IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 318 
Recognizing the importance of the 70th anniversary of the signing of the 
Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic 
of Korea on October 1, 1953. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 24, 2023 
Ms. MENG (for herself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. MEEKS, Mrs. KIM of California, 
Mr. BERA, Mrs. STEEL, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, 
and Ms. STRICKLAND) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the importance of the 70th anniversary of the 
signing of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the 
United States and the Republic of Korea on October 
1, 1953. 
Whereas, on October 1, 1953, the Mutual Defense Treaty 
Between the United States and the Republic of Korea (5 
U.S.T. 2368) was signed in Washington, to which the 
Senate provided its advice and consent to ratification on 
January 26, 1954; 
Whereas the shared commitment to recognize an armed at-
tack on either of the parties as dangerous to the peace 
and security of the other and to ‘‘act to meet the com-
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mon danger in accordance with [each’s] constitutional 
processes’’ remains in place today; 
Whereas the United States and Korea established diplomatic 
relations on May 22, 1882, with the signing of the Trea-
ty of Peace, Amity, Commerce and Navigation, and rees-
tablished its diplomatic relationship with the ‘‘Republic of 
Korea’’ on March 25, 1949; 
Whereas, in 2023, the United States-Republic of Korea alli-
ance marks 70 years since the cessation of hostilities in 
the Korean war and the signing of the Armistice Agree-
ment on July 27, 1953, which remains in place 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 the United States-Republic of Korea alliance is the 
linchpin of peace, security, and stability on the Korean 
Peninsula and in the Indo-Pacific region and is essential 
to confronting the threat posed by the Democratic Peo-
ple’s Republic of Korea; 
Whereas the United States-Republic of Korea alliance is root-
ed in mutual trust, shared sacrifice, common values, eco-
nomic interests, and generations of people-to-people ties 
that provide a foundation for one of the strongest, most 
interoperable, and enduring bilateral alliances in the 
world; 
Whereas the United States assures its ironclad security com-
mitment to the Republic of Korea, including the United 
States extended deterrent underpinned by the full range 
of United States capabilities; 
Whereas the United States-Republic of Korea alliance was 
forged in shared sacrifice, with 1,789,000 United States 
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soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines serving during the 
Korean war, of whom 36,574 paid the ultimate sacrifice 
with their lives in defense of the Republic of Korea, in-
cluding 7,174 Korean Augmentation to the United States 
Army soldiers, and over 7,500 members of the United 
States Armed Forces remain classified by the Depart-
ment of Defense as missing in action; 
Whereas casualties of the Republic of Korea were more than 
217,000 soldiers killed, more than 291,000 wounded, and 
over 1,000,000 civilians killed or missing; 
Whereas the Republic of Korea has since its founding become 
a thriving democracy with a vibrant press and commit-
ment to the rule of law and a free market economy; 
Whereas the United States-Republic of Korea Security Con-
sultative Meeting met on November 3, 2022, in the Dis-
trict of Columbia and ‘‘shared their common under-
standing that the U.S.-ROK Alliance is based on the 
same principles and shared values including: mutual 
trust, freedom, democracy, human rights, and the rule of 
law’’; 
Whereas the United States and the Republic of Korea are 
committed to pursuing closely coordinated diplomatic ef-
forts through a shared strategy to achieve the complete, 
verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization of North 
Korea and establishing peace on the Korean Peninsula; 
Whereas the Republic of Korea’s 2022 Strategy for a Free, 
Peaceful, and Prosperous Indo-Pacific Region emphasizes 
its desire to be a global pivotal state that commits ‘‘to 
working with other key nations both within and beyond 
the region to foster a free and peaceful region . . . while 
strengthening the rules-based international order’’; 
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Whereas President Yoon Suk Yeol took the courageous and 
bold step of announcing that the Government of the Re-
public of Korea would compensate Korean victims of Jap-
anese wartime labor in order to facilitate the resolution 
of an issue that has hampered cooperation with Japan; 
Whereas a robust and effective trilateral relationship between 
and among the United States, the Republic of Korea, and 
Japan is critical for joint security and interests in de-
fending freedom and democracy, upholding human rights, 
promoting peace, security, and the rule of law in the 
Indo-Pacific and across the globe, championing women’s 
empowerment, and combating and adapting to complex 
environmental challenges; 
Whereas the American and Korean people share deeply root-
ed values of defending freedom, championing economic 
and social opportunity and inclusion, upholding human 
rights, and respecting the rule of law; 
Whereas, the United States, Republic of Korea, and Japan 
have held a series of trilateral meetings, including a tri-
lateral leaders’ summit on November 13, 2022, a Foreign 
Ministers’ meeting on September 23, 2022, and a vice 
ministerial meeting on February 13, 2023, at which the 
three countries committed to continuing trilateral exer-
cises on ballistic missile defense and antisubmarine war-
fare, and further determined to explore new areas of se-
curity cooperation, including sharing Democratic People’s 
Republic of Korea missile warning data in real time; 
Whereas the Republic of Korea is the United States sixth 
largest goods trading partner with $162,900,000,000 in 
total (two-way) goods trade and $31,500,000,000 in total 
services trade for a combined $194,400,000,000 during 
2021; 
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Whereas the Republic of Korea is one of the United States 
top sources of foreign direct investment, which totaled 
$110,600,000,000 in 2021 and, according to the Bureau 
of Economic Analysis, Republic of Korea multinational 
enterprises in the United States employed almost 84,000 
employees in 2020; 
Whereas United States-Republic of Korea economic partner-
ship based on the principle of joint prosperity was 
strengthened in 2012 with the signing of the United 
States-Korea Free Trade Agreement; 
Whereas, on May 21, 2022, the United States and the Re-
public of Korea agreed to leverage the comparative ad-
vantage shared between the United States and the Re-
public of Korea ‘‘to enhance public and private coopera-
tion to protect and promote critical and emerging tech-
nologies, 
including 
leading-edge 
semiconductors, 
ecofriendly EV batteries, Artificial Intelligence, quantum 
technology, biotechnology, biomanufacturing, and autono-
mous robotics’’; 
Whereas the strength of the United States-Republic of Korea 
relationship is due in large part to the approximately 
2,500,000 Korean Americans that have made significant 
contributions to every facet of American society and lead-
ership to now include 4 Members of the House of Rep-
resentatives, Andy Kim of New Jersey, Young Kim of 
California, Marilyn Strickland of Washington, and 
Michelle Steel of California; and 
Whereas, in April 2023, President Moon Yoon Suk Yeol will 
visit the United States at the invitation of President Joe 
Biden: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) welcomes President Yoon Suk Yeol to the 
United States and urges both sides to use the occa-
sion of this state visit to further deepen the close se-
curity, economic, and people-to-people ties between 
the United States and the Republic of Korea; 
(2) reaffirms the importance of the United 
States-Republic of Korea relationship as the linchpin 
to safeguarding peace, security, and prosperity on 
the Korean Peninsula and as a critical component of 
peace in the Indo-Pacific region; 
(3) reaffirms the United States extended deter-
rence commitments to the Republic of Korea, and 
that the United States will continue to ensure that 
its policy and posture reflects the requirements of 
extended deterrence; 
(4) 
supports 
ongoing 
efforts 
to 
further 
strengthen, broaden, and deepen the ironclad United 
States-Republic of Korea alliance, including the 
United States-Republic of Korea Foreign and De-
fense Ministerial Meeting (2+2), the Security Con-
sultative Meeting, and the Extended Deterrence 
Strategy and Consultation Group (2+2) to confront 
threats to the peace and safety of both nations, and 
to stand together for the common values and shared 
interests that unite us; 
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(5) calls for continued cooperation between the 
Governments of the United States and the Republic 
of Korea in the promotion of human rights; 
(6) supports the Republic of Korea’s engage-
ment in regional diplomacy, including the launching 
of the ROK-ASEAN Solidarity Initiative, participa-
tion in the Minerals Security Partnership, joining of 
the Partners in the Blue Pacific, and its hosting of 
a summit with Pacific Island nations; 
(7) endorses further Republic of Korea engage-
ment with the Quad initiatives, particularly in the 
Quad Climate Working Group that works to 
strengthen implementation of the Paris Agreement 
and to cooperate on climate mitigation, adaptation, 
resilience, technology, capacity building, and finance; 
(8) calls for close coordination to achieve the 
denuclearization of the Democratic People’s Republic 
of Korea and the establishment of a permanent and 
lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula; 
(9) encourages close cooperation among the 
United States, the Republic of Korea, and Japan to 
address shared challenges; and 
(10) recognizes the deep partnership forged 
over 70 years since the signing of the Mutual De-
fense Treaty that has provided security for both 
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countries, established a durable trust, undergirded 
the rules-based-order in the Indo-Pacific, and dem-
onstrated the benefits of robust democracies on both 
sides of the Pacific. 
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