H. Res. 1012 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
November 18, 2020. 
Whereas the United Nations Security Council adopted Reso-
lution 83 on June 27, 1950, recommending ‘‘Members of 
the United Nations furnish assistance to the Republic of 
Korea’’ and Resolution 84 on July 7, 1950, recom-
mending members make military forces and other assist-
ance available ‘‘to a unified command under the United 
States of America’’; 
Whereas, on July 27, 1953, an Armistice Agreement was 
signed by United States Army Lieutenant General Wil-
liam Harrison, Jr., representing the United Nations 
Command with the Korean People’s Army and the Chi-
nese People’s Volunteer Army to ‘‘ensure a complete ces-
sation of hostilities and of all acts of armed force in 
Korea until a final peaceful settlement is achieved’’; 
Whereas the Armistice Agreement remains in force today and 
that by its terms has neither formally ended the Korean 
war nor constituted a permanent settlement of peace on 
the Korean Peninsula; 
Whereas, on October 1, 1953, the Mutual Defense Treaty 
Between the United States and the Republic of Korea (5 
UST 2368) was signed in Washington with ratification 
advised by the Senate on January 26, 1954, and the 
shared commitment to recognize an armed attack on ei-
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ther of the Parties as dangerous to each’s own peace and 
security and to ‘‘act to meet the common danger in ac-
cordance with [each’s] constitutional processes’’ and re-
mains in force today; 
Whereas during the Korean war, 1,789,000 United States 
soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines served in theater, 
36,574 paid the ultimate sacrifice with their lives in de-
fense of freedom in the Republic of Korea, and over 
7,500 United States servicemembers remain classified by 
the Department of Defense as missing in action; 
Whereas, on October 7, 2016, H.R. 1475, entitled the ‘‘Ko-
rean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act’’, 
was introduced in Congress by Representative Sam John-
son of Texas and became Public Law 114–230; 
Whereas according to House Report 114–433 to accompany 
H.R. 1475, H.R. 1475 authorizes a Wall of Remem-
brance to be added to the Korean War Veterans Memo-
rial with the names of those that died in theater, are list-
ed as missing, or prisoners of war, and would also list the 
number of members of the Korean Augmentation to the 
United States Army (KATUSA) who were killed in ac-
tion, wounded in action, prisoners of war, or are listed 
as missing in action; 
Whereas the ongoing conflict separated countless Korean 
families from one another, and an estimated 3,000 elder-
ly South Koreans die every year without reuniting with 
their loved ones; 
Whereas in the 70 years since the outbreak of the Korean 
conflict, the United States-Republic of Korea alliance has 
transformed itself from a security relationship into a 
comprehensive global partnership;
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Whereas the Republic of Korea is considered one of the 
greatest success stories in the post-World War II era and 
constitutes a lynchpin of United States foreign policy in 
Northeast Asia; 
Whereas the United States and the Republic of Korea have 
stood shoulder to shoulder in all major military conflicts 
the United States has faced since the Korean war while 
maintaining peace on the Korean Peninsula; 
Whereas this partnership has contributed to regional and 
global prosperity through the shared values of democracy, 
free market economy, human rights, and the rule of law; 
Whereas it is in the national interest of the United States to 
maintain its forward deployed presence in the Republic of 
Korea through United States Forces Korea (USFK), a 
premier Joint Force that is ‘‘well led, disciplined, trained 
and ready to Fight Tonight and win’’; 
Whereas the 70-year transformation of the United States- 
Korea alliance into a mutually beneficial partnership has 
recently led to important coordination and cooperation in 
confronting global pandemics including H1N1 in 2009, 
and COVID–19 in 2020; 
Whereas the Republic of Korea has made significant con-
tributions to the global community in combating and con-
taining COVID–19, including the manufacture and ex-
port of Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction 
(RT–PCR) test kits to the United States Government 
and various States; 
Whereas, on May 8, 2020, the Republic of Korea donated 
500,000 masks to be distributed to Korean war veterans 
throughout the United States, including the Navajo Na-
tion, in a gesture of gratitude and in commemoration of
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the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean war; 
and 
Whereas, on May 10, 2020, the Republic of Korea donated 
2,000,000 masks to the United States to help fill short-
ages in hospitals most impacted by COVID–19: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) underscores the continuing and crucial role of 
the alliance between the United States and the Republic 
of Korea in ensuring peace and stability in Asia and the 
world, including by providing security from the threat 
posed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and 
its repeated provocations; 
(2) reaffirms the importance of close cooperation 
between the United States and the Republic of Korea in 
the Indo-Pacific, including on issues ranging from infra-
structure and development financing to promoting good 
governance; 
(3) encourages the continued close and continuing 
ties between the people and governments of the two na-
tions, as well as the contributions the near two million 
Korean-Americans have made to both societies; 
(4) commits to continuing and expanding United 
States-Republic of Korea medical and scientific and re-
search collaboration, particularly since cooperation be-
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tween the two countries has saved countless lives during 
the COVID–19 pandemic; 
(5) urges both countries to prioritize ongoing Spe-
cial Measures Agreement negotiations and to reach mu-
tually agreeable terms; and 
(6) recommits the United States to ensuring the re-
lationship between the United States and Republic of 
Korea continues to grow and thrive into the foreseeable 
future. 
Attest: 
Clerk.