IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 634 
Recognizing the importance of the United States-Republic of Korea-Japan 
trilateral relationship to counter North Korean threats and nuclear pro-
liferation, and to ensure regional security and human rights. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2016 
Mr. SALMON (for himself, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. BERA, Mr. 
DESJARLAIS, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. CICILLINE, and Mr. 
ROHRABACHER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the importance of the United States-Republic 
of Korea-Japan trilateral relationship to counter North 
Korean threats and nuclear proliferation, and to ensure 
regional security and human rights. 
Whereas, on January 6, 2016, North Korea conducted its 
fourth nuclear test and on February 6, 2016, North 
Korea conducted an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile 
technology test, both constituting direct and egregious 
violations of United Nations Security Council resolutions; 
Whereas each of the governments of the United States, the 
Republic of Korea (ROK), and Japan have condemned 
the recent tests, underscoring the importance of a strong 
and united international response; 
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Whereas the ROK President Park Geun-hye and Japan 
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have agreed to work with the 
United States both to institute strong measures in reac-
tion to North Korean provocations, and to prevent North 
Korea from becoming a nuclear weapons state; 
Whereas the United States, ROK, and Japan have signed a 
framework to enhance information sharing called the 
‘‘Trilateral Information Sharing Arrangement Concerning 
the Nuclear and Missile Threats Posed by North Korea’’; 
Whereas Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea (ROK), 
is 35 miles from the Demilitarized Zone, and Japan is 
650 miles from North Korea, both within reach of North 
Korea’s weapons; 
Whereas North Korea already has an estimated stockpile of 
nuclear material that could be converted into 10–16 nu-
clear weapons, with clear intentions to continue nuclear 
proliferation activities; 
Whereas North Korea consistently conducts destabilizing do-
mestic military drills, including firing short range mis-
siles into the territorial waters of its neighbors; 
Whereas United States Northern Command Admiral William 
Gortney has assessed on October 5, 2015, that the North 
Koreans ‘‘have the capability to reach the [U.S.] home-
land with a nuclear weapon from a rocket’’ and U.S. 
Forces Korea Commander General Curtis M. Scaparrotti 
said on October 24, 2014, that North Koreans ‘‘have the 
capability to have miniaturized the device [a nuclear war-
head] at this point, and they have the technology to po-
tentially deliver what they say they have.’’; 
Whereas the ROK’s indigenous missile defense capabilities 
are limited in their ability to deter North Korea’s threats, 
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and would be greatly improved with the United States de-
ployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense 
(THAAD) system; 
Whereas the Report of the United Nations Commission of In-
quiry on human rights in North Korea highlights that 
North Korea’s own citizens are starved of life’s basic ne-
cessities and basic human rights; 
Whereas the United Nations Office of the High Commis-
sioner for Human Rights has established a field-based 
structure for assessing continued North Korean human 
rights violations in Seoul, with the strong support of all 
three governments; and 
Whereas a strong United States-Republic of Korea-Japan tri-
lateral relationship is a stabilizing force for peace and se-
curity in the region, with capabilities to combat future 
provocations from North Korea: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) strongly condemns North Korea’s nuclear 
tests, missile launches, and continued provocations; 
(2) reaffirms the importance of the United 
States-Republic of Korea-Japan trilateral relation-
ship to counter North Korea’s destabilizing activities 
and nuclear proliferation, and to bolster regional se-
curity; 
(3) supports joint military exercises and other 
efforts to strengthen cooperation, improve defense 
capabilities, and oppose regional threats like North 
Korea; 
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(4) encourages the deployment and coordination 
of regional advanced ballistic missile defense sys-
tems; 
(5) calls for the expansion of information and 
intelligence sharing and sustained diplomatic co-
operation between the United States, ROK, and 
Japan; and 
(6) underscores the importance of the trilateral 
relationship in tracking North Korea human rights 
violations and holding it accountable for its abuses 
against its citizens and the citizens of other coun-
tries. 
Æ 
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