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Strategy for Crisis Management Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Senator Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would create a _DoD-led crisis management framework for the South China Sea_. It would require the Secretary of Defense to identify likely flashpoints and produce crisis playbooks with sequenced response options, coordination plans, and cost‑benefit‑risk analyses to deny the aims of the People's Republic of China (PRC), protect U.S. citizens, and preserve trade routes.
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- U.S. Armed Forces would get phased playbooks for each major flashpoint with indicators, planning scenarios, decision points, and recommended Department options including force employment and changes to activities. Playbooks would be reviewed and validated on a recurring basis.
- Diplomats and federal agencies would be required partners in playbook development, with coordinated diplomatic and economic options tied to military choices. The law would demand an engagement plan to pre-coordinate actions with key foreign partners.
- U.S. citizens, residents, and commerce would be a named focus, with playbooks designed to ensure safety, protect key trade and commerce routes, and identify off‑ramps and de‑escalation opportunities; an interim report would be due 120 days after enactment and a plan aims to complete playbooks by March 2027.
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New crisis plans for South China Sea
This bill would require the Secretary of Defense to make a South China Sea crisis strategy and a playbook for each likely flashpoint. It would define "crisis" as events that might prompt committing U.S. forces or DoD resources. Each playbook would list warning indicators, at least one planning scenario, sequenced military, diplomatic, and economic options, and off-ramps. Options would include cost-benefit-risk analyses showing projected benefit, risk to forces, estimated financial cost, humanitarian effects, and escalation risk. Playbooks must be coordinated with State, Commerce, Treasury, Chiefs of Mission, and the intelligence community. They would be reviewed at least every six months. An interim report would be due within 120 days, a full report within one year, and all playbooks would be finished by March 2027. Reports would be unclassified with a possible classified annex. The playbooks would not be the only options that could be considered in a crisis.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
IL • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT]
UT • R
Sponsored 5/20/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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