1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pacific Partnership Act . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the United States has longstanding and enduring cultural, historic, economic, strategic, and people-to-people connections with the Pacific Islands region, based on shared values, cultural histories, common interests, and a commitment to fostering mutual understanding and cooperation; (2) successive Presidential administrations have recognized the critical importance of the Pacific Islands region to the world in high-level strategic documents, including— (A) the 2015 National Security Strategy, which first declared the rebalance to Asia and the Pacific, affirmed the United States as a Pacific nation, and paved the way for subsequent United States engagement with the Pacific Islands region; (B) the 2017 National Security Strategy, which included a commitment to shore up fragile partner states in the Pacific Islands region to reduce their vulnerability to economic fluctuations and natural disasters ; (C) the 2019 Indo-Pacific Strategy Report, which identified the Pacific Islands region as critical to the U.S. strategy because of our shared values, interests, and commitments ; (D) the 2022 Indo-Pacific Strategy, which recognized the need to engage further with the Pacific Islands region on shared security goals; and (E) the 2022 Pacific Partnership Strategy, which outlined goals and methods for deepening United States partnerships with Pacific Island nations; (3) the United States Government should further develop, expand, and support a comprehensive and multifaceted United States policy for the Pacific Islands region that— (A) promotes peace, security, and prosperity for all nations in a manner that respects the sovereignty and political independence of all nations; (B) preserves the Pacific Ocean as a corridor for international maritime economic opportunities and growth and promotes sustainable development