H. Res. 634 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
September 7, 2016. 
Whereas, on January 6, 2016, North Korea conducted its 
fourth nuclear test and on February 6, 2016, North 
Korea conducted an intercontinental ballistic missile tech-
nology test, both constituting direct and egregious viola-
tions 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 tests, underscoring the importance of a strong and 
united international response; 
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;
•HRES 634 EH 
Whereas North Korea already has an estimated stockpile of 
nuclear material that could be converted into 13–21 nu-
clear weapons, with clear intentions to continue building 
its nuclear arsenal; 
Whereas North Korea consistently conducts destabilizing do-
mestic military drills, including firing short range mis-
siles into the territorial waters of its neighbors; 
Whereas Admiral William Gortney, Commander of the United 
States Northern Command has assessed on October 5, 
2015, that the North Koreans ‘‘have the capability to 
reach the [U.S.] homeland 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 warhead] at this point, and they 
have the technology to potentially deliver what they say 
they have.’’; 
Whereas the United States’ deployment of the Terminal High 
Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system would greatly 
improve the ROK’s missile defense capabilities and the 
ability of the United States-ROK-Japan cooperative ef-
forts to deter North Korea’s threats and provocations; 
Whereas from June 20, 2016, through June 28, 2016, the 
United States Navy, the Japanese Maritime Self Defense 
Force, and the Republic of Korea Navy conducted their 
third biennial Pacific Dragon exercise, a trilateral event 
focusing on ballistic missile defense; 
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;
•HRES 634 EH 
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 the 
Governments of the United States, ROK, and Japanese 
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 (ROK)-Japan trilateral relationship to 
counter North Korea’s destabilizing activities and nu-
clear proliferation, and to bolster regional security; 
(3) supports joint military exercises and other ef-
forts to strengthen cooperation, improve defense capa-
bilities, and oppose regional threats like North Korea; 
(4) encourages the deployment and United States- 
ROK-Japan coordination of regional advanced ballistic 
missile defense systems against North Korea’s nuclear 
and missile threats and provocations; 
(5) calls for the expansion of information and intel-
ligence sharing and sustained diplomatic cooperation be-
tween the United States, ROK, and Japan; and
•HRES 634 EH 
(6) underscores the importance of the trilateral re-
lationship in tracking North Korea human rights viola-
tions and holding it accountable for its abuses against 
its citizens and the citizens of other countries. 
Attest: 
Clerk.