; and (2) includes a country-by-country assessment of priority areas for United States engagement and capacity building assistance. (c) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary to sponsor bilateral and multilateral activities designed to build capacity in the identified priority areas described in the annual report required under subsection (b). 206. Energy programs and initiatives (a) Indo-Pacific energy strategy (1) Strategy Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall create a United States Government strategy to increase United States exports of energy to the nations in the Indo-Pacific region. (2) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary to carry out paragraph (1). (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 authorize the supply of liquefied natural gas to the nations in the Indo-Pacific region; and (3) the United States should create a dedicated program, in partnership 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 ). 207. 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 to develop programs that focus on forecasting environmental challenges and resilience