IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 374 
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of Singaporean independence and 
reaffirming Singapore’s close partnership with the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2015 
Mr. HECK of Washington (for himself, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. SALMON, Mr. VELA, 
Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. KEATING, Mr. QUIGLEY, and Mr. 
LARSEN of Washington) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of Singaporean independ-
ence and reaffirming Singapore’s close partnership with 
the United States. 
Whereas the Republic of Singapore became independent on 
August 9, 1965; 
Whereas Singapore and the United States share founding 
principles, including belief in meritocracy and equality of 
opportunity; 
Whereas Singapore has been an early and continued sup-
porter of the United States engagement in Asia to safe-
guard the peace, stability, and prosperity of the region; 
Whereas Singapore underwent rapid growth following inde-
pendence, with approximate per capita Gross Domestic 
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Product growing from approximately $500 in 1965 to ap-
proximately $56,000 in 2014; 
Whereas the United States and Singapore concluded the 
United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement in 2004, 
the first bilateral trade agreement between the United 
States and an Asian country; 
Whereas Singapore has become a major United States trad-
ing partner, with $65 billion in bilateral goods and serv-
ices trade in 2013, as well as more than $154.4 billion 
in United States Foreign Direct Investment in Singapore 
and $20 billion of Singaporean Foreign Direct Invest-
ment in the United States; 
Whereas Singapore was a founding member of the Associa-
tion of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 1967 and 
remains a key partner with the United States in the East 
Asia Summit; 
Whereas the United States and Singapore established the 
United States-Singapore Third Country Training Pro-
gram in 2012 to provide technical and capacity-building 
assistance to recipient countries; 
Whereas Singapore provided the United States access to its 
military facilities with the 1990 Memorandum of Under-
standing, to which an addendum was added in 1998, sup-
porting the continued security presence of the United 
States in Southeast Asia; 
Whereas the United States and Singapore concluded a Stra-
tegic Framework Agreement in 2005 which recognized 
Singapore as a ‘‘Major Security Cooperation Partner’’ of 
the United States; 
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Whereas Singapore facilitates the rotational deployment of 
Littoral Combat Ships from the United States at Changi 
Naval Base; 
Whereas the United States currently hosts four Republic of 
Singapore Air Force training detachments, comprising 
the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s F–15SG and F– 
16 fighter jets, as well as Apache and Chinook heli-
copters, at bases in Arizona, Idaho, and Texas; 
Whereas the Singapore Armed Forces supported multi-
national reconstruction efforts in Iraq from 2003 to 
2008, aided reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Af-
ghanistan from 2007 to 2013, deployed alongside the 
United States as part of Combined Task Force 151 
(CTF 151) since 2009, including taking command of 
CTF 151, to combat piracy in the Gulf of Aden and 
joined the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL in November 
2014; and 
Whereas Singapore will celebrate its 50th anniversary of 
independence in 2015 and commemorate 50 years of bi-
lateral relations with the United States in 2016: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) sends its warm congratulations to the peo-
ple of Singapore as they celebrate 50 years of inde-
pendence and nation-building; and 
(2) reaffirms the close partnership between the 
United States and Singapore ahead of the 50th an-
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niversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic 
relations. 
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