H. Res. 1012 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

November 18, 2020. 

Whereas the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 83 on June 27, 1950, recommending ‘‘Members of 

the United Nations furnish assistance to the Republic of 

Korea’’ and Resolution 84 on July 7, 1950, recommending members make military forces and other assistance available ‘‘to a unified command under the United 

States of America’’; 

Whereas, on July 27, 1953, an Armistice Agreement was 

signed by United States Army Lieutenant General William Harrison, Jr., representing the United Nations 

Command with the Korean People’s Army and the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army to ‘‘ensure a complete cessation of hostilities and of all acts of armed force in 

Korea until a final peaceful settlement is achieved’’; 

Whereas the Armistice Agreement remains in force today and 

that by its terms has neither formally ended the Korean 

war nor constituted a permanent settlement of peace on 

the Korean Peninsula; 

Whereas, on October 1, 1953, the Mutual Defense Treaty 

Between the United States and the Republic of Korea (5 

UST 2368) was signed in Washington with ratification 

advised by the Senate on January 26, 1954, and the 

shared commitment to recognize an armed attack on ei-
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ther of the Parties as dangerous to each’s own peace and 

security and to ‘‘act to meet the common danger in accordance with [each’s] constitutional processes’’ and remains in force today; 

Whereas during the Korean war, 1,789,000 United States 

soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines served in theater, 

36,574 paid the ultimate sacrifice with their lives in defense of freedom in the Republic of Korea, and over 

7,500 United States servicemembers remain classified by 

the Department of Defense as missing in action; 

Whereas, on October 7, 2016, H.R. 1475, entitled the ‘‘Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act’’, 

was introduced in Congress by Representative Sam Johnson of Texas and became Public Law 114–230; 

Whereas according to House Report 114–433 to accompany 

H.R. 1475, H.R. 1475 authorizes a Wall of Remembrance to be added to the Korean War Veterans Memorial with the names of those that died in theater, are listed as missing, or prisoners of war, and would also list the 

number of members of the Korean Augmentation to the 

United States Army (KATUSA) who were killed in action, wounded in action, prisoners of war, or are listed 

as missing in action; 

Whereas the ongoing conflict separated countless Korean 

families from one another, and an estimated 3,000 elderly South Koreans die every year without reuniting with 

their loved ones; 

Whereas in the 70 years since the outbreak of the Korean 

conflict, the United States-Republic of Korea alliance has 

transformed itself from a security relationship into a 

comprehensive global partnership; 
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Whereas the Republic of Korea is considered one of the 

greatest success stories in the post-World War II era and 

constitutes a lynchpin of United States foreign policy in 

Northeast Asia; 

Whereas the United States and the Republic of Korea have 

stood shoulder to shoulder in all major military conflicts 

the United States has faced since the Korean war while 

maintaining peace on the Korean Peninsula; 

Whereas this partnership has contributed to regional and 

global prosperity through the shared values of democracy, 

free market economy, human rights, and the rule of law; 

Whereas it is in the national interest of the United States to 

maintain its forward deployed presence in the Republic of 

Korea through United States Forces Korea (USFK), a 

premier Joint Force that is ‘‘well led, disciplined, trained 

and ready to Fight Tonight and win’’; 

Whereas the 70-year transformation of the United StatesKorea alliance into a mutually beneficial partnership has 

recently led to important coordination and cooperation in 

confronting global pandemics including H1N1 in 2009, 

and COVID–19 in 2020; 

Whereas the Republic of Korea has made significant contributions to the global community in combating and containing COVID–19, including the manufacture and export of Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction 

(RT–PCR) test kits to the United States Government 

and various States; 

Whereas, on May 8, 2020, the Republic of Korea donated 

500,000 masks to be distributed to Korean war veterans 

throughout the United States, including the Navajo Nation, in a gesture of gratitude and in commemoration of 
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the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean war; 

and 

Whereas, on May 10, 2020, the Republic of Korea donated 

2,000,000 masks to the United States to help fill shortages in hospitals most impacted by COVID–19: Now, 

therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

(1) underscores the continuing and crucial role of 

the alliance between the United States and the Republic 

of Korea in ensuring peace and stability in Asia and the 

world, including by providing security from the threat 

posed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and 

its repeated provocations; 

(2) reaffirms the importance of close cooperation 

between the United States and the Republic of Korea in 

the Indo-Pacific, including on issues ranging from infrastructure and development financing to promoting good 

governance; 

(3) encourages the continued close and continuing 

ties between the people and governments of the two nations, as well as the contributions the near two million 

Korean-Americans have made to both societies; 

(4) commits to continuing and expanding United 

States-Republic of Korea medical and scientific and research collaboration, particularly since cooperation be-
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tween the two countries has saved countless lives during 

the COVID–19 pandemic; 

(5) urges both countries to prioritize ongoing Special Measures Agreement negotiations and to reach mutually agreeable terms; and 

(6) recommits the United States to ensuring the relationship between the United States and Republic of 

Korea continues to grow and thrive into the foreseeable 

future. 

Attest: 

Clerk.