Report regarding the scope of certain efforts by the People’s Republic of China and Chinese Communist Party with respect to the Belt and Road Initiative

(a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, the Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation, and the heads of any other relevant Federal department or agency, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes the following: (1) Information relating to the scope of efforts by the PRC and CCP to utilize the BRI to undermine the United States-led international world order. (2) Information relating to the means and objectives of the PRC and the CCP in using the BRI as a vehicle to create a parallel order of alternative PRC-centric organizations. (3) An assessment of current United States Government tools and strategies to counter the BRI. (4) A detailed strategy regarding how the Department of State, the United States International Development Finance Corporation, and the Department of Commerce intend to coordinate its resources to counter the BRI, including the foreign assistance functions formerly administered by the United States Agency for International Development that have been transferred to the Department of State. Such strategy shall include the following: (A) A description of interagency efforts to counter the BRI, together with recommendations on how to bolster the United States Government’s economic competition against China. (B) An assessment of past efforts by the United States Government to mitigate the effects of BRI, as well as the gaps in current United States Government policy and implementation. (C) A timeline that holds the United States Government accountable in planning and executing such strategy. (D) A strategic roadmap that details how the United States Government will link such strategy to broader national security priorities and objectives, including the National Security Strategy and the National Defense Strategy. (E) A description that elaborates how the United States Government will align strategic planning and coordination with key allies and partners to effectively respond to the BRI, particularly in the Indo-Pacific. (b) Implementation plan Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, the Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation, and the heads of any other relevant Federal department and agency, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan for implementing the strategy described in subsection (a)(4), including the following: (1) A description of clearly defined program metrics, goals, targets, and planned outcomes for such strategy. (2) A plan to monitor and evaluate such strategy, and progress made toward achieving such goals, targets, and planned outcomes. (3) A plan to ensure such strategy is promoting United States foreign policy goals in the Indo-Pacific by offering a positive vision for shared economic and infrastructure growth in a free and open international order. (c) Form The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex if necessary. The unclassified portion of such report shall be made available on a publicly available internet website of the Federal Government. (d) Appropriate congressional committees defined In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate.