Title: A bill to amend the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018 to require the Secretary of Defense to carry out the Pacific Deterrence Initiative.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to implement the Pacific Deterrence Initiative. The initiative shall only take actions to (1) increase the lethality of the joint force in the Indo-Pacific region; (2) enhance the defense and posture of the joint force; (3) strengthen alliances and partnerships; and (4) carry out a program of exercises, experimentation, and innovation for the joint force.
DOD shall report a plan to Congress to expend in FY2021 and FY2022 certain minimum amounts to implement the initiative.
The bill also repeals authorization for DOD to carry out an earlier program known as the Indo-Pacific Stability Initiative.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4300 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4300

  To amend the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018 to require the 
  Secretary of Defense to carry out the Pacific Deterrence Initiative.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 23, 2020

  Mr. Gardner introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018 to require the 
  Secretary of Defense to carry out the Pacific Deterrence Initiative.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PACIFIC DETERRENCE INITIATIVE.

    (a) In General.--Title II of the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 
2018 (Public Law 115-409; 132 Stat. 5391) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section:

``SEC. 217. PACIFIC DETERRENCE INITIATIVE.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out an 
initiative to ensure the effective implementation of the National 
Defense Strategy with respect to the Indo-Pacific region, to be known 
as the `Pacific Deterrence Initiative' (referred to in this section as 
the `Initiative').
    ``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Initiative is to carry out only 
the following activities:
            ``(1) Activities to increase the lethality of the joint 
        force in the Indo-Pacific region, including, but not limited 
        to--
                    ``(A) by improving active and passive defenses 
                against theater cruise, ballistic, and hypersonic 
                missiles for bases, operating locations, and other 
                critical infrastructure at locations west of the 
                International Date Line; and
                    ``(B) procurement and fielding of--
                            ``(i) long-range precision strike systems 
                        to be stationed or pre-positioned at locations 
                        west of the International Date Line;
                            ``(ii) critical munitions to be pre-
                        positioned at locations west of the 
                        International Date Line; and
                            ``(iii) command, control, communications, 
                        computers and intelligence, surveillance, and 
                        reconnaissance systems intended for stationing 
                        or operational use in the Indo-Pacific region.
            ``(2) Activities to enhance the design and posture of the 
        joint force in the Indo-Pacific region, including, but not 
        limited to, by--
                    ``(A) transitioning from large, centralized, and 
                unhardened infrastructure to smaller, dispersed, 
                resilient, and adaptive basing at locations west of the 
                International Date Line;
                    ``(B) increasing the number and capabilities of 
                expeditionary airfields and ports in the Indo-Pacific 
                region available for operational use at locations west 
                of the International Date Line;
                    ``(C) enhancing pre-positioned forward stocks of 
                fuel, munitions, equipment, and materiel at locations 
                west of the International Date Line;
                    ``(D) increasing the availability of strategic 
                mobility assets in the Indo-Pacific region;
                    ``(E) improving distributed logistics and 
                maintenance capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region to 
                ensure logistics sustainment while under persistent 
                multidomain attack; and
                    ``(F) increasing the presence of the Armed Forces 
                at locations west of the International Date Line.
            ``(3) Activities to strengthen alliances and partnerships, 
        including, but not limited to, by--
                    ``(A) building capacity of allies and partners; and
                    ``(B) improving--
                            ``(i) interoperability and information 
                        sharing with allies and partners; and
                            ``(ii) information operations capabilities 
                        in the Indo-Pacific region, with a focus on 
                        reinforcing United States commitment to allies 
                        and partners and countering malign influence.
            ``(4) Activities to carry out a program of exercises, 
        experimentation, and innovation for the joint force in the 
        Indo-Pacific region.
    ``(c) Plan Required.--Not later than February 15, 2021, the 
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Commander of the United 
States Indo-Pacific Command, shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) 
a plan to expend not less than the amounts authorized to be 
appropriated under subsection (e)(2).
    ``(d) Budget Display Information.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
include in the materials of the Department of Defense in support of the 
budget of the President (submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 
of title 31, United States Code) for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal 
year thereafter a detailed budget display for the Initiative that 
includes the following information:
            ``(1) A future-years plan with respect to activities and 
        resources for the Initiative for the applicable fiscal year and 
        not fewer than the four following fiscal years.
            ``(2) With respect to procurement accounts--
                    ``(A) amounts displayed by account, budget 
                activity, line number, line item, and line item title; 
                and
                    ``(B) a description of the requirements for such 
                amounts specific to the Initiative.
            ``(3) With respect to research, development, test, and 
        evaluation accounts--
                    ``(A) amounts displayed by account, budget 
                activity, line number, program element, and program 
                element title; and
                    ``(B) a description of the requirements for such 
                amounts specific to the Initiative.
            ``(4) With respect to operation and maintenance accounts--
                    ``(A) amounts displayed by account title, budget 
                activity title, line number, and subactivity group 
                title; and
                    ``(B) a description of the specific manner in which 
                such amounts will be used.
            ``(5) With respect to military personnel accounts--
                    ``(A) amounts displayed by account, budget 
                activity, budget subactivity, and budget subactivity 
                title; and
                    ``(B) a description of the requirements for such 
                amounts specific to the Initiative.
            ``(6) With respect to each project under military 
        construction accounts (including with respect to unspecified 
        minor military construction and amounts for planning and 
        design), the country, location, project title, and project 
        amount by fiscal year.
            ``(7) With respect to the activities described in 
        subsection (b)--
                    ``(A) amounts displayed by account title, budget 
                activity title, line number, and subactivity group 
                title; and
                    ``(B) a description of the specific manner in which 
                such amounts will be used.
            ``(8) With respect to each military service--
                    ``(A) amounts displayed by account title, budget 
                activity title, line number, and subactivity group 
                title; and
                    ``(B) a description of the specific manner in which 
                such amounts will be used.
            ``(9) With respect to the amounts described in each of 
        paragraphs (2)(A), (3)(A), (4)(A), (5)(A), (6), (7)(A), and 
        (8)(A), a comparison between--
                    ``(A) the amount in the budget of the President for 
                the following fiscal year; and
                    ``(B) the amount projected in the previous budget 
                of the President for the following fiscal year.
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Defense to carry out the activities of 
the Initiative described in subsection (b) the following:
            ``(1) For fiscal year 2021, $1,406,417,000.
            ``(2) For fiscal year 2022, $5,500,000,000.
    ``(f) Repeal.--Section 1251 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 131 Stat. 1676), as most 
recently amended by section 1253 of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 
2054), is repealed.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115-409; 132 Stat. 5387) is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 216 the following:

``Sec. 217. Pacific Deterrence Initiative.''.
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