IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1021 
Recognizing that for 50 years, the Republic of Fiji has worked with the 
United States toward stability, prosperity, and peace in the Pacific and 
beyond, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the United States will continue to remain a strong, reliable, and active 
partner in the Pacific. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2020 
Mr. YOHO (for himself, Mr. CASE, Mr. BACON, Mr. BERA, Mr. YOUNG, Ms. 
GABBARD, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, and Mrs. RADEWAGEN) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing that for 50 years, the Republic of Fiji has 
worked with the United States toward stability, pros-
perity, and peace in the Pacific and beyond, and express-
ing the sense of the House of Representatives that the 
United States will continue to remain a strong, reliable, 
and active partner in the Pacific. 
Whereas Fiji became independent of the United Kingdom on 
October 10, 1970; 
Whereas Fiji is a valued security partner of the United 
States, participating in the International Military Edu-
cation and Training (IMET) program, which sends mem-
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bers of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces to profes-
sional military education courses in the United States; 
Whereas the Republic of Fiji Military Forces deployed to 
Australia in January 2020 to assist with the Australian 
bushfires and look to contribute to future United Nations 
peacekeeping operations; 
Whereas Fiji participates in workshops sponsored by United 
States Indo-Pacific Command covering international hu-
manitarian law, humanitarian assistance and disaster re-
lief (HADR), maritime security, peacekeeping, and 
search and rescue operations; 
Whereas since signing a shiprider agreement with Fiji in 
2019, the United States has hosted Fijian shipriders on 
United States Navy and Coast Guard vessels; 
Whereas the United States Government supports strength-
ening cooperative activities with the Government of Fiji, 
including sustainable fisheries management and those au-
thorized by the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018 
(Public Law 115–109); 
Whereas section 1252 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92) expands 
the number of countries that receive assistance under the 
Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative, including Fiji; 
Whereas a peaceful, prosperous, and open Indo-Pacific rooted 
in a rule-based order that promotes security, opportunity, 
and dignity to all peoples benefits the people of both the 
United States and Fiji; 
Whereas Fiji restored democratic governance in 2014; 
Whereas over 30,000 United States citizens trace their roots 
to Fiji, many of whom reside in California; 
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Whereas Fiji has hosted the Peace Corps since 1968; 
Whereas Des Plaines, Illinois, and Nailuva, Fiji, are sister 
cities, a broad-based, long-term partnership to promote 
peace through mutual respect, understanding, and co-
operation centered on people-to-people exchanges; and 
Whereas the Nevada National Guard entered into a State 
Partnership Program with Fiji in 2019: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends the Republic of Fiji on a success-
ful return to democracy and 2 elections deemed to 
be free and fair by international observers; 
(2) supports and affirms the full implementa-
tion of provisions of the Asia Reassurance Initiative 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–409) with regard to 
deepening its cooperation with Fiji in areas of mu-
tual interest, including fisheries and marine resource 
conservation, environmental challenges and resil-
ience, global health, development and trade, and peo-
ple-to-people ties, as well as continuing United 
States assistance, as appropriate, to support the rule 
of law, good governance, and economic development; 
and 
(3) recognizes Fiji’s participation in multi-
national security forces and multilateral institutions, 
including the United Nations, the International 
Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Asian Devel-
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opment Bank, the International Atomic Energy 
Agency, the World Trade Organization, the Pacific 
Community, and the Secretariat of the Pacific Re-
gional Environmental Programme, and the Pacific 
Islands Forum. 
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