[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1074 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1074
To require a strategy for countering the People's Republic of China.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 30, 2023
Mr. Rubio (for himself and Mr. Peters) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To require a strategy for countering the People's Republic of China.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Taiwan Protection and National
Resilience Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
(a) Identification of Vulnerabilities and Leverage.--Not later than
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of
Commerce, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy, and the Director of the Office of Science
and Technology Policy, shall submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a report that identifies--
(1) goods and services from the United States that are
relied on by the People's Republic of China such that that
reliance presents a strategic opportunity and source of
leverage against the People's Republic of China; and
(2) procurement practices of the United States Armed Forces
and other Federal agencies that are reliant on trade with the
People's Republic of China and other inputs from the People's
Republic of China, such that that reliance presents a strategic
vulnerability and source of leverage that the Chinese Communist
Party could exploit.
(b) Strategy To Respond to Coercive Action.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
submission of the report required by subsection (a), the
Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary
of the Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of
State, the Director of the Office of Federal Procurement
Policy, and the Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy, shall submit to the appropriate committees
of Congress a report, utilizing the findings of the report
required by subsection (a), that describes a comprehensive
sanctions strategy to advise policymakers on policies the
United States and allies and partners of the United States
could adopt with respect to the People's Republic of China in
response to any coercive action, including an invasion, by the
People's Republic of China that infringes upon the territorial
sovereignty of Taiwan by preventing access to international
waterways, airspace, or telecommunications networks.
(2) Elements.--The strategy required by paragraph (1) shall
include policies that--
(A) restrict the access of the People's Liberation
Army to oil, natural gas, munitions, and other supplies
needed to conduct military operations against Taiwan,
United States facilities in the Pacific and Indian
Oceans, and allies and partners of the United States in
the region;
(B) diminish the capacity of the industrial base of
the People's Republic of China to manufacture and
deliver defense articles to replace those lost in
operations of the People's Liberation Army against
Taiwan, the United States, and allies and partners of
the United States;
(C) inhibit the ability of the People's Republic of
China to evade United States and multilateral sanctions
through third parties, including through secondary
sanctions; and
(D) identify specific sanctions-related tools that
may be effective in responding to coercive action
described in paragraph (1) and assess the feasibility
of the use and impact of the use of those tools.
(c) Recommendations for Reduction of Vulnerabilities and
Leverage.--Not later than 180 days after the submission of the report
required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the Director of
National Intelligence, the United States Trade Representative, the
Director of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, and the Director
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, shall submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report that--
(1) identifies critical sectors within the United States
economy that rely on trade with the People's Republic of China
and other inputs from the People's Republic of China (including
active pharmaceutical ingredients, rare earth minerals, and
metallurgical inputs), such that those sectors present a
strategic vulnerability and source of leverage that the Chinese
Communist Party could exploit; and
(2) makes recommendations to Congress on steps that can be
taken to reduce the sources of leverage described in paragraph
(1) and subsection (a)(1), including through--
(A) provision of economic incentives and making
other trade and contracting reforms to support United
States industry and job growth in critical sectors and
to indigenize production of critical resources; and
(B) policies to facilitate ``near- or friend-
shoring'', or otherwise developing strategies to
facilitate that process with allies and partners of the
United States, in other sectors for which domestic
reshoring would prove infeasible for any reason.
(d) Form.--The reports required by subsections (a), (b), and (c)
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified
annex.
(e) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section,
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on
Armed Services, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the
Committee on Finance, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on
Armed Services, the Committee on Financial Services, the
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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