,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bedg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #be1
 #bjai,mr4 ,romney 7for himself1 ,ms4   
,hassan1 ,mr4 ,young1 and ,ms4 ,cortez  
,masto7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a  
,,bill  ,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 ,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#c7 ,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#d7 ,the   
most far-reaching objective of the      
defense strategy of the ,united ,states 
is to set the military relationship     
between the ,united ,states and the     
,people's ,republic of ,china on a path 
toward transparency and nonaggression4  
7#e7 ,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#f7 ,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 and  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 ,china4