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Strengthening Trade, Regional Alliances, Technology, and Economic and Geopolitical Initiatives concerning China Act or the STRATEGIC Act
This bill contains provisions addressing China and foreign relations generally.
The provisions include
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directing the Department of State to establish a program to facilitate dialogues between U.S. regulatory and technical agencies and their counterparts in partner countries to promote U.S. regulatory standards;
authorizing the State Department to help U.S. companies address China-related supply chain management issues, including by relocating production to other countries;
directing the President to establish an interagency working group to strengthen U.S. leadership in international standards-setting bodies for mobile telecommunications technology, including fifth generation (5G) technology;
expanding reporting requirements for institutions of higher education that receive gifts from or transact with a foreign party, and allowing the President to order an institution to cancel the transaction if the President finds that the transaction undermines national security or academic freedom;
prohibiting any individual who has directly represented the government of a country designated by the President as a country of national security concern from serving in a State Department position that requires Senate confirmation;
directing the State Department to establish the Office of Integrity in the United Nations System to counter undue influence by authoritarian nations in the United Nations;
authorizing through FY2025 various State Department programs in Southeast Asia related to maritime security and diplomatic outreach activities; and
directing the Government Accountability Office to report on U.S.-China scientific and technical cooperation initiatives that receive U.S. government funding, including whether such programs adequately protect the intellectual property of U.S. participants.
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Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] · R–ID
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