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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 835 

Recognizing the importance of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (the 

‘‘Quad’’) and welcoming the upcoming Quad Leaders Summit. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024 

Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. SULLIVAN) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the importance of the Quadrilateral Security 

Dialogue (the ‘‘Quad’’) and welcoming the upcoming 

Quad Leaders Summit. 

Whereas Australia, India, Japan, and the United States are 

4 leading maritime democracies representing nearly 

2,000,000,000 people and over 1⁄3 of global gross domestic product; 

Whereas this grouping of countries, known as the ‘‘Quad’’, 

was launched 20 years ago in response to the devastating 

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami; 

Whereas, since its inception, the Quad partners have demonstrated their commitment to the success of the IndoPacific region by supporting regional institutions and 

promoting cooperation, mutual respect for sovereignty, 

and a rules-based international order; 


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Whereas Quad Foreign Ministers have met 8 times since 

2019; 

Whereas Quad Leaders have met 5 times, including twice virtually, since 2021, including most recently in Sydney in 

2023; 

Whereas Quad country representatives convene on a regular 

basis at all levels to exchange ideas and drive cooperation 

toward our shared vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific 

region; 

Whereas the United States has directed over $100,000,000 in 

foreign assistance to Quad-related programs, designed to 

build an Indo-Pacific region that is prosperous, secure, 

connected, and resilient; 

Whereas the Quad, through the Quad Vaccine Partnership, 

provided 400,000,000 COVID–19 vaccines and expanded 

vaccine production capacity in the Indo-Pacific region 

during the COVID–19 pandemic and has strengthened 

the Indo-Pacific’s ability to detect and respond to outbreaks of diseases with pandemic potential through the 

Health Security Partnership; 

Whereas, in 2022, the Quad established the Indo-Pacific 

Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness to provide 

near-real-time, cost-effective, cutting-edge maritime domain awareness, enabling over 2 dozen countries to monitor their waters, counter illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, respond to climate change and natural disasters, and enforce their laws within their own territorial 

waters; 

Whereas the Quad continues to deliver quality, resilient infrastructure around the Indo-Pacific region to increase 


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connectivity, build regional capacity, and meet critical 

needs; 

Whereas the Quad welcomed the 2023 launch of the Quad 

Investors Network, a nongovernmental network fostering 

private sector investment into critical and emerging technologies in Quad countries and across the Indo-Pacific 

region; 

Whereas the Quad has demonstrated leadership in promoting 

the development and governance of critical and emerging 

technologies, ensuring the protection of democratic values 

and human rights in the digital age; 

Whereas, in 2023, Quad Leaders launched the Quad Partnership for Cable Connectivity and Resilience and have invested in trusted undersea cables to enhance digital 

connectivity and secure, sustainable, and resilient telecommunications infrastructure among the Pacific Islands; 

Whereas, in 2023, the Quad launched an Open RAN deployment in Palau to bring secure, trusted information and 

communications technology infrastructure, the first 

project of its kind in the Pacific; 

Whereas the Quad has fostered people-to-people exchanges 

between citizens of the United States, Japan, India, and 

Australia through exchange programs for infrastructure 

experts and STEM students, including the Quad Fellowship program; and 

Whereas, in September 2024, Prime Minister Anthony 

Albanese of Australia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of 

India, and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan will 

visit the United States for the fourth Quad Leaders Summit at the invitation of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.: 

Now, therefore, be it 


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1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) welcomes the Quad Leaders to the United 

3 States; 

4 (2) recognizes the Quad’s significant contribu5 tions to global health security, climate resilience, 

6 maritime security, technological cooperation, and 

7 economic development; 

8 (3) welcomes and encourages sustained coopera9 tion among Quad countries; 

10 (4) stands ready to support efforts to strength11 en the Quad and advance its objective of delivering 

12 tangible benefits for the Indo-Pacific region; 

13 (5) affirms the Quad as a centerpiece of United 

14 States foreign policy within the Indo-Pacific region; 

15 (6) views the Quad as an important mechanism 

16 for upholding the rules-based international order and 

17 a source of United States strength; 

18 (7) recognizes the importance of expanding peo19 ple-to-people programs between the 4 Quad member 

20 countries, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the Pa21 cific Islands; 

22 (8) supports the annual provision of foreign as23 sistance funding to facilitate Quad-related programs; 

24 and 


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1 (9) commits its support for the enduring part2 nership among the Quad nations and their commit3 ment to promoting peace, security, and prosperity. 

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