[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2449 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2449

  To require a strategy for countering the People's Republic of China.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 2023

Mr. Smith of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. Schneider) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
 and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Ways and Means, 
and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require a strategy for countering the People's Republic of China.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Taiwan Protection and National 
Resilience Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

    (a) Identification of Vulnerabilities and Leverage.--Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
Commerce, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of 
Federal Procurement Policy, and the Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy, shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report that identifies--
            (1) 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 China; and
            (2) 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 China, such that that reliance presents a strategic 
        vulnerability and source of leverage that the Chinese Communist 
        Party could exploit.
    (b) Strategy To Respond to Coercive Action.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        submission of the report required by subsection (a), the 
        Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 
        of the Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of 
        State, the Director of the Office of Federal Procurement 
        Policy, and the Director of the Office of Science and 
        Technology Policy, shall submit to the appropriate committees 
        of Congress a report, utilizing the findings of the report 
        required by subsection (a), 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 action, including an invasion, by the 
        People's Republic of China that infringes upon the territorial 
        sovereignty of Taiwan by preventing access to international 
        waterways, airspace, or telecommunications networks.
            (2) Elements.--The strategy required by paragraph (1) shall 
        include policies that--
                    (A) restrict the access of the People's Liberation 
                Army to oil, natural gas, munitions, and other supplies 
                needed to conduct military operations against Taiwan, 
                United States facilities in the Pacific and Indian 
                Oceans, and allies and partners of the United States in 
                the region;
                    (B) 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 
                Taiwan, the United States, and allies and partners of 
                the United States;
                    (C) inhibit the ability of the People's Republic of 
                China to evade United States and multilateral sanctions 
                through third parties, including through secondary 
                sanctions; and
                    (D) identify specific sanctions-related tools that 
                may be effective in responding to coercive action 
                described in paragraph (1) and assess the feasibility 
                of the use and impact of the use of those tools.
    (c) Recommendations for Reduction of Vulnerabilities and 
Leverage.--Not later than 180 days after the submission of the report 
required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation 
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the Director of 
National Intelligence, the United States Trade Representative, the 
Director of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, and the Director 
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a report that--
            (1) 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 (including 
        active pharmaceutical ingredients, rare earth minerals, and 
        metallurgical inputs), such that those sectors present a 
        strategic vulnerability and source of leverage that the Chinese 
        Communist Party could exploit; and
            (2) makes recommendations to Congress on steps that can be 
        taken to reduce the sources of leverage described in paragraph 
        (1) and subsection (a)(1), including through--
                    (A) 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 resources; and
                    (B) policies to facilitate ``near- or friend-
                shoring'', or otherwise developing strategies to 
                facilitate that process with allies and partners of the 
                United States, in other sectors for which domestic 
                reshoring would prove infeasible for any reason.
    (d) Form.--The reports required by subsections (a), (b), and (c) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
annex.
    (e) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
        Armed Services, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the 
        Committee on Finance, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
        Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
        Armed Services, the Committee on Financial Services, the 
        Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Permanent Select 
        Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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