velopment, the Secretary of Defense, the United States 
Trade Representative, and any other relevant official, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on the progress in implementing the Strategy for Pa-
cific Islands Partnership. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the security challenges to 
the Pacific Islands, including— 
(A) an assessment of the status of security 
challenges to the Pacific Islands, including as 
outlined by regional documents such as the Boe 
Declaration on regional security; 
(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 
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equipment and related materials, including 
those with humanitarian and development uses; 
(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, 
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existing and new National Guard State Part-
nership Programs in the region; 
(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. 
(2) An assessment of the diplomatic presence in 
the Pacific Islands, including— 
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(A) a description of the Department of 
State, United States Agency for International 
Development, United States International De-
velopment Finance Corporation, Millennium 
Challenge Corporation, United States Trade 
and Development Authority and United States 
Commercial Service presence, staffing, pro-
gramming, and resourcing of operations in the 
Pacific Islands, including programming and 
resourcing not specifically allocated to the Pa-
cific Islands; and 
(B) a description of gaps in such presence, 
including unfilled full-time equivalent positions. 
(3) A description of coordination with regional 
allies, including— 
(A) a review of ongoing efforts, initiatives, 
and programs undertaken by regional allies and 
partners, including multilateral organizations, 
to advance the priorities identified in this Act; 
(B) a review of ongoing efforts, initiatives, 
and programs undertaken by nonallied foreign 
actors that are viewed as being potentially 
harmful or in any way detrimental to one or 
more countries of the Pacific Islands; and 
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(C) an assessment of United States pro-
grams in the Pacific Islands and their align-
ment and complementarity with the efforts of 
regional allies and partners. 
(4) A description of trade capacity building, in-
cluding— 
(A) economic opportunities for which 
United States businesses, or those of other like- 
minded partners, would be competitive; 
(B) 
legal, 
economic, 
governance, 
infrastructural, or other hurdles limiting United 
States investment in the Pacific Islands; and 
(C) steps the United States has taken to— 
(i) develop human and institutional 
capacity and infrastructure across multiple 
sectors of economies, including digital 
connectivity and cybersecurity; 
(ii) assist with development and im-
plementation of regional and international 
trade agreements, including the World 
Trade Organization’s Agreement on Trade 
Facilitation 
and 
facilitation 
of 
intraregional trade flows; 
(iii) support women-owned enterprises 
and gender equality; and 
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(iv) promote government policies that 
encourage free and fair competition, sound 
governance, environmental protection, and 
business environments conducive to sus-
tainable and inclusive economic growth. 
(5) A description of trade development, includ-
ing— 
(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 nontariff barriers inhib-
iting progress towards deepening trade relation-
ships; 
(B) a review of existing regional multilat-
eral and bilateral trade agreements and pref-
erence programs involving the Pacific Islands 
and their impacts on regional trade and devel-
opment; and 
(C) an identification of opportunities to 
work with existing regional frameworks to in-
crease trade and economic integration with the 
Pacific Islands. 
(6) A description of emergency preparedness for 
the Pacific Islands, including— 
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Peace Corps presence in the region, where ap-
propriate. 
(8) A description of public health and health 
care challenges in the Pacific Islands, including 
health systems strengthening, immunization, non-
communicable diseases, and gender-based violence. 
(9) A description of resilient development in the 
Pacific Islands, including— 
(A) a review of foreign infrastructure de-
velopments in the Pacific Islands by non-United 
States allies and partners; 
(B) assessments of the environmental im-
pact and sustainability of such developments; 
(C) an analysis of the financial sustain-
ability of such developments and their impacts 
on the debt of host countries in the Pacific Is-
lands; and 
(D) an analysis of the region’s banking in-
frastructure and Pacific Island access to finan-
cial services. 
(10) A description of press freedom in the Pa-
cific Islands, including— 
(A) an assessment of the national laws of 
the Pacific Islands with respect to foreign in-
vestment in media and related sectors; 
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(B) relevant licensing regulations of the 
Pacific Islands and governmental restrictions on 
free expression that limit the availability of di-
verse media voices in the Pacific Islands; and 
(C) analyses of covert efforts by foreign 
media actors in the Pacific Islands— 
(i) to influence, shape, or circumvent 
regulations in the media or telecommuni-
cation sectors; and 
(ii) to co-opt local media and nar-
ratives. 
(11) A description of civil society engagement 
and development, including— 
(A) an assessment of the strength and via-
bility of civil society sectors of the Pacific Is-
lands, including legal, organizational capacity, 
financial, advocacy, services, infrastructure, and 
public image sectors; and 
(B) an identification of objectives and 
measures of success for the program. 
(12) A description of United States Govern-
ment efforts to assist the Pacific Islands in the im-
provement of critical physical and cyber infrastruc-
ture, including— 
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(A) investments in the development or im-
provement critical infrastructure supported by 
the United States; 
(B) technical assistance for the develop-
ment or improvement of critical infrastructure 
supported by the United States; and 
(C) a description of support given to Pa-
cific Islands on the expansion of telecommuni-
cations infrastructure. 
(13) A description of United States Govern-
ment efforts to assist the Pacific Islands in access-
ing support from international organizations. 
(14) A description of how United States Gov-
ernment efforts align with regional development 
goals, as outlined in documents such as the 2050 
Strategy for a Blue Pacific Continent. 
(c) RECOMMENDATION.—Beginning on the date that 
is 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the President may submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a recommendation on the consolidation or 
elimination of any duplicative reports as required by this 
section. 
SEC. 802. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There 
are 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2033 
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to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this 
Act. 
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