IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1106 
Expressing support for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, its mem-
ber states, and the United States-ASEAN Special Summit in Wash-
ington, DC, and reaffirming the commitment of the United States to 
continue to remain a strong, reliable, and active partner to ASEAN 
in the Indo-Pacific. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2022 
Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. BERA, and Mr. 
MEEKS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the Association of Southeast Asian 
Nations, its member states, and the United States- 
ASEAN Special Summit in Washington, DC, and re-
affirming the commitment of the United States to con-
tinue to remain a strong, reliable, and active partner 
to ASEAN in the Indo-Pacific. 
Whereas the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (re-
ferred to in this resolution as ‘‘ASEAN’’) was established 
in 1967 to accelerate the economic growth, social 
progress, and cultural development of its member states, 
and to promote peace and stability in Southeast Asia; 
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Whereas the United States has been an ASEAN Dialogue 
Partner since 1977, and acceded to the Treaty of Amity 
and Cooperation in Southeast Asia in 2009; 
Whereas the United States appointed its first Ambassador to 
ASEAN in 2008, and was the first ASEAN Dialogue 
Partner to establish a permanent mission to ASEAN in 
2010; 
Whereas United States-ASEAN dialogue relations were ele-
vated to the strategic level in 2015, and the United 
States hosted the United States-ASEAN Special Leaders 
Summit in Sunnylands, California, in 2016; 
Whereas the United States will host the first United States- 
ASEAN Special Summit in Washington, DC, on May 12 
and 13, 2022, demonstrating the enduring commitment 
of the United States to ASEAN; 
Whereas considered as a group, the 10 ASEAN member 
states have a combined gross domestic product of 
$3,200,000,000,000 and are projected to be the fourth- 
largest economy in the world by 2030; 
Whereas ASEAN states are the top destination for United 
States foreign direct investment in the Indo-Pacific, with 
the cumulative total of $328,000,000,000, exceeding the 
combined amount invested in China, India, Japan, and 
the Republic of Korea; 
Whereas ASEAN is the fourth-largest destination for United 
States goods and exports, with annual volume exceeding 
$122,000,000,000, exports to ASEAN support 625,000 
jobs in all 50 States; 
Whereas the United States has provided support to the 
ASEAN Single Window to enhance trade facilitation and 
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customs procedures across the ASEAN economic commu-
nity; 
Whereas the United States-ASEAN Smart Cities Partner-
ship, launched in 2018, harnesses the expertise of the 
United States Government and private sector to address 
the challenges of rapid urbanization and create smart, 
sustainable cities in cooperation with the 26 cities partici-
pating in the ASEAN Smart Cities Network; 
Whereas the Mekong-United States Partnership, launched in 
2020, builds on the work of the Lower Mekong Initiative 
to encourage equitable growth in the Lower Mekong re-
gion of Southeast Asia in cooperation through improved 
governance, increased capacity to manage natural re-
sources, sustainable infrastructure, nontraditional secu-
rity, and health security; 
Whereas the Japan-United States Mekong Power Partnership 
supports the Mekong region’s integration and cross-bor-
der electricity trade, leveraging the joint capabilities the 
United States and its partners and underscoring the 
shared desire to forge stronger ties with the Lower 
Mekong region; 
Whereas the United States has cooperated with ASEAN 
member states and provided emergency health assistance 
to enhance the resilience of ASEAN states throughout 
the COVID–19 pandemic building on more than 
$3,500,000,000 invested by the United States in ASEAN 
public health initiatives over the last 20 years; 
Whereas the United States announced the intent to provide 
up to $102,000,000 in new initiatives expanding our 
partnership with ASEAN during the October 26, 2021, 
United States-ASEAN summit, encompassing coopera-
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tion on public health, economic development, resilience 
and sustainability, and education; 
Whereas the United States and ASEAN have robust people- 
to-people ties, with at least 7,600,000 Americans identi-
fying with an ASEAN ethnicity and at least 110 ‘‘sister 
relationships’’ between cities and States in the United 
States and States and localities; 
Whereas, in 2019, 4,800,000 Americans visited an ASEAN 
country and 1,300,000 people from an ASEAN country 
visited 
the 
United 
States, 
contributing 
nearly 
$8,000,000,000 in tourism revenue to the United States 
economy; 
Whereas more than 55,000 students from an ASEAN coun-
try studied in the United States during the 2019 to 2020 
academic year; 
Whereas over 12,700 scholars from ASEAN states have par-
ticipated in the Fulbright program since its founding in 
1949, and more than 6,800 students from the United 
States have participated in Fulbright programs in 
ASEAN countries; 
Whereas the United States Government launched the Young 
Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative in 2013 to empower 
emerging entrepreneurs and civil society leaders to con-
tribute to social and economic development in their com-
munities; 
Whereas the United States has engaged ASEAN on 
transnational security issues including maritime security, 
counterterrorism, and law enforcement cooperation on 
transnational crime and trafficking in persons through 
ASEAN-convened mechanisms such as the ASEAN Re-
gional Forum, ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting Plus, 
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