IV 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 861 

Supporting the President’s diplomatic efforts on the Korean Peninsula. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 27, 2018 

Ms. GABBARD (for herself and Mr. YOHO) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the President’s diplomatic efforts on the Korean 

Peninsula. 

Whereas the safety and security of the American people is 

the first and foremost responsibility of the President of 

the United States and the United States Congress; 

Whereas there is no greater and more urgent threat to the 

safety and welfare of the American people than a nuclear 

weapons threat from the Democratic People’s Republic of 

Korea (North Korea); 

Whereas the February 13, 2018, Worldwide Threat Assessment of the intelligence community stated that ‘‘North 

Korea will be among the most volatile and 

confrontational WMD [weapons of mass destruction] 

threats to the United States over the next year.’’; 


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Whereas the United States has agreed to four sets of missile 

and nuclear negotiations with North Korea: the bilateral 

Agreed Framework (1994–2002), the bilateral missile negotiations (1996–2000), the multilateral Six-Party Talks 

(2003–2009), and the bilateral Leap Day Deal (2012); 

these negotiations alone proved insufficient to forestall 

North Korea from advancing its ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs; 

Whereas the Korean War saw as many as four million casualties, including over 800,000 American, South Korean, 

and other United Nations forces, and as many as one 

million South Korean civilians; 

Whereas of the American casualties, more than 36,000 were 

killed and more than 7,800 remain unaccounted for; 

Whereas Secretary of Defense Secretary James Mattis has 

warned that war on the Korean Peninsula ‘‘would be 

probably the worst kind of fighting in most people’s lifetimes.’’; 

Whereas Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph 

Dunford remarked that a military option with North 

Korea would be horrific on a scale not seen since World 

War II; 

Whereas a war between the United States and North Korea 

has the potential to spread beyond the Korean Peninsula 

to include China, Russia, and Japan; 

Whereas during remarks made by South Korea’s national security adviser, Chung Eui-yong, at the White House after 

meeting President Trump, stated: ‘‘I told President 

Trump that, in our meeting, North Korean leader Kim 

Jong Un said he is committed to denuclearization. Kim 

pledged that North Korea will refrain from any further 


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nuclear or missile tests. He understands that the routine 

joint military exercises between the Republic of Korea 

and the United States must continue. And he expressed 

his eagerness to meet President Trump as soon as possible.’’; 

Whereas President Donald Trump tweeted on March 8, 2018, 

that ‘‘Kim Jong Un talked about denuclearization with 

the South Korean Representatives, not just a freeze. 

Also, no missile testing by North Korea during this period of time. Great progress being made but sanctions 

will remain until an agreement is reached. Meeting being 

planned!’’; and 

Whereas the December 2017 National Security Strategy stated, ‘‘Diplomacy sustains dialogue and fosters areas of cooperation with competitors. It reduces the risk of costly 

miscommunication.’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) welcomes the United States-North Korea 

3 summit which follows the South Korea-North Korea 

4 summit on April 27; 

5 (2) recognizes that the American people are 

6 committed to peace and support efforts toward dip7 lomatic negotiations to ensure the complete, 

8 verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization of North 

9 Korea; 

10 (3) urges the President, the Supreme Leader of 

11 North Korea, and regional leaders to engage dip12 lomatically to ease tensions on the Korean PeninVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:46 Apr 27, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR861.IH HR861

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1 sula, and exhaust all non-military policy tools before 

2 any use of military force; and 

3 (4) urges the President, partner countries, and 

4 members of the United Nations to maintain a cam5 paign of strong economic and diplomatic pressure 

6 until North Korea has completely, verifiably, and ir7 reversibly dismantled all of its nuclear chemical, bio8 logical, and radiological weapons programs, includ9 ing all programs for the development of systems de10 signed in whole or in part for the delivery of such 

11 weapons. 

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