[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1056 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 1056
Recognizing the importance of trilateral cooperation among the United
States, Japan, and South Korea.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 5, 2024
Mr. Connolly (for himself, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Meeks, Mr.
McCaul, Mr. Bera, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr.
Smith of Nebraska, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Kim of California, Mr. Schneider,
Mr. Moylan, Mr. Lieu, Mrs. Steel, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. Kean of
New Jersey, Mr. Keating, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Amo, Mr. Lawler, Mr.
Allred, Mr. McCormick, and Ms. Kamlager-Dove) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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RESOLUTION
Recognizing the importance of trilateral cooperation among the United
States, Japan, and South Korea.
Whereas, in 2023, South Korea and Japan restarted bilateral summitry for the
first time since 2019 with President Yoon Suk Yeol and Prime Minister
Kishida Fumio meeting seven times;
Whereas the two sides have made efforts to address longstanding historical
grievances, including the issue of South Koreans forced to work for
Japanese companies during World War II;
Whereas the Governments of Japan and South Korea restored normal economic ties,
which had been strained since 2019, by reinstating each other on their
respective ``white lists'' of preferential trade partners, with Japan
lifting export controls on South Korea related to three materials needed
to produce semiconductors and South Korea dropping its case before the
World Trade Organization related to those export controls;
Whereas the United States, Japan, and South Korea have restarted trilateral
summitry, holding five trilateral meetings among President Biden, Prime
Minister Kishida, and President Yoon since June 2022;
Whereas, on August 18, 2023, the United States, Japan, and South Korea held the
first standalone trilateral leaders summit at Camp David;
Whereas the three allies issued a trilateral commitment to consult with one
another trilaterally ``in an expeditious manner to coordinate our
responses to regional challenges, provocations, and threats affecting
our collective interests and security'';
Whereas the three allies improved deterrence and defense capabilities against
the growing security threat posed by North Korea by resuming military
exercises in 2022;
Whereas the United States, Japan, and South Korea expanded and developed a
multi-year schedule for trilateral military exercises and conducted the
first United States-Japan-South Korea aerial exercise in October 2023;
Whereas the three allies have activated a 2022 agreement to exchange real-time
missile warning data focused on North Korean missile launches;
Whereas, in December 2022, South Korea and Japan published national security
documents that closely mirrored those of the United States, setting the
stage for greater policy alignment and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific;
Whereas the three allies announced plans for expanded and more regular summits,
including agreeing to hold annual trilateral summit meetings, agreeing
to hold annual trilateral meetings among cabinet-level officials,
specifically the three countries' foreign ministers, defense ministers,
commerce and industry ministers, and national security advisors, and
agreeing to hold the first trilateral meeting among finance ministers;
Whereas the three allies announced a trilateral initiative to synchronize their
efforts to build the maritime capabilities of Southeast Asian and
Pacific Island countries;
Whereas South Korea and Japan have resumed cabinet- and subcabinet-level
bilateral consultations, including holding a Security Dialogue and a
Strategic Dialogue;
Whereas the Governments of Japan and South Korea announced a new bilateral
science and technology cooperative arrangement, including a hydrogen and
ammonia global value chain initiative, which includes raising funds for
joint projects, and a quantum technology research and development
initiative between the two countries' government-affiliated research
institutes;
Whereas South Korea and Japan cooperated to evacuate Japanese and South Korean
nationals from Sudan after the eruption of civil conflict in April 2023
and from Israel after Hamas' attack in October 2023;
Whereas South Korea arranged for the experts dispatched to the Fukushima Daiichi
Nuclear Power Station to monitor TEPCO's release of treated water into
the Pacific Ocean;
Whereas, in December 2023, the United States, Japan, and South Korea held the
inaugural meeting of the trilateral Working Group on DPRK Cyber
Activities;
Whereas the three allies have held trilateral dialogues on space security
(November 2023) and Indo-Pacific policies (January 2024); and
Whereas the United States, Japan, and South Korea announced trilateral economic
and technology cooperation initiatives, including a supply chain early
warning system pilot program, a partnership program among the three
countries' national laboratories: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) commends the extraordinary leadership of President of
South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol and Prime Minister of Japan Kishida
Fumio in taking initiative to repair relations between their
two countries;
(2) acknowledges that strengthening relations between Japan
and South Korea has enabled greater ambition in trilateral
cooperation involving the United States;
(3) encourages ever greater cooperation between South Korea
and Japan and trilateral cooperation across diplomatic,
economic, security, and informational domains;
(4) welcomes ever greater levels of trilateral strategic
coordination among the United States, Japan, and South Korea as
a stabilizing influence on the Western Pacific region and
global order more broadly;
(5) celebrates the shared democratic, liberal values that
are the bedrock of the enduring ties among the United States,
Japan, and South Korea; and
(6) recognizes the critical importance to the interests of
the United States and the peace and security of the Western
Pacific of United States treaty alliances with South Korea and
Japan.
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