119-s2380

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2380 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2380

To direct the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of 
 Commerce, to seek to establish an Economic Security Working Group 
 within the Quad.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 22, 2025

 Mr. Bennet (for himself and Mr. Ricketts) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign 
 Relations

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 A BILL

To direct the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of 
 Commerce, to seek to establish an Economic Security Working Group 
 within the Quad.

 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 ``Quad Economic Security Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

 It is the sense of Congress that--

    (1) the United States, as a Pacific power, should 
 strengthen cooperation with the Government of Australia, the 
 Government of India, and the Government of Japan to address 
 regional challenges and promote a free and open Indo-Pacific 
 region;

    (2) the United States should expand cooperation, through 
 the Quad, with the Government of Australia, the Government of 
 India, and the Government of Japan to address shared economic 
 security challenges, including by seeking to create an Economic 
 Security Working Group within the Quad; and

    (3) the reviving of the Quad by President Donald J. Trump 
 and the elevation of the Quad to the leaders' level by 
 President Joseph R. Biden were critical to advancing shared 
 interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act:

    (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
 ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on 
 Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
 Affairs of the House of Representatives.

    (2) Quad.--The term ``Quad'' means the partnership among 
 the Quad countries.

    (3) Quad countries.--The term ``Quad countries'' means 
 Japan, Australia, India, and the United States.

    (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
 of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce.

    (5) Working group.--The term ``Working Group'' means the 
 Economic Security Working Group described in 

section 4.

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY WORKING GROUP.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall seek to enter into 
negotiations with the governments of the other Quad countries with the 
goal of reaching an agreement to establish an Economic Security Working 
Group to secure critical supply chains, safeguard critical 
infrastructure, counter economic coercion, and address crises 
disrupting supply chains.

    (b) Functions.--In conducting negotiations described in subsection

    (a) to establish the Working Group, the Secretary shall seek to ensure 
the Working Group--

    (1) serves as a forum for the Quad countries to coordinate 
 to secure critical infrastructure and bolster supply chain 
 resiliency;

    (2) holds crisis simulation exercises to better prepare for 
 potential economic coercion and disruptions to supply chains; 
 and

    (3) serves as a collective emergency response mechanism in 
 the case of economic coercion and disruptions to supply chains 
 for sectors critical to national security to facilitate 
 emergency communication and coordination.
            (c) United States Representation.--The United States shall be 
represented on the Working Group by a United States official at the 
level of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State or the equivalent, in line 
with existing working groups of the Quad.
            (d) Regional Engagement.--In conducting negotiations described in 
subsection

    (a) , the Secretary shall encourage the Working Group to 
engage with the governments of regional partners to help bolster their 
economic security, such as by cooperating on capacity-building with 
regard to security of port infrastructure and undersea cables.

SEC. 5. IDENTIFICATION OF SUPPLY CHAINS AND REGIONAL PARTNERS.

    (a) Supply Chains.--If negotiations are entered into under 

section 4, on the commencement of such negotiations, the Secretary shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report identifying supply 
chains for sectors critical to national security for purposes of 

section 4

    (b)

    (3) .

    (b) Regional Partners.--If negotiations are entered into under 

section 4, on the commencement of such negotiations, the Secretary 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
identifying which countries and jurisdictions in the Indo-Pacific 
region the Secretary considers to be regional partners for purposes of 

section 4
            (d) .

SEC. 6. ANNUAL REPORTS.

    (a) In General.--If negotiations are entered into under 

section 4, 
not later than one year after the date on which such negotiations 
commence, and annually thereafter until the date described in 
subsection

    (b) , the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce 
shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report on efforts to establish the Working Group.

    (b) Date Described.--The date described in this subsection is the 
date on which negotiations to establish the Working Group conclude, 
without regard to whether the Working Group is or is not established.

SEC. 7. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.

 No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act. This Act shall be carried out using amounts otherwise 
authorized to be appropriated.
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