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 conduct or support theft of intellectual property, including trade secrets or other confidential business information;
to introduce and enforce minimum criminal punishment for cyber theft;
to extradite alleged cyber thieves, consistent with existing agreements and respecting national sovereignty;
to enforce laws protecting intellectual property, including patents;
to ensure that government agencies comply with software license terms;
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 seek cooperation with respect to the standards described in the Arrangement on the Recognition of Common Criteria Certificates in the field of Information Technology Security, dated May 14, 2014;
to provide for public input when devising legislation on cybersecurity; and
to cooperate on the attribution of cyberattacks and impose appropriate consequences.