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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 523 

Expressing the sense of the Senate on the importance of the United StatesIndia strategic partnership and the continued deepening of bilateral ties 

with India. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 24, 2014 

Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. KAINE, and Mr. RISCH) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the Senate on the importance of 

the United States-India strategic partnership and the 

continued deepening of bilateral ties with India. 

Whereas the United States-India relationship is built on mutual respect for common values, including democracy, the 

rule of law, a market economy, and ethnic and religious 

diversity, and bolstered by strong people-to-people ties, 

including a 3,000,000-strong Indian American diaspora; 

Whereas the Senate places tremendous value on the relationship with India, and the bipartisan Senate India Caucus 

comprises 40 Senators and is the largest bilateral caucus 

in the Senate; 


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Whereas the United States and India have a unique opportunity, in the early days of the new administration in 

India, to refresh the United States-India relationship and 

work cooperatively to make progress that will benefit 

both of our countries in a broad range of areas, including 

education, skills development, infrastructure, and energy; 

Whereas a strong economic partnership between India and 

the United States requires a mutual respect for innovation; 

Whereas an investment environment that fosters continued 

research and development and the bilateral relationship 

between the United States and India has resulted in almost $100,000,000,000 in trade of goods and services in 

2013; 

Whereas the United States-India relationship is vital to promoting stability, democracy, and economic prosperity in 

the 21st century; 

Whereas defense and security ties have led to nearly 

$10,000,000,000 in defense trade, and the United StatesIndia Defense Trade and Technology Initiative has facilitated greater cooperation on joint development of defense 

platforms; 

Whereas counterterrorism cooperation is a growing and important aspect of the partnership given the terrorist 

threats faced by both countries, including from groups 

such as al Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Taiba; 

Whereas the United States values India’s role as a net security provider in the Indian Ocean Region and promoter 

of regional stability and maritime security in the Asian 

Pacific region; and 


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Whereas India is a close partner of the United States in Afghanistan, has committed over $2,000,000,000 in development assistance, and shares the United States goal of 

a stable, democratic, and prosperous Afghanistan; Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, It is the sense of the Senate that— 

2 (1) Prime Minister Narenda Modi should be 

3 able to address the United States Congress at the 

4 earliest opportunity; 

5 (2) the United States Government should de6 velop a clear strategic plan for its relationship with 

7 India and hold a robust strategic dialogue in New 

8 Delhi that lays out clear objectives and deliverables 

9 to set a positive trajectory for the relationship and 

10 moves from dialogue to action to build a path for11 ward for more ambitious cooperation; 

12 (3) the United States nominate and confirm an 

13 Ambassador to India as soon as possible; 

14 (4) the United States and India should continue 

15 to expand economic engagement, including finalizing 

16 a bilateral investment treaty and reviving the Trade 

17 Policy Forum; 

18 (5) the United States Government should urge 

19 the Government of India to continue with its eco20 nomic liberalization reforms, including lifting the 

21 caps on foreign direct investment and taking steps 


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1 to enhance protections for intellectual property, and 

2 consider discussions with other Asia-Pacific Eco3 nomic Cooperation (APEC) forum nations about In4 dian membership in APEC; 

5 (6) the United States and India should expand 

6 energy cooperation, by India fully implementing the 

7 2008 civil nuclear pact, and the United States pur8 suing increased export of liquefied natural gas to 

9 India; 

10 (7) the United States and India should continue 

11 to deepen defense and security cooperation, to in12 clude expanded joint exercises and training, sales 

13 and co-production, holding a ‘‘2+2’’ meeting of sen14 ior defense and foreign affairs officials, and reestab15 lishing the Defense Policy Group; and 

16 (8) the United States Government should urge 

17 the Government of India to modify its offset regime 

18 so funds can flow to a second tier of Indian prior19 ities such as education, skills development, or manu20 facturing. 

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