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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 183 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 183

   Reaffirming the vital role of the United States-Japan alliance in 
 promoting peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region 
                  and beyond, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 2, 2019

  Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Gardner) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                          on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION

 
   Reaffirming the vital role of the United States-Japan alliance in 
 promoting peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region 
                  and beyond, and for other purposes.

Whereas the United States and Japan established diplomatic relations on March 
        31, 1854, with the signing of the Treaty of Peace and Amity;
Whereas, for the past 70 years, the alliance between the United States and Japan 
        has played a vital role in ensuring peace, stability, and economic 
        development in Asia and beyond;
Whereas the United States and Japan are deeply committed to the common values of 
        freedom, democracy, rule of law, and free market economics;
Whereas the United States-Japan alliance, forged nearly six decades ago with the 
        signing of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, is the 
        cornerstone for advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific region, and 
        contributes internationally to peace and stability;
Whereas the United States and Japan are indispensable partners in combating the 
        proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, improving global health, 
        countering human trafficking and promoting human rights, assisting the 
        victims of conflict and disaster worldwide, and contributing to global 
        economic development;
Whereas the alliance is a testament to the ability of great nations to overcome 
        the past and jointly work to create a more secure and prosperous future;
Whereas our two countries, coming from different cultural backgrounds, have 
        created an active and dynamic relationship beneficial to both peoples; 
        and
Whereas cultural and people-to-people ties between the United States and Japan 
        are long-standing and deep, as exemplified by the 1912 gift from the 
        People of Japan to the People of the United States of the beautiful 
        cherry trees that grace our Nation's capital, signifying the unbreakable 
        bond between the two nations: Now, therefore be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) reaffirms the endorsement of long-standing United 
        States policy to pursue close and cooperative ties with Japan 
        in the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-
        409), signed into law on December 31, 2018, and the vital role 
        of the United States-Japan alliance in promoting peace, 
        stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and 
        beyond;
            (2) underscores the importance of the close people-to-
        people and cultural ties between our two nations;
            (3) calls for the strengthening and broadening of 
        diplomatic, economic, and security ties between the United 
        States and Japan; and
            (4) further calls for the continued cooperation between the 
        Governments of the United States and Japan in addressing global 
        challenges that threaten the security of people everywhere in 
        the new Reiwa era of ``beautiful harmony''.
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