IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 880 
Recognizing the strategic value of the historical partnership between the 
United States and India. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2025 
Mr. BERA (for himself, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, 
Mr. MCCORMICK, Ms. ROSS, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. 
MOYLAN, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mrs. KIM, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. CARTER of Geor-
gia, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. 
BAUMGARTNER, Mr. SUBRAMANYAM, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. 
BACON, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. BARR, Mr. CASE, and Mr. OBERNOLTE) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the strategic value of the historical partnership 
between the United States and India. 
Whereas the Republic of India achieved its independence on 
August 15, 1947, marking the birth of the world’s largest 
democracy; 
Whereas, for more than three decades, it has been the policy 
of the United States under administrations of Presidents 
Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden to strengthen 
the strategic partnership with India, recognizing its im-
portance to regional stability, democratic governance, eco-
nomic growth, and shared regional priorities; 
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Whereas the United States-India Comprehensive Global Stra-
tegic Partnership is essential to regional stability, eco-
nomic growth, and global security; 
Whereas, according to United Nations, India is the most pop-
ulous country in the world, with an estimated population 
of more than 1,428,000,000 people; 
Whereas strong people-to-people and educational exchanges 
between the United States and the Republic of India ce-
ment our Nation’s ties and serve as the foundation for 
deeper cooperation; 
Whereas, in 2004, the United States and India signed the 
Next Step in Strategic Partnership which laid the foun-
dation for expanded cooperation in civilian nuclear en-
ergy, defense, and high technology; 
Whereas, in 2005, the United States and India issued the 
joint statement on Civil Nuclear Cooperation leading to 
the passage of the Henry J. Hyde United States-India 
Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006 and the 
subsequent conclusion of the United States-India 123 
Agreement in 2008; 
Whereas Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India has twice 
addressed joint meetings of Congress, first on June 8, 
2016, under the leadership of Speaker Paul D. Ryan, 
and again on June 22, 2023, under the leadership of 
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, both times with bipartisan sup-
port from the leadership of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate reflecting the enduring support within 
Congress for strengthening the United States-India part-
nership; 
Whereas the strength of the United States-India partnership 
has been reflected through historic people-to-people 
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events, including the ‘‘Howdy, Modi!’’ gathering in Hous-
ton, Texas, on September 22, 2019, where Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi and President Donald J. Trump 
jointly addressed more than 50,000 Indian Americans, 
and the ‘‘Namaste Trump’’ event in Ahmedabad, India, 
on February 24, 2020, which celebrated the enduring 
friendship between the American and Indian peoples; 
Whereas the Mumbai terror attacks on November 26–29, 
2008, led to the deaths of 166 individuals, including citi-
zens from both India and the United States; 
Whereas, on April 22, 2025, a terrorist attack in Pahalgam 
claimed the lives of 26 civilians and injured dozens more, 
and was claimed by The Resistance Front (a proxy of 
Lashkar-e-Taiba), highlighting the persistent threat of 
cross-border and proxy terrorism in South Asia; 
Whereas, in the wake of the Pahalgam attack, the Govern-
ment of the United States designated The Resistance 
Front as a foreign terrorist organization and as a spe-
cially designated global terrorist underscoring the align-
ment of United States and Indian efforts to hold terror 
groups accountable; 
Whereas India and the United States maintain a dedicated 
counterterrorism dialogue mechanism and regularly co-
ordinate on terrorist designations, intelligence sharing, 
mutual legal assistance, extraditions, and related counter-
terrorism cooperation; 
Whereas enhancing counterterrorism cooperation between the 
United States and India is essential to protect citizens, 
strengthen regional stability, disrupt terrorist networks, 
and promote a rules-based international order; 
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Whereas the United States designated India as a Major De-
fense Partner in 2016, and a strong United States-India 
defense partnership is critical for United States and In-
dian interests in the Indo-Pacific region; 
Whereas the United States and India subsequently signed the 
Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement, Commu-
nications Compatibility and Security Agreement, Stra-
tegic Trade Authorization Tier 1, Industrial Security 
Agreement, and Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agree-
ment to deepen defense interoperability and secure tech-
nology sharing; 
Whereas the two countries launched the Initiative on Critical 
and Emerging Technologies in 2023 to cover cooperation 
in semiconductors, artificial intelligence, quantum tech-
nologies, and space which was renamed United States- 
India Transforming the Relationship Utilizing Strategic 
Technology to focus on artificial intelligence infrastruc-
ture; 
Whereas the United States and India also cooperate through 
multilateral institutions, including the Quad, comprising 
the United States, India, Japan, and Australia, which 
was elevated to the ministerial level under the Trump ad-
ministration and to the leader’s level under the Biden ad-
ministration, reflecting bipartisan recognition of the 
Quad’s indispensable role in advancing regional stability, 
maritime security, and global cooperation; 
Whereas the United States and India agreed to a Drug Pol-
icy Framework in 2024 agreement and Memorandum of 
Understanding, aimed at disrupting the trafficking of il-
licit synthetic drugs; 
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Whereas the two countries signed the Bilateral Cultural 
Property Agreement in 2024 to facilitate the return of 
stolen or trafficked cultural artifacts; 
Whereas both countries signed a Memorandum of Under-
standing on Cybercrime Investigations in January 2025 
to enhance cooperation in cybercrime investigations, dig-
ital forensics, and intelligence; 
Whereas the diverse Indian-American community, which 
numbers over four million individuals, is critical to the 
strong people-to-people ties between India and the United 
States and forms one of the strongest bonds linking our 
two countries together; and 
Whereas Indian Americans have made significant and endur-
ing contributions to the United States across diverse 
fields, including business, academia, science, technology, 
medicine, health care, public service, and the arts, dem-
onstrating through their innovation, hard work, and civic 
engagement the promise of the American Dream: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) reaffirms the strong and long-standing part-
nership between the Governments of the United 
States and the Republic of India, rooted in people- 
to-people ties, strategic interests, including uphold-
ing peace, security, and prosperity in the Indo-Pa-
cific region; 
(2) encourages the United States and India to 
continue and expand cooperation for a free, open, 
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and resilient Indo-Pacific, including through the 
Quad; 
(3) welcomes the Republic of India’s participa-
tion in economic initiatives, including through bilat-
eral and multilateral forums, its participation in the 
Quad, and other venues of cooperation; 
(4) supports the United States and the Repub-
lic of India identifying further opportunities to deep-
en engagement and further defense, commercial, and 
investment ties; 
(5) calls for continued cooperation on counter-
terrorism including the swift prosecution of the per-
petrators of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks; 
(6) affirms the importance of technology co-
operation between the United States and India, in-
cluding through the United States-India Trans-
forming the Relationship Utilizing Strategic Tech-
nology; 
(7) recognizes the importance of expanding peo-
ple-to-people programs between the United States 
and India, particularly between educational institu-
tions; 
(8) appreciates the contributions of the Indian- 
American diaspora, and desires closer relations be-
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tween the people of the United States and the people 
of India; 
(9) recognizes India’s growing energy needs as 
an essential component of its economic development, 
and applauds India for increasing its purchases of 
United States energy resources, which enhance mu-
tual energy security, economic prosperity, and bilat-
eral cooperation; and 
(10) views the bilateral relationship as holding 
the potential to bring significant benefit to the citi-
zens of both nations, and to make considerable con-
tributions to addressing the global challenges of the 
21st century. 
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