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zone management, marine and water resource man-
agement, and energy security and access to elec-
tricity in the Pacific Islands, with an emphasis on 
climate resiliency and sustainable development; 
(2) provide technical assistance to assist local 
government and civil society leaders assess risks to 
local infrastructure, especially those posed by climate 
change, consider and implement risk mitigation ef-
forts and policies to strengthen resilience, and evalu-
ate proposed projects and solutions for their efficacy 
and sustainability; and 
(3) support investment and improvement in eco-
system conservation and protection for the long-term 
sustainable use of ecosystem services, especially 
those that mitigate effects of climate change and 
those that support food security and livelihoods. 
(c) CONDUCT OF STRATEGY.—The strategy devel-
oped under this section shall be coordinated with like- 
minded partners and allies, regional and international 
multilateral organizations, and regional frameworks for 
development in the Pacific Islands. 
(d) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the representa-
tives of the United States to the World Bank Group, the 
International Monetary Fund, and the Asian Development 
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Bank to use the voice and vote of the United States to 
support climate resilient infrastructure projects in the Pa-
cific Islands. 
(e) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment this Act, and annu-
ally thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on foreign infrastructure developments in the Pacific 
Islands. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report 
required by paragraph (1) shall include— 
(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; 
and 
(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. 
(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
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(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to carry out this 
section. 
TITLE III—INVESTING IN OUR 
VALUES 
SEC. 301. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE CONTINUED VIOLA-
TION OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE 
PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Despite international condemnation, the 
Government of the People’s Republic of China 
(‘‘PRC’’) continues to disregard its international 
legal obligations under the Joint Declaration of the 
Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Northern Ireland and the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China on the Question of Hong 
Kong (‘‘Joint Declaration’’), in which the PRC com-
mitted that— 
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(A) Hong Kong would enjoy a high degree 
of autonomy; 
(B) for at least 50 years the ‘‘social and 
economic systems in Hong Kong’’ would remain 
unchanged; and 
(C) the personal rights and freedoms of 
the people of Hong Kong would be protected by 
law. 
(2) As part of its continued efforts to under-
mine the established rights of the Hong Kong peo-
ple, the PRC National People’s Congress Standing 
Committee (‘‘Standing Committee’’) passed and im-
posed upon Hong Kong oppressive and intentionally 
vague national security legislation on June 30, 2020, 
that grants Beijing sweeping powers to punish acts 
of ‘‘separating the country, subverting state power, 
and organizing terroristic activities’’. 
(3) The legislative process by which the Stand-
ing Committee imposed the national security law on 
Hong Kong bypassed Hong Kong’s local government 
in a potential violation of the Basic Law of the 
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the 
People’s Republic of China (‘‘Basic Law’’), and in-
volved unusual secrecy, as demonstrated by the fact 
that the legislation was only the second law since 
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2008 that the Standing Committee has passed with-
out releasing a draft for public comment. 
(4) On July 30, 2020, election officials of the 
Hong 
Kong 
Special 
Administrative 
Region 
(HKSAR) disqualified twelve pro-democracy can-
didates from participating in the September 6 Legis-
lative Council elections, which were subsequently 
postponed for a year until September 5, 2021, by 
citing the public health risk of holding elections dur-
ing the COVID–19 pandemic. 
(5) On July 31, 2020, in an attempt to assert 
extraterritorial jurisdiction, the HKSAR Govern-
ment announced indictments of and arrest warrants 
for six Hong Kong activists living overseas, includ-
ing United States citizen Samuel Chu, for alleged 
violations of the national security law. 
(6) On November 11, 2020, the HKSAR Gov-
ernment removed four lawmakers from office for al-
legedly violating the law after the Standing Com-
mittee passed additional legislation barring those 
who promoted or supported Hong Kong independ-
ence and refused to acknowledge PRC sovereignty 
over Hong Kong, or otherwise violates the national 
security law, from running for or serving in the Leg-
islative Council. 
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