Sec. 262. ASEAN strategy requirement
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a strategy for how the United States will enhance coordination with ASEAN to increase capacity building and autonomy. The strategy required under subsection
(a)shall— designate a senior Senate-confirmed Department of State official to lead United States-ASEAN efforts to enhance technical assistance and capacity building; identify key issues and barriers to increased capacity building between the United States and ASEAN; identify policy points of convergence and divergence between the United States and ASEAN in the areas of global governance, technology, and trade and economic practices; describe the coordination mechanisms among key regional and functional bureaus within the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the Department of the Treasury, and the Office of the United States Trade Representative tasked with engaging with ASEAN; detail the diplomatic efforts to counter Chinese projection of an authoritarian governing model in Southeast Asia; detail the diplomatic efforts to date supporting ASEAN efforts to identify cost-effective alternatives to Huawei’s 5G technology; detail plans on how United States public diplomacy tools, including the Department of State’s Global Engagement Center, will coordinate efforts with counterpart entities within ASEAN to counter authoritarian propaganda; and describe the current staffing and budget resources the Department of State dedicates to United States-ASEAN engagement and provide an assessment of out-year resource needs to execute the strategy. The strategy required under subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form that can be made available to the public, but may include a classified annex as necessary. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less than every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall consult with the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee of Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives regarding the development and implementation of the strategy. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, the Director of National Intelligence, and other relevant heads of Federal agencies, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on the political, economic, development, health, and national security implications of changing water-flows along the Mekong River and the Tibetan Plateau watershed, including— a description of the effects of upriver damming of the Mekong River and the increased security and military presence of the People’s Republic of China on the Lower Mekong, on the political and economic stability of the Lower Mekong region and on the countries of the Lower Mekong region; and an assessment of— any impact of such efforts on United States political, diplomatic, economic, cultural, human rights, and security interests; and steps being taken by the United States to address these issues.