Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations
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There are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, and, as appropriate, the Department of Defense $1,500,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2019 through 2023, which shall be used— to advance United States foreign policy interests and objectives in the Indo-Pacific region in recognition of the value of diplomatic initiatives and programs in the furtherance of United States strategy; to bolster the United States military presence and readiness in the Indo-Pacific region for the purpose of deterring and defending against provocative actions, including by improving the defense infrastructure and critical munitions stockpiles of the United States Armed Forces; to improve the defense capacity of partner nations to resist coercion and to deter and defend against security threats, including through foreign military financing and international military education and training programs; to conduct regular bilateral and multilateral exercises, particularly with our most highly-capable allies and partners, to meet strategic challenges, including— certain destabilizing activities of the People’s Republic of China; and emerging threats, such as the nuclear and ballistic missile programs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; to build new counterterrorism partnership programs in Southeast Asia to combat the growing presence of ISIS and other terrorist organizations that pose a significant threat to the United States, our allies, and our citizens’ interests abroad; and to increase maritime domain awareness programs in Southeast Asia— by expanding the scope of naval and coast guard training efforts with Southeast Asian countries; through intelligence sharing and other information-sharing efforts; and through multilateral exercises, including by involving Japan, Australia, and India in such efforts and exercises.
Amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection
(a)shall be made available for United States Government efforts to counter the strategic influence of the People’s Republic of China, in accordance with the strategy required under section 7043(e)(3) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76 ; 128 Stat. 536) and in consultation with the appropriate committees of Congress. None of the amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection
(a)may be made available for the programs, initiatives, or interactions that may benefit the defense sector of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (historically known as Burma ). Amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection
(a)may not be made available for counternarcotics assistance (other than maritime programs) for the Philippine National Police unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the appropriate committees of Congress that the Government of the Philippines has adopted and is implementing a counternarcotics strategy that complies with international norms of due process. Amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection
(a)may not be made available for certain United States assistance programs that benefit the Government of Cambodia. In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate ; the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate ; the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives ; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives .
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