,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #db  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,may    
#bb1 #bjai,mr4 ,thompson of             
,pennsylvania 7for himself and ,mr4     
,connolly7 submitted the following      
concurrent resolution2 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 into1 should provide reasonable 
access and collaboration of each nation 
involved in such an agreement1 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   
conflicts4  ,whereas the ,department of 
,defense ,prisoners of ,war_/,missing in
 ,action 7,,pow_/,,mia7 ,accounting     
,agency must currently approach ,,mia   
recovery operations on a                
country-by-country basis via diplomatic1
 civil1 and military negotiations2      

,whereas countries utilizing mutually   
beneficial trade agreements with the    
,united ,states should provide a        
transparent and efficient process to aid
 in the recovery of ,united ,states     
,,pow_/,,mia operations2 ,whereas the   
,department of ,defense estimates       
approximately #a1fbg ,united ,states    
citizens who served during the ,vietnam 
,war are still unaccounted for in       
,vietnam1 ,laos1 and ,cambodia despite  
quarterly ,joint ,field ,activity       
excavation and recovery efforts2        
,whereas some #gc1jjj members of the    
,united ,states ,armed ,forces remain   
unaccounted for throughout ,europe1     
,china1 and ,japan after sacrificing    
their lives during ,world ,war ,,ii2 and
 ,whereas nearly #h1jjj members of the  
,united ,states ,armed ,forces are still
 missing on the ,korean ,peninsula after
 bravely serving during the ,korean     
,war3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that it  
is the sense of ,congress that all trade
 agreements the ,united ,states enters  

into1 should provide reasonable access  
and collaboration of each nation        
involved in such an agreement1 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   
conflicts4