,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bddi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #cj1 #bjbc,mr4
 ,smith of ,new ,jersey 7for himself and
 ,mr4 ,schneider7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and
 in addition to the ,committees on      
,armed ,services1 ,ways and ,means1 and 
,energy and ,commerce1 for a period to  
be subsequently determined by the       
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,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 #bjbc4   
#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 ,to       

respond to coercive action  7#a7 ,in    
general ,not later than #ahj days after 
the submission of the report required by
 subsection 7a71 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 any coercive      
action1 including an invasion1 by the   
,people's ,republic of ,china that      
infringes upon the territorial          
sovereignty of ,taiwan by preventing    

access to international waterways1      
airspace1 or telecommunications         
networks4  7#b7 ,elements ,the strategy 
required by paragraph 7#a7 shall include
 policies that-- 7,a7 restrict the      
access of the ,people's ,liberation     
,army to 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 diminish 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   
7,c7 inhibit 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,d7 identify specific             
sanctions-related tools that may be     
effective in responding to coercive     
action described in paragraph 7#a7 and  
assess the feasibility of the use and   
impact of the use of those tools4  7c7  
,recommendations for reduction of       
vulnerabilities and leverage ,not later 
than #ahj days after the submission of  
the report required by subsection 7a71  
the ,secretary of ,commerce1 in         
consultation 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 paragraph 7#a7 
and subsection 7a77#a71 including       
through-- 7,a7 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   
7,b7 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  7d7 ,form   
,the reports required by subsections    

7a71 7b71 and 7c7 shall be submitted in 
unclassified form but may include a     
classified annex4  7e7 ,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