[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3396-S3397]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1883. Mr. ROMNEY (for himself, Mr. Coons, Ms. Hassan, and Ms. 
Cortez Masto) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1262. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON COOPERATION IN THE INDO-
                   PACIFIC REGION.

       It is the policy of the United States--
       (1) to strengthen alliances and partnerships in the Indo-
     Pacific region and Europe and with like-minded countries 
     around the globe to effectively compete with the People's 
     Republic of China; and
       (2) to work in collaboration with such allies and 
     partners--
       (A) to address significant diplomatic, economic, and 
     military challenges posed by the People's Republic of China;
       (B) to deter the People's Republic of China from pursuing 
     military aggression;
       (C) to promote the peaceful resolution of territorial 
     disputes in accordance with international law;
       (D) to promote private sector-led long-term economic 
     development while countering efforts by the Government of the 
     People's Republic of China to leverage predatory economic 
     practices as a means of political and economic coercion in 
     the Indo-Pacific region and beyond;
       (E) to promote the values of democracy and human rights, 
     including through efforts to end the repression by the 
     Chinese Communist Party of political dissidents and Uyghurs 
     and other ethnic Muslim minorities, Tibetan Buddhists, 
     Christians, and other minorities;
       (F) to respond to the crackdown by the Chinese Communist 
     Party, in contravention of the commitments made under the 
     Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984 and the Basic Law of 
     Hong Kong, on the legitimate aspirations of the people of 
     Hong Kong; and
       (G) to counter the Chinese Communist Party's efforts to 
     spread disinformation in the People's Republic of China and 
     beyond with respect to the response of the Chinese Communist 
     Party to COVID-19.

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