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. 
(d) BRIEFING
REQUIRED
ON
PACIFIC
ISLANDS 
TRADE PREFERENCES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
United States Trade Representative shall provide to 
the appropriate congressional committees a briefing 
on the use of the Generalized System of Preferences 
under title V of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2461 et seq.) by the Pacific Islands. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The briefing 
required by paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) a review of the usage of the General-
ized System of Preferences by the Pacific Is-
lands over the past 20 years, including the 
value and types of goods traded under the pro-
gram; 
(B) an analysis of United States trade 
with the Pacific Islands covered under the Gen-
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eralized System of Preferences compared to 
trade with the Pacific Islands not conducted 
under any trade preference program; 
(C) an assessment of why the Pacific Is-
lands underutilizes the Generalized System of 
Preferences in trade with the United States; 
and 
(D) recommendations for how the United 
States Government can further assist the Pa-
cific Islands in utilizing the Generalized System 
of Preferences. 
(3) UPDATE.—The Trade Representative shall 
provide to the appropriate congressional committees 
an updated briefing under this subsection not later 
than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Finance of the Senate. 
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SEC. 202. TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVE FOR THE 
PACIFIC ISLANDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the 
Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Chief Exec-
utive Officer of the United States International Develop-
ment Finance Corporation, shall develop and implement 
a trade capacity building initiative for the Pacific Islands. 
(b) ELEMENTS AND CONDUCT OF INITIATIVE.—The 
initiative developed under this section shall— 
(1) include an initial, public assessment of— 
(A) economic opportunities for which 
United States businesses, or those of other like- 
minded partners, would be competitive; and 
(B) 
legal, 
economic, 
governance, 
infrastructural, or other hurdles limiting United 
States investment in the Pacific Islands; 
(2) develop human and institutional capacity 
and infrastructure across multiple sectors of econo-
mies, including digital connectivity and cybersecu-
rity; 
(3) assist with development and implementation 
of regional and international trade agreements, in-
cluding the World Trade Organization’s Agreement 
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on Trade Facilitation and facilitation of intra-re-
gional trade flows; 
(4) support women-owned enterprises and gen-
der equality; and 
(5) promote government policies that encourage 
free and fair competition, sound governance, envi-
ronmental protection, and business environments 
conducive to sustainable and inclusive economic 
growth. 
(c) U.S. COMMERCIAL SERVICE PRESENCE.—The 
Secretary of Commerce shall expand the presence of the 
U.S. Commercial Service in the Pacific Islands and allo-
cate additional Foreign Commercial Service Officers to the 
Pacific Islands, including by elevating existing partner 
posts and establishing new Commercial Service posts and 
partner posts, to— 
(1) explore opportunities for United States pri-
vate sector investment; 
(2) examine regulations in host countries in the 
Pacific Islands that may hinder foreign direct invest-
ment, including those related to human rights, labor 
rights, and environmental protection, and provide 
technical assistance when requested by such host 
countries; and 
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(3) report on the commercial and investment 
activities of non-allied foreign actors in the Pacific 
Islands. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to carry out this 
section. 
SEC. 203. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INITIATIVE FOR 
THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development shall develop 
and implement an initiative to assist the Pacific Islands 
in enhancing their preparedness for and resilience to nat-
ural disasters and other emergencies. 
(b) CONDUCT OF PROGRAM.—The program devel-
oped under this section shall include— 
(1) education and training programs on natural 
disaster prevention and preparedness for emergency 
management professionals in the Pacific Islands, in-
cluding by leveraging the expertise of nonprofit orga-
nizations and institutions of higher education in the 
United States; 
(2) technical assistance, including through 
grants and cooperative agreements for qualified 
United States and local nongovernmental organiza-
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(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 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. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to carry out this 
section. 
SEC. 204. PEACE CORPS IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the presence of the Peace Corps in the Pa-
cific Islands should be expanded and the Peace 
Corps should reopen its programs in as many of the 
Pacific Islands as possible, including where it has 
previously operated but has suspended operations; 
(2) consulting like-minded regional allies and 
partners, such as Australia, New Zealand, Japan, 
and Taiwan is crucial for identifying and overcoming 
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challenges for increased Peace Corps presence in the 
Pacific Islands; 
(3) the Peace Corps, whose mission is to pro-
mote world peace and friendship in part by helping 
the people of interested countries in meeting their 
need for trained men and women, provides an in-
valuable opportunity to connect the American people 
with the people of the Republic of the Marshall Is-
lands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the 
Republic of Palau; and 
(4) the Peace Corps should promptly reopen its 
programs in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 
the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Repub-
lic of Palau. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Peace 
Corps shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report that includes— 
(1) a comparative analysis of the Peace Corps 
presence in the Pacific Islands region to other re-
gions of the world, including a cost-benefit analysis 
of placement in the region versus elsewhere globally; 
(2) analysis of current impediments to Peace 
Corps expansion in the Pacific Islands region; 
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(3) outcomes of consultations among United 
States agencies, and with regional allies and part-
ners, on areas in which cooperation can reduce fac-
tors limiting Peace Corps expansion, particularly 
those related to medical transportation and personal 
safety; and 
(4) a plan and timeline for implementing out-
comes identified in paragraph (3) to facilitate expan-
sion of Peace Corps presence in the region, where 
appropriate. 
SEC. 205. PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of State, shall develop and imple-
ment a strategy to assist the Pacific Islands in improving 
public health outcomes and building public health capac-
ity, including in response to the COVID–19 pandemic. 
(b) CONDUCT OF STRATEGY.—The strategy devel-
oped under this section shall include— 
(1) programming, including grants, cooperative 
agreements, and other forms of assistance as the 
Administrator determines appropriate, to assist in 
building local capacity to address— 
(A) maternal and child health; 
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(B) family planning and reproductive 
health; 
(C) gender-based violence; 
(D) food security and nutrition; 
(E) non-communicable diseases; 
(F) communicable diseases, including ne-
glected tropical diseases, tuberculosis, HIV/ 
AIDS, 
sexually-transmitted 
infections, 
and 
zoonotic 
and 
emerging 
infectious 
disease 
threats; 
(G) equitable access to quality, essential, 
and affordable health services and quality-as-
sured, safe, effective medical products and their 
appropriate use; and 
(H) 
Water, 
Sanitation, 
and 
Hygiene 
(WASH); 
(2) technical assistance to strengthen local 
health system capacity and resilience in the areas of 
good leadership and governance, sustainable financ-
ing, interoperable information systems and high 
quality data for decision making, efficient medical 
products and supply chain systems, and manage-
ment of human resources for health, with special at-
tention to increasing health worker performance, re-
tention, productivity, number, skill mix, and com-
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petency, including through exploring opportunities 
such as private sector engagement and digital health 
integration and access; and 
(3) coordination with existing local and regional 
health sector goals, efforts, institutions, and frame-
works. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report that contains the strategy 
developed under this section. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report 
required by paragraph (1) shall include an identi-
fication of— 
(A) health care challenges, including health 
systems strengthening, immunization, non-com-
municable diseases, and gender-based violence, 
in the Pacific Islands; 
(B) public health challenges and needs re-
lated to the COVID–19 pandemic in the Pacific 
Islands; and 
(C) objectives, means of implementation, 
and measures of success for the strategy. 
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(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— 
(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. 
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