,,iii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #dj  ,,in ,,the       
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,november #cj1 #bjaf,received           
,,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 #a1gjj1jjj ,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 there have
 been #ai rounds of family reunions     
between ,south ,koreans and ,north      
,koreans along the border since #bjjj2  
,whereas ,congress signaled its interest
 in family reunions between ,united     
,states ,citizens and their relatives in
 ,north ,korea in section #abfe of the  
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjjh 7,public ,law   
#aaj-aha71 signed into law by ,president
 ,george ,w4 ,bush on ,january #bh1     
#bjjh2 ,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 and ,whereas peace on the ,korean
 ,peninsula remains a long-term goal for
 the ,governments of ,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 encourages
 ,north ,korea to allow ,korean         
,americans to meet with their family    
members from ,north ,korea2 and  7#b7   
calls on ,north ,korea to take concrete 
steps to build goodwill that is         
conducive to peace on the ,korean       
,peninsula4  ,passed the ,house of      
,representatives ,november #bi1         
#bjaf4,karen ,l4 ,haas1,clerk4