IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 349 
Reaffirming the vital role of the United States-Japan alliance in promoting 
peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 2, 2019 
Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. 
MCCAUL, Mr. SHERMAN, and Mr. YOHO) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Reaffirming the vital role of the United States-Japan alliance 
in promoting peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo- 
Pacific region and beyond. 
Whereas the United States and Japan established diplomatic 
relations on March 31, 1854, with the signing of the 
Treaty of Peace and Amity; 
Whereas for more than the past 70 years, the partnership be-
tween the United States and Japan has played a vital 
role in ensuring peace, stability, and economic develop-
ment in Asia and beyond; 
Whereas the United States and Japan are deeply committed 
to the common values of freedom, democracy, rule of law, 
and free market economies; 
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Whereas the current United States-Japan alliance, forged 
over six decades ago with the signing of the Treaty of 
Mutual Cooperation and Security, is the cornerstone for 
stability and prosperity of Japan and for the Indo-Pacific 
region, and plays a key role in global peace and stability; 
Whereas the United States and Japan are indispensable part-
ners in combating the proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction, improving global health, countering human 
trafficking and promoting human rights, assisting the 
victims of conflict and disaster worldwide, and contrib-
uting to global economic development; 
Whereas the alliance is a testament to the ability of great na-
tions to overcome the past and jointly work to create a 
more secure and prosperous future; 
Whereas our two countries, coming from different cultural 
backgrounds, have created an active and dynamic rela-
tionship beneficial to both peoples; 
Whereas cultural and people-to-people ties between the 
United States and Japan are long-standing and deep, as 
exemplified by the gift of the beautiful cherry trees that 
dot our nation’s capital from the People of Japan to the 
People of the United States in 1912, signifying the affec-
tion and respect between the two nations: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) reaffirms the vital role of the United States- 
Japan alliance in promoting peace, stability, and 
prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond; 
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(2) underscores the importance of the close peo-
ple-to-people and cultural ties between our two na-
tions; 
(3) calls for the strengthening and broadening 
of diplomatic, economic, and security ties between 
the United States and Japan; and 
(4) calls for the continued cooperation between 
the Governments of the United States and Japan in 
addressing global challenges that threaten the secu-
rity of people everywhere in the ‘‘Reiwa’’ era of 
Japan, which the Japanese Government translates 
as ‘‘beautiful harmony’’. 
Æ 
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