,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #ia  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,march  
#f1 #bjad ,mr4 ,rangel 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,coble1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 and ,mr4    
,sam ,johnson of ,texas7 submitted the  
following concurrent resolution2 which  
was referred to the ,committee on       
,foreign ,affairs  ,,concurrent         
,,resolution  ,encouraging reunions of  
divided ,korean ,american families4     
,whereas the ,republic of ,korea        
7hereinafter in this resolution referred
 to as ,south ,korea7 and the           
,democratic ,people's ,republic of      
,korea 7hereinafter in this resolution  
referred to as ,north ,korea7 remain    
divided since the armistice agreement   
was signed on ,july #bg1 #aiec2 ,whereas
 the ,united ,states1 which as a        
signatory to the armistice agreement as 
representing the ,united ,nations       
,forces ,command1 and with #bh1ejj of   
its troops currently stationed in ,south
 ,korea1 has a stake in peace on the    

,korean ,peninsula and is home to more  
than #a4g million ,americans of ,korean 
descent2 ,whereas the division on the   
,korean ,peninsula separated more than  
#aj1jjj1jjj ,korean family members1     
including some who are now citizens of  
the ,united ,states2 ,whereas ,north    
,korea has recently resumed the family  
reunions with ,south ,korea1 which      
halted in #bjaj due to escalated        
tensions between the two nations2       
,whereas the ,united ,states currently  
does not have diplomatic relations with 
,north ,korea1 thereby excluding ,korean
 ,americans to participate in the family
 reunions2 ,whereas ,president ,george  
,w4 ,bush on ,january #bh1 #bjjh1 signed
 into law the ,national ,defense        
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjjh 7,public ,law #aaj-aha71 which in 
section #abfe of such law required a    
report on family reunions between       
,united ,states citizens and their      
relatives in ,north ,korea2 ,whereas    
,president ,barack ,obama on ,december  

#af1 #bjji1 signed into law the         
,continuing ,appropriations ,act1 #bjaa 
7,public ,law #aaa-bdb71 which urged the
 ,special ,representative on ,north     
,korea ,policy to prioritize the issues 
involving ,korean divided families2     
,whereas the number of more than        
#ajj1jjj estimated divided family       
members in the ,united ,states last     
identified in #bjja has been            
significantly dwindling as many of them 
have passed away2 ,whereas many ,korean 
,americans are waiting for a chance to  
meet their relatives in ,north ,korea   
for the first time in more than #fj     
years2 ,whereas ,north ,korea's         
willingness to start family reunions    
between ,koreans in ,north ,korea and   
the ,united ,states would signify making
 progress on the humanitarian front and 
foster dialogue towards building peace2 
and ,whereas peace on the ,korean       
,peninsula remains a long-term goal for 
the ,governments of both ,north and     
,south ,korea and the ,united ,states1  

and would mean greater security and     
stability for the region and the world3 
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that           
,congress--  7#a7 recognizes the        
significance of ,north ,korea's         
willingness to resume family reunions   
between ,north and ,south ,korea2  7#b7 
encourages ,north ,korea to allow       
,korean ,americans to meet with their   
divided families in ,north ,korea2 and  
7#c7 calls on ,north ,korea to continue 
building goodwill that is conducive to  
peace on the ,korean ,peninsula4