,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ebfe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ae1 
#bjbb,mr4 ,rubio introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to require a    
strategy for countering the ,people's   
,republic of ,china4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,taiwan  
,protection and ,national ,resilience   
,act of #bjbb4  #b4 ,strategy for       
countering the ,people's ,republic of   
,china  7a7 ,identification of          
vulnerabilities and leverage ,not later 
than #ahj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,defense1 in consultation with the   
,secretary of ,state1 the ,secretary of 
,commerce1 the ,secretary of the        
,treasury1 the ,director of the ,office 
of ,federal ,procurement ,policy1 and   
the ,director of the ,office of ,science
 and ,technology ,policy1 shall submit  
to the appropriate committees of        

,congress a report that identifies--    
7#a7 goods and services from the ,united
 ,states that are relied on by the      
,people's ,republic of ,china such that 
that reliance presents a strategic      
opportunity and source of leverage      
against the ,people's ,republic of      
,china2 and  7#b7 procurement practices 
of the ,united ,states ,armed ,forces   
and other ,federal agencies that are    
reliant on trade with the ,people's     
,republic of ,china and other inputs    
from the ,people's ,republic of ,china1 
such that that reliance presents a      
strategic vulnerability and source of   
leverage that the ,chinese ,communist   
,party could exploit4  7b7 ,strategy    
,not later than #ahj days after the     
submission of the report required by    
subsection 7a7-- 7#a7 the ,secretary of 
the ,treasury1 in consultation with the 
,secretary of the ,defense1 the         
,secretary of ,commerce1 the ,secretary 
of ,state1 the ,director of the ,office 
of ,federal ,procurement ,policy1 and   

the ,director of the ,office of ,science
 and ,technology ,policy1 shall submit  
to the appropriate committees of        
,congress a report1 utilizing the       
findings of the report required by      
subsection 7a71 that describes a        
comprehensive sanctions strategy to     
advise policymakers on policies the     
,united ,states and allies and partners 
of the ,united ,states could adopt with 
respect to the ,people's ,republic of   
,china in response to an invasion of    
,taiwan by the ,people's ,republic of   
,china that-- 7,a7 starves the ,people's
 ,liberation ,army of oil1 natural gas1 
munitions1 and other supplies needed to 
conduct military operations against     
,taiwan1 ,united ,states facilities in  
the ,pacific and ,indian ,oceans1 and   
allies and partners of the ,united      
,states in the region2  7,b7 diminishes 
the capacity of the industrial base of  
the ,people's ,republic of ,china to    
manufacture and deliver defense articles
 to replace those lost in operations of 

the ,people's ,liberation ,army against 
,taiwan1 the ,united ,states1 and allies
 and partners of the ,united ,states2   
and  7,c7 inhibits the ability of the   
,people's ,republic of ,china to evade  
,united ,states and multilateral        
sanctions through third parties1        
including through secondary sanctions2  
and  7#b7 the ,secretary of ,commerce1  
in consultation with the ,secretary of  
,defense1 the ,secretary of ,state1 the 
,director of ,national ,intelligence1   
the ,united ,states ,trade              
,representative1 the ,director of the   
,office of ,federal ,procurement        
,policy1 and the ,director of the       
,office of ,science and ,technology     
,policy1 shall submit to the appropriate
 committees of ,congress a report that--
 7,a7 identifies critical sectors within
 the ,united ,states economy that rely  
on trade with the ,people's ,republic of
 ,china and other inputs from the       
,people's ,republic of ,china 7including
 active pharmaceutical ingredients1 rare

 earth minerals1 and metallurgical      
inputs71 such that those sectors present
 a strategic vulnerability and source of
 leverage that the ,chinese ,communist  
,party could exploit2 and  7,b7 makes   
recommendations to ,congress on steps   
that can be taken to reduce the sources 
of leverage described in subparagraph   
7,a7 and subsection 7a77#a71 including  
through-- 7i7 provision of economic     
incentives and making other trade and   
contracting reforms to support ,united  
,states industry and job growth in      
critical sectors and to indigenize      
production of critical resources2 and   
7ii7 policies to facilitate near- or    
friend-shoring1 or otherwise developing 
strategies to facilitate that process   
with allies and partners of the ,united 
,states1 in other sectors for which     
domestic reshoring would prove          
infeasible for any reason4  7c7 ,form   
,the reports required by subsections 7a7
 and 7b7 shall be submitted in          
unclassified form but may include a     

classified annex4  7d7 ,appropriate     
committees of congress defined ,in this 
section1 the term appropriate committees
 of ,congress means-- 7#a7 the          
,committee on ,foreign ,relations1 the  
,committee on ,armed ,services1 the     
,select ,committee on ,intelligence1 the
 ,committee on ,finance1 the ,committee 
on ,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban       
,affairs1 and the ,committee on         
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate2 and  7#b7 the          
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 the    
,committee on ,armed ,services1 the     
,committee on ,financial ,services1 the 
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 and
 the ,permanent ,select ,committee on   
,intelligence of the ,house of          
,representatives4