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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 2725 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To authorize the establishment of the US-ASEAN Center to support United |
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| 6 | 6 | | States economic and cultural engagement with Southeast Asia. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | SEPTEMBER5, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. V |
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| 10 | 10 | | ANHOLLEN(for himself and Mr. ROMNEY) introduced the following bill; |
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| 11 | 11 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To authorize the establishment of the US-ASEAN Center |
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| 14 | 14 | | to support United States economic and cultural engage- |
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| 15 | 15 | | ment with Southeast Asia. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. US-ASEAN CENTER. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | (a) D |
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| 20 | 20 | | EFINEDTERM.—In this Act, the term 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | ‘‘ASEAN’’ means the Association of Southeast Asian Na-5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tions. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) E |
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| 24 | 24 | | STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State is au-7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | thorized to enter into a public-private partnership for the 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | purposes of establishing a US-ASEAN Center in the 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •S 2725 IS |
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| 30 | 30 | | United States to support United States economic and cul-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | tural engagement with Southeast Asia. 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (c) F |
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| 33 | 33 | | UNCTIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | sion of law, the US-ASEAN Center established pursuant 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | to subsection (b) may— 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (1) provide grants for research to support and 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | elevate the importance of the US-ASEAN partner-7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ship; 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) facilitate activities to strengthen US- 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ASEAN trade and investment; 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (3) expand economic and technological relation-11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ships between ASEAN countries and the United 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | States into new areas of cooperation; 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (4) provide training to United States citizens 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | and citizens of ASEAN countries that improve peo-15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ple-to-people ties; 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (5) develop educational programs to increase 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | awareness for the United States and ASEAN coun-18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | tries on the importance of relations between the 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | United States and ASEAN countries; and 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (6) carry out other activities the Secretary of 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | State considers necessary to strengthen ties between 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | the United States and ASEAN countries and achieve 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | the objectives of the US-ASEAN Center. 24 |
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