Expressing the sense of Congress that all trade agreements the United States enters into, should provide reasonable access and collaboration of each nation involved in such an agreement, for the purpose of search and recovery activities relating to members of the United States Armed Forces missing in action from prior wars or military conflicts.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 42 Expressing the sense of Congress that all trade agreements the United States enters into, should provide reasonable access and collaboration of each nation involved in such an agreement, for the purpose of search and recovery activities relating to members of the United States Armed Forces missing in action from prior wars or military conflicts. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 22, 2019 Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. CONNOLLY) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of Congress that all trade agreements the United States enters into, should provide reasonable access and collaboration of each nation involved in such an agreement, for the purpose of search and recovery activities relating to members of the United States Armed Forces missing in action from prior wars or mili- tary conflicts. Whereas the Department of Defense Prisoners of War/Miss- ing in Action (POW/MIA) Accounting Agency must cur- rently approach MIA recovery operations on a country- by-country basis via diplomatic, civil, and military nego- tiations; VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:16 May 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HC42.IH HC42 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HCON 42 IH Whereas countries utilizing mutually beneficial trade agree- ments with the United States should provide a trans- parent and efficient process to aid in the recovery of United States POW/MIA operations; Whereas the Department of Defense estimates approximately 1,627 United States citizens who served during the Viet- nam War are still unaccounted for in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia despite quarterly Joint Field Activity exca- vation and recovery efforts; Whereas some 73,000 members of the United States Armed Forces remain unaccounted for throughout Europe, China, and Japan after sacrificing their lives during World War II; and Whereas nearly 8,000 members of the United States Armed Forces are still missing on the Korean Peninsula after bravely serving during the Korean War: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 1 concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that all trade 2 agreements the United States enters into, should provide 3 reasonable access and collaboration of each nation involved 4 in such an agreement, for the purpose of search and recov- 5 ery activities relating to members of the United States 6 Armed Forces missing in action from prior wars or mili- 7 tary conflicts. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:23 May 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HC42.IH HC42 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS