A resolution reaffirming the vital role of the United States-Japan alliance in promoting peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond, and for other purposes.

III 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. RES. 183 Reaffirming the vital role of the United States-Japan alliance in promoting peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 2, 2019 Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. RISCH, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. COONS, and Mrs. SHAHEEN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 Reported by Mr. RISCH, without amendment and with an amendment to the preamble OCTOBER 29, 2019 Considered and agreed to with an amended preamble RESOLUTION Reaffirming the vital role of the United States-Japan alliance in promoting peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo- Pacific region and beyond, and for other purposes. Whereas the United States and Japan established diplomatic relations on March 31, 1854, with the signing of the Treaty of Peace and Amity; Whereas, for the past 70 years, the alliance between the United States and Japan has played a vital role in ensur- VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:57 Oct 29, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR183.ATS SR183 snicholson on DSK30NT082PROD with BILLS 2 SRES 183 ATS ing peace, stability, and economic development in Asia and beyond; Whereas the United States and Japan are deeply committed to the common values of freedom, democracy, rule of law, and free market economics; Whereas the United States-Japan alliance, forged nearly six decades ago with the signing of the Treaty of Mutual Co- operation and Security, is the cornerstone for advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific region, and contributes internationally to peace and stability; Whereas the United States and Japan are indispensable part- ners in combating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, improving global health, countering human trafficking and promoting human rights, assisting the victims of conflict and disaster worldwide, and contrib- uting to global economic development; Whereas the alliance is a testament to the ability of great na- tions to overcome the past and jointly work to create a more secure and prosperous future; Whereas our two countries, coming from different cultural backgrounds, have created an active and dynamic rela- tionship beneficial to both peoples; and Whereas cultural and people-to-people ties between the United States and Japan are long-standing and deep, as exemplified by the 1912 gift from the People of Japan to the People of the United States of the beautiful cherry trees that grace our Nation’s capital, signifying the un- breakable bond between the two nations: Now, therefore be it Whereas the United States and Japan granted each other for- mal recognition on March 31, 1854, with the signing of the VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:20 Oct 29, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR183.ATS SR183 snicholson on DSK30NT082PROD with BILLS 3 SRES 183 ATS Treaty of Peace and Amity, and established full diplo- matic relations in 1858; Whereas, for the past 70 years, the alliance between the United States and Japan has played a vital role in ensuring peace, stability, and economic development in Asia and be- yond; Whereas the United States and Japan are deeply committed to the common values of freedom, democracy, rule of law, and free market economics; Whereas the United States-Japan alliance, forged nearly six decades ago with the signing of the Treaty of Mutual Co- operation and Security, is the cornerstone for advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific region, and contributes inter- nationally to peace and stability; Whereas the United States and Japan are indispensable part- ners in combating the proliferation of weapons of mass de- struction, improving global health, countering human traf- ficking and promoting human rights, assisting the victims of conflict and disaster worldwide, and contributing to global economic development; Whereas the alliance is a testament to the ability of great na- tions to overcome the past and jointly work to create a more secure and prosperous future; Whereas our two countries, coming from different cultural backgrounds, have created an active and dynamic relation- ship beneficial to both peoples; and Whereas cultural and people-to-people ties between the United States and Japan are long-standing and deep, as exempli- fied by the 1912 gift from the People of Japan to the Peo- ple of the United States of the beautiful cherry trees that VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:20 Oct 29, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR183.ATS SR183 snicholson on DSK30NT082PROD with BILLS 4 SRES 183 ATS grace our Nation’s capital, signifying the unbreakable bond between the two nations: Now, therefore be it Resolved, That the Senate— 1 (1) reaffirms the endorsement of long-standing 2 United States policy to pursue close and cooperative 3 ties with Japan in the Asia Reassurance Initiative 4 Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–409), signed into law 5 on December 31, 2018, and the vital role of the 6 United States-Japan alliance in promoting peace, 7 stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region 8 and beyond; 9 (2) underscores the importance of the close peo- 10 ple-to-people and cultural ties between our two na- 11 tions; 12 (3) calls for the strengthening and broadening 13 of diplomatic, economic, and security ties between 14 the United States and Japan; and 15 (4) further calls for the continued cooperation 16 between the Governments of the United States and 17 Japan in addressing global challenges that threaten 18 the security of people everywhere in the new Reiwa 19 era of ‘‘beautiful harmony’’. 20 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:20 Oct 29, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SR183.ATS SR183 snicholson on DSK30NT082PROD with BILLS