#aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4   
#bedg  ,,an ,,act  ,to state the policy 
of the ,united ,states with respect to  
the expansion of cooperation with allies
 and partners in the ,indo-,pacific     
region and ,europe regarding the        
,people's ,republic of ,china4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,indo-,pacific ,cooperation ,act of 
#bjai4  #b4 ,findings ,congress makes   
the following findings3  7#a7 ,congress 
supports the finding on the ,people's   
,republic of ,china articulated in the  
#bjah ,national ,defense ,strategy and  
the #bjag ,national ,security ,strategy4
  7#b7 ,the ,asia ,reassurance          
,initiative ,act of #bjah 7,public ,law 
#aae-dji7 established the policy of the 
,united ,states to develop and commit to
 a long-term strategic vision and a     
comprehensive1 multifaceted1 and        
principled ,united ,states policy for   
the ,indo-,pacific region so as to      
advance ,united ,states national        
security1 economic1 human rights1 and   

other regional interests1 and for such  
purposes1 ,congress has authorized      
appropriate funding4  7#c7 ,the         
,people's ,republic of ,china is        
leveraging military modernization1      
influence operations1 and predatory     
economics to coerce neighboring         
countries to reorder the ,indo-,pacific 
region to the advantage of the ,people's
 ,republic of ,china4  7#d7 ,as the     
,people's ,republic of ,china continues 
its economic and military ascendance1   
asserting power through a whole of      
government long-term strategy1 the      
,people's ,republic of ,china will      
continue to pursue a military           
modernization program that seeks        
,indo-,pacific regional hegemony in the 
near-term and displacement of the       
,united ,states to achieve global       
preeminence in the future4  7#e7 ,a     
critical objective of the defense       
strategy of the ,united ,states is to   
set the military of the ,people's       
,republic of ,china on a path toward    

transparency and nonaggression4  7#f7   
,the ,people's ,republic of ,china uses 
economic inducements and penalties1     
influence operations1 and implied       
military threats to persuade other      
countries to heed the political and     
security agenda of the ,people's        
,republic of ,china4  7#g7 ,united      
,states allies and partners are critical
 to effective competition with the      
,people's ,republic of ,china4  #c4     
,statement of policy ,it is the policy  
of the ,united ,states-- 7#a7 to expand 
military1 diplomatic1 and economic      
alliances and partnerships in the       
,indo-,pacific region and with ,europe  
and like-minded countries around the    
globe that are critical to effective    
competition with the ,people's ,republic
 of ,china2  7#b7 to develop1 in        
collaboration with such allies and      
partners1 a unified approach to         
addressing and deterring significant    
diplomatic1 economic1 and military      
challenges posed by the ,people's       

,republic of ,china2 and  7#c7 to       
promote1 in partnership with like-minded
 countries around the globe1 the values 
of democracy and human rights4  ,passed 
the ,senate ,january #ad1               
#bjbj4,secretary