S.Amdt. 4476

SA 4476. Mr. ROMNEY (for himself and Mr. Menendez) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr.
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. ____. UNITED STATES GRAND STRATEGY WITH RESPECT TO
CHINA.

(a) Findings; Sense of Congress.--
(1) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(A) The United States is in a new era of geostrategic and
geoeconomic competition with the People's Republic of China,
a great power that seeks to challenge international norms,
laws and institutions, and confront the United States across
diplomatic, economic, military, technological, and
informational domains.
(B) As it has during previous periods of great power
competition, the United States must articulate and refine its
grand strategy, including through rigorous testing of
assumptions and by drawing on expertise outside the United
States Government, to ensure its ultimate success, as well as
global peace, stability, and shared prosperity.
(C) Historically, presidents of the United States have used
different models for grand strategy development, including
the following efforts:
(i) In January 1950, President Truman requested an in-depth
report on the state of the world, actions taken by
adversaries of the United States, and the development of a
comprehensive national strategy, resulting in a paper
entitled ``United States Objectives and Programs for National
Security'', also known as NSC-68.
(ii) President Eisenhower utilized experts from both within
and outside the United States Government during Project
Solarium to produce NSC 162/2, a ``Statement of Policy by the
National Security Council on Basic National Security Policy''
in order to ``meet the Soviet Threat to U.S. security'' and
guide United States national security policy.
(iii) President Ford authorized the Team B project to draw
in experts from outside the United States Government to
question and strengthen the analysis of the Central
Intelligence Agency.
(iv) President Reagan approved the National Security
Decision Directive Number 75 in January 1983 to organize
United States strategy toward the Soviet Union in order to
clarify and orient United States policies toward specific
objectives vis a vis the Soviet Union.
(2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
the United States should draw upon previous successful models
of grand strategy to articulate a strategy that appropriately
addresses the evolving challenges and contours of the new era
of geostrategic and geoeconomic competition with the People's
Republic of China.
(b) United States Grand Strategy With Respect to China.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date on
which the President first submits to Congress a national
security strategy under section 108 of the National Security
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043) after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the President shall commence developing a
comprehensive report that articulates the strategy of the
United States with respect to the People's Republic of China
(in this section referred to as the ``China Strategy'') that
builds on the work of such national security strategy.
(2) Submittal.--Not later than 270 days after the date on
which the President first submits to Congress a national
security strategy under section 108 of the National Security
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043) after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress the China
Strategy developed under paragraph (1).
(3) Form.--The China Strategy shall be submitted in
classified form and shall include an unclassified summary.
(c) Contents.--The China Strategy developed under
subsection (b) shall set forth the national security strategy
of the United States with respect to the People's Republic of
China and shall include a comprehensive description and
discussion of the following:
(1) The strategy of the People's Republic of China
regarding the military, economic, and political power of
China in the Indo-Pacific region and worldwide, including why
the People's Republic of China has decided on such strategy
and what the strategy means for the long-term interests,
values, goals, and objectives of the United States.
(2) The worldwide interests, values, goals, and objectives
of the United States as they relate to geostrategic and
geoeconomic competition with the People's Republic of China.
(3) The foreign and economic policy, worldwide commitments,
and national defense capabilities of the United States
necessary to deter aggression and to implement the national
security strategy of the United States as they relate to the
new era of competition with the People's Republic of China.
(4) How the United States will exercise the political,
economic, military, diplomatic, and other elements of its
national power to protect or advance its interests and values
and achieve the goals and objectives referred to in paragraph
(1).
(5) The adequacy of the capabilities of the United States
Government to carry out the national security strategy of the
United States within the context of new and emergent
challenges to the international order posed by the People's
Republic of China, including an evaluation--
(A) of the balance among the capabilities of all elements
of national power of the United States; and
(B) the balance of all United States elements of national
power in comparison to equivalent elements of national power
of the People's Republic of China.
(6) The assumptions and end-state or end-states of the
strategy of the United States globally and in the Indo-
Pacific region with respect to the People's Republic of
China.
(7) Such other information as the President considers
necessary to help inform Congress on matters relating to the
national security strategy of the United States with respect
to the People's Republic of China.
(d) Advisory Board on United States Grand Strategy With
Respect to China.--
(1) Establishment.--There is hereby established in the
executive branch a commission to be known as the ``Advisory
Board on United States Grand Strategy with respect to China''
(in this section referred to as the ``Board'').

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(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the Board is to convene
outside experts to advise the President on development of the
China Strategy.
(3) Duties.--
(A) Review.--The Board shall review the current national
security strategy of the United States with respect to the
People's Republic of China, including assumptions,
capabilities, strategy, and end-state or end-states.
(B) Assessment and recommendations.--The Board shall
analyze the United States national security strategy with
respect to the People's Republic of China, including
challenging its assumptions and approach, and make
recommendations to the President for the China Strategy.
(C) Classified briefing.--Not later than 30 days after the
date on which the President submits the China Strategy to
Congress under subsection (b)(2), the Board shall provide to
Congress a classified briefing on its review, assessment, and
recommendations.
(4) Composition.--
(A) Recommendations.--Not later than 30 days after the date
on which the President first submits to Congress a national
security strategy under section 108 of the National Security
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043) after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the majority leader of the Senate, the minority
leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, and the minority leader of the House of
Representatives shall each provide to the President a list of
at not fewer than 10 candidates for membership on the Board,
at least 5 of whom shall be individuals in the private sector
and 5 of whom shall be individuals in academia or employed by
a nonprofit research institution.
(B) Membership.--The Board shall be composed of 9 members
appointed by the President as follows:
(i) The National Security Advisor or such other designee as
the President considers appropriate, such as the Asia
Coordinator from the National Security Council.
(ii) Four shall be selected from among individuals in the
private sector.
(iii) Four shall be selected from among individuals in
academia or employed by a nonprofit research institution.
(iv) Two members should be selected from among individuals
included in the list submitted by the majority leader of the
Senate under subparagraph (A), of whom--

(I) one should be selected from among individuals in the
private sector; and
(II) one should be selected from among individuals in
academia or employed by a nonprofit research institution.

(v) Two members should be selected from among individuals
included in the list submitted by the minority leader of the
Senate under subparagraph (A), of whom--

(I) one should be selected from among individuals in the
private sector; and
(II) one should be selected from among individuals in
academia or employed by a nonprofit research institution.

(vi) Two members should be selected from among individuals
included in the list submitted by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives under subparagraph (A), or whom--

(I) one should be selected from among individuals in the
private sector; and
(II) one should be selected from among individuals in
academia or employed by a nonprofit research institution.

(vii) Two members should be selected from among individuals
included in the list submitted by the minority leader of the
House of Representatives under subparagraph (A), of whom--

(I) one should be selected from among individuals in the
private sector; and
(II) one should be selected from among individuals in
academia or employed by a nonprofit research institution.

(C) Chairperson.--The Chairperson of the Board shall be the
member of the Board appointed under subparagraph (B)(i).
(D) Nongovernmental membership; period of appointment;
vacancies.--
(i) Nongovernmental membership.--Except in the case of the
Chairperson of the Board, an individual appointed to the
Board may not be an officer or employee of an instrumentality
of government.
(ii) Period of appointment.--Members shall be appointed for
the life of the Board.
(iii) Vacancies.--Any vacancy in the Board shall be filled
in the same manner as the original appointment.
(5) Deadline for appointment.--Not later than 60 days after
the date on which the President first submits to Congress a
national security strategy under section 108 of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043) after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President shall--
(A) appoint the members of the Board pursuant to paragraph
(4); and
(B) submit to Congress a list of the members so appointed.
(6) Experts and consultants.--The Board is authorized to
procure temporary and intermittent services under section
3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for
individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the maximum
annual rate of basic pay under level IV of the Executive
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
(7) Security clearances.--The appropriate Federal
departments or agencies shall cooperate with the Board in
expeditiously providing to the Board members and experts and
consultants appropriate security clearances to the extent
possible pursuant to existing procedures and requirements,
except that no person may be provided with access to
classified information under this Act without the appropriate
security clearances.
(8) Receipt, handling, storage, and dissemination.--
Information shall only be received, handled, stored, and
disseminated by members of the Board and any experts and
consultants consistent with all applicable statutes,
regulations, and Executive orders.
(9) Nonapplicability of certain requirements.--The Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) and section 552b of
title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the
``Government in the Sunshine Act''), shall not apply to the
Board.
(10) Uncompensated service.--A member of the Board who is
not an officer or employee of the Federal Government shall
serve without compensation.
(11) Cooperation from government.--In carrying out its
duties, the Board shall receive the full and timely
cooperation of the heads of relevant Federal departments and
agencies in providing the Board with analysis, briefings, and
other information necessary for the fulfillment of its
responsibilities.
(12) Termination.--The Board shall terminate on the date
that is 60 days after the date on which the President submits
the China Strategy to Congress under subsection (b)(2).
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