That the Senate—
urges the President to propose and champion the negotiation of a treaty with like-minded partners in the Indo-Pacific to ensure a free and open Internet free from economically crippling cyberattacks;
calls for the treaty, which can be referred to as the Cyber League of Indo-Pacific States (in this resolution referred to as “CLIPS”), to include the creation of an Information Sharing Analysis Center to provide around-the-clock cyber threat monitoring and mitigation for governments that are parties to the treaty; and
calls for members of CLIPS—
to consult on emerging cyber threats;
to pledge not to engage in cyber theft;
to introduce and enforce minimum criminal punishment for cyber theft;
to extradite alleged cyber thieves;
to enforce laws protecting software license holders;
to ensure that government agencies use licensed software;
to minimize data localization requirements (consistent with the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada, signed at Buenos Aires November 30, 2018 (commonly known as the “United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement”));
to accept international certifications as the basis for commercial information and communications technology reviews;
to provide for public input when devising legislation on cybersecurity; and
to cooperate on the attribution of cyberattacks and retribution to deter future attacks.