australia, to address regional governance, 
economic connectivity, and security challenges includ-
ing threats to freedom of navigation. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—As a part of the United 
States engagement in the Indo-Pacific, it shall be the policy 
of the United States to strengthen engagement with the 
countries in the Indian Ocean region, including with gov-
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ernments, civil society, and private sectors in such countries 
to— 
(1) promote United States political engagement 
with such region, including through active participa-
tion in regional organizations, and strengthened dip-
lomatic relations with United States partners in such 
region; 
(2) enhance United States economic connectivity 
and commercial exchange with such region; 
(3) defend freedom of navigation in such region 
from security challenges, including related to piracy; 
(4) support the ability of governments and orga-
nizations in such region to respond to natural disas-
ters; 
(5) support and facilitate the role of regional al-
lies and partners as net providers of security to such 
region and as partners to the United States in ad-
dressing security challenges in such region, including 
through assistance to such allies and partners to build 
capacity in maritime security and maritime domain 
awareness; 
(6) continue to build the United States-India re-
lationship in order to regularize security cooperation 
through the negotiation of agreements concerning ac-
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cess, communication, and navigation, including 
through foundational agreements; and 
(7) promote cooperation with United States al-
lies in the Indo-Pacific, including Japan and Aus-
tralia, and major defense partners, including India, 
and NATO allies, including the United Kingdom and 
France, to support a rules-based order in such region. 
(c) STRATEGY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense 
and the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development (USAID), shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress a multi- 
year strategy for United States engagement to sup-
port United States interests in the Indian Ocean re-
gion. Such strategy shall— 
(A) define United States political, economic, 
and security interests in the Indian Ocean re-
gion; 
(B) outline challenges to the interests of the 
United States in such region; 
(C) outline efforts to improve cooperation 
between the United States and members of the 
Quad, including India, Japan, and Australia, 
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through coordination in diplomacy and develop-
ment priorities, joint military exercises and op-
erations, and other activities that promote 
United States political, economic, and security 
interests; 
(D) outline efforts to support economic 
connectivity in such region, including through 
the United States-India-Japan Trilateral Infra-
structure 
Working 
Group, 
the 
Asia-Africa 
Growth Corridor, and other efforts to expand 
and enhance connectivity across the Indo-Pacific, 
including with the countries of Southeast Asia, 
that maintain high standards of investment and 
support for civil society and people-to-people 
connectivity; 
(E) describe how the United States can en-
gage with regional intergovernmental organiza-
tions and entities, including the Indian Ocean 
Rim Association, to promote United States polit-
ical, economic, and security interests in such re-
gion; 
(F) review the United States diplomatic 
posture in such region, including an assessment 
of United States diplomatic engagement in coun-
tries without a permanent United States em-
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bassy or diplomatic mission, and an assessment 
of ways to improve the cooperation with the 
Maldives, the Seychelles, and Comoros; 
(G) review United States diplomatic agree-
ments with countries in such region that facili-
tate United States military operations in such 
region, including bilateral and multilateral 
agreements, and describe efforts to expand 
United States cooperation with such countries 
through the negotiation of additional agreements; 
and 
(H) include a security assistance strategy 
for such region that outlines priorities, objectives, 
and actions for United States security assistance 
efforts to governments of countries in such region 
to promote United States political, economic, 
and security interests in such region. 
(2) INCLUSION.—The strategy required under 
paragraph (1) may be submitted as a part of any 
other strategy relating to the Indo-Pacific. 
(3) REPORT
ON
IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later 
than one year after the submission of the strategy re-
quired under paragraph (1) and one year thereafter, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
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congressional committees a report on progress made 
toward implementing such strategy. 
(d) UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY 
REVIEW COMMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (E) of section 
1238(c)(2) of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 
7002(c)(2)) is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, including in the Indian 
Ocean region’’ after ‘‘deployments of the People’s 
Republic of China military’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘In this subparagraph, the term ‘In-
dian Ocean region’ means the Indian Ocean, in-
cluding the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, 
and the littoral areas surrounding the Indian 
Ocean.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and apply beginning with the 
first report required under section 1238 of the Floyd 
D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2001 (as amended by such paragraph) 
that is submitted after such date. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 
The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 
means the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 
(2) INDIAN OCEAN REGION.—The term ‘‘Indian 
Ocean region’’ means the Indian Ocean, including the 
Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, and the littoral 
areas surrounding the Indian Ocean. 
PART IV—AFRICA 
SEC. 271. ASSESSMENT OF POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SE-
CURITY ACTIVITY OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUB-
LIC OF CHINA IN AFRICA. 
(a) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representa-
tives. 
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(b) INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall, in coordination with the Director of 
National Intelligence, submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress a report that assesses the nature and impact 
of the People’s Republic of China’s political, economic, 
socio-cultural, and security sector activity in Africa, and 
its impact on United States strategic interests, including 
information relating to— 
(1) the amount and impact of direct investment, 
loans, development financing, oil-for-loans deals, and 
other preferential trading arrangements; 
(2) the involvement of People’s Republic of China 
(PRC) state-owned enterprises in Africa; 
(3) the amount of African debt held by the PRC; 
(4) the involvement of PRC private security, 
technology and media companies in Africa; 
(5) the scale and impact of PRC arms sales to 
African countries; 
(6) the scope of PRC investment in and control 
of African energy resources and minerals critical for 
emerging and foundational technologies; 
(7) an analysis on the linkages between PRC’s 
aid and assistance to African countries and African 
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countries supporting PRC geopolitical goals in inter-
national fora; 
(8) the methods, tools, and tactics used to facili-
tate illegal and corrupt activity, including trade in 
counterfeit and illicit goods, to include smuggled ex-
tractive resources and wildlife products, between Afri-
ca and the PRC; 
(9) the methods and techniques that the PRC 
uses to exert undue influence on African governments 
and facilitate corrupt activity in Africa, including 
through the CCP’s party-to-party training program, 
and to influence African multilateral organizations; 
and 
(10) an analysis of the soft power, cultural and 
educational activities undertaken by the PRC and 
CCP to seek to expand its influence in Africa. 
SEC. 272. INCREASING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE 
UNITED STATES IN AFRICA. 
(a) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate; and 
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(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 
Ways and Means of the House of Representatives. 
(b) STRATEGY REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall, in consultation with the Secretary of 
the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney Gen-
eral, the United States Trade Representative, the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment, and the leadership of the United States Inter-
national Development Finance Corporation, submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a report setting forth 
a multi-year strategy for increasing United States economic 
competitiveness and promoting improvements in the invest-
ment climate in Africa, including through support for— 
(1) democratic institutions and the rule of law, 
including property rights; and 
(2) improved transparency, anti-corruption ef-
forts, and good governance. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The strategy submitted pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) a description and assessment of barriers to 
United States investment in Africa for United States 
businesses, including a clear identification of the dif-
ferent barriers facing small-sized and medium-sized 
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businesses, and an assessment of whether existing pro-
grams effectively address such barriers; 
(2) a description and assessment of barriers to 
African diaspora investment in Africa, and rec-
ommendations to overcome such barriers; 
(3) an identification of the economic sectors in 
the United States that have a comparative advantage 
in African markets; 
(4) a determination of priority African countries 
for promoting two-way trade and investment and an 
assessment of additional foreign assistance needs, in-
cluding democracy and governance and rule of law 
support, to promote a conducive operating environ-
ment in priority countries; 
(5) an identification of opportunities for stra-
tegic cooperation with European allies on trade and 
investment in Africa, and for establishing a dialogue 
on trade, security, development, and environmental 
issues of mutual interest; and 
(6) a plan to regularly host a United States-Af-
rica Leaders Summit to promote two-way trade and 
investment, strategic engagement, and security in Af-
rica. 
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(d) ASSESSMENT OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 
HUMAN RESOURCES CAPACITY.—The Comptroller General 
of the United States shall— 
(1) conduct a review of the number of Foreign 
Commercial Service Officers and Department of State 
Economic Officers at United States embassies in sub- 
Saharan Africa; and 
(2) develop and submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees an assessment of whether 
human resource capacity in such embassies is ade-
quate to meet the goals of the various trade and eco-
nomic programs and initiatives in Africa, including 
the African Growth and Opportunity Act and Pros-
per Africa. 
SEC. 273. DIGITAL SECURITY COOPERATION WITH RESPECT 
TO AFRICA. 
(a) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and the Permanent Select 
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(4) A review of the funding modalities available 
to the Department of State to help finance an Oce-
ania Security Dialogue, including grant-making au-
thorities available to the Department of State. 
(5) An assessment of any administrative, statu-
tory, or other legal limitations that would prevent the 
establishment of an Oceania Security Dialogue with 
participation and support of the Department of State. 
(6) An analysis of how an Oceania Security 
Dialogue could help to advance the Boe Declaration 
on Regional Security, including its emphasis on the 
changing environment as the greatest existential 
threat to countries of Oceania. 
(7) An evaluation of how an Oceania Security 
Dialogue could help amplify the issues and work of 
existing regional structures and organizations dedi-
cated to the security of the Oceania region, such as 
the Pacific Island Forum and Pacific Environmental 
Security Forum. 
(8) An analysis of how an Oceania Security 
Dialogue would help with implementation of the stra-
tegic roadmap required by section 292 and advance 
the National Security Strategy of the United States. 
(c) INTERAGENCY
CONSULTATION.—To the extent 
practicable, the Secretary of State may consult with the 
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