; and (2) includes a country-by-country assessment of priority areas for United States engagement and capacity building assistance. 306. Energy programs and initiatives (a) Indo-Pacific energy strategy Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 7 years, the President shall establish a comprehensive, integrated, multiyear strategy to encourage the efforts of Indo-Pacific countries to implement national power strategies and cooperation with United States energy companies to develop an appropriate mix of power solutions to provide access to sufficient, reliable, and affordable power in order to reduce poverty and drive economic growth and job creation. (b) Reliable energy partnerships It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the President should establish bilateral and regional initiatives to increase energy security in the Indo-Pacific region; (2) the United States should reaffirm support for liquefied natural gas exports to the nations in the Indo-Pacific region; (3) the United States should seek to establish partnership between Department of Energy national laboratories and Indo-Pacific countries to provide technical assistance on electrical grid development and for the development and deployment of new and advanced energy technologies; and (4) the United States should explore opportunities to partner with the private sector and multilateral institutions, such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, to promote universal access to reliable electricity in Myanmar (historically known as Burma ). 307. Lower Mekong initiative The Secretary of State, in cooperation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, should increase regional engagement in the areas of environment, health, education, and infrastructure development with the Lower Mekong countries, including— (1) assisting in the development of programs that focus on forecasting environmental challenges and resilience