; (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate ; (3) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives ; and (4) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives . (b) Authorization of appropriations Out of funds otherwise authorized for the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, and, as appropriate, the Department of Defense, and subject to the availability of appropriations, there are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, and, as appropriate, the Department of Defense, $1,500,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2019 through 2023, which shall be used— (1) to advance United States foreign policy interests and objectives in the Indo-Pacific region in recognition of the value of diplomatic initiatives and programs in the furtherance of United States strategy; (2) to improve the defense capacity of partner nations to resist coercion and deter and defend against security threats, including through foreign military financing and international military education and training programs; (3) to conduct regular bilateral and multilateral engagements, particularly with the United States most highly capable allies and partners, to meet strategic challenges, including— (A) certain destabilizing activities of the People’s Republic of China; and (B) emerging threats, such as the nuclear and ballistic missile programs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; (4) to build new counterterrorism partnership programs in Southeast Asia to combat the growing presence of ISIS and other terrorist organizations that pose a significant threat to the United States, its allies, and its citizens’ interests abroad; and (5) to increase maritime domain awareness programs in South Asia and Southeast Asia— (A) by expanding the scope of naval and coast guard training efforts with Southeast Asian countries