Sec. 5. Sense of Congress
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It is the sense of Congress that the execution of the policy described in section 4(b) requires the following actions: Strategic competition with the PRC will require the United States— to marshal sustained political will to protect its vital interests, promote its values, and advance its economic and national security objectives for decades to come; and to achieve this sustained political will, persuade the American people and United States allies and partners of— the challenges posed by the PRC; and the need for long-term competition to defend shared interests and values.
The United States must coordinate closely with allies and partners to compete effectively with the PRC, including to encourage allies and partners to assume, as appropriate, greater roles in balancing and checking the aggressive and assertive behavior of the PRC. The President of the United States must lead and direct the entire executive branch to make the People’s Republic of China as the greatest geopolitical and geoeconomic challenge for United States foreign policy, increasing the prioritization of strategic competition with the PRC and broader United States interests in the Indo-Pacific region in the conduct of foreign policy and assuring the allocation of appropriate resources adequate to the challenge.
The head of every Federal department and agency should designate a senior official at the level of Under Secretary or above to coordinate the department’s or agency’s policies with respect to strategic competition with the PRC. The ability of the United States to execute a strategy of strategic competition with the PRC will be undermined if our attention is repeatedly diverted to challenges that are not vital to United States economic and national security interests. In the coming decades, the United States must prevent the PRC from— establishing regional hegemony in the Indo-Pacific; and using that position to advance its assertive political, economic, and foreign policy goals around the world.
The United States must ensure that the Federal budget is properly aligned with the strategic imperative to compete with the PRC by— ensuring sufficient levels of funding to resource all instruments of United States national power; and coherently prioritizing how such funds are used. Sustained prioritization of the challenge posed by the PRC requires— bipartisan cooperation within Congress; and frequent, sustained, and meaningful collaboration and consultation between the executive branch and Congress.
The United States must ensure close integration among economic and foreign policymakers, the private sector, civil society, universities and academic institutions, and other relevant actors in free and open societies affected by the challenges posed by the PRC to enable such actors— to collaborate to advance common interests; and to identify appropriate policies— to strengthen the United States and its allies; to promote a compelling vision of a free and open order; and to push back against detrimental policies pursued by the CCP.
The United States must ensure that all Federal departments and agencies are organized to reflect the fact that strategic competition with the PRC is the United States top foreign policy priority, including through the assigned missions and location of United States Government personnel, by— dedicating more personnel in the Indo-Pacific region, at posts around the world, and in Washington DC, with priorities directly relevant to advancing competition with the People’s Republic of China; placing greater numbers of foreign service officers, international development professionals, members of the foreign commercial service, intelligence professionals, and other United States Government personnel in the Indo-Pacific region; and ensuring that this workforce, both civilian and military, has the training in language, technical skills, and other competencies required to advance a successful competitive strategy with the PRC.
The United States must place renewed emphasis on strengthening the nonmilitary instruments of national power, including diplomacy, information, technology, economics, foreign assistance and development finance, commerce, intelligence, and law enforcement, which are crucial for addressing the unique economic, political, and ideological challenges posed by the PRC. The United States must sustain resourcing for a Pacific Deterrence Initiative, which shall be aligned with the overarching political and diplomatic objectives articulated in the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act ( Public Law 115–409 ), and must prioritize the military investments necessary to achieve United States political objectives in the Indo-Pacific, including— promoting regional security in the Indo-Pacific; reassuring allies and partners while protecting them from coercion; and deterring conflict with the PRC.
Competition with the PRC requires the United States skillful adaptation to the information environment of the 21st century. United States public diplomacy and messaging efforts must effectively— promote the value of partnership with the United States; highlight the risks and costs of enmeshment with the PRC; and counter CCP propaganda and disinformation.
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