,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #aeb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,february #bf1      
#bjai,mr4 ,khanna 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,ms4 ,lee of     
,california1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 ,ms4 ,omar1 
,ms4 ,ocasio-,cortez1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4
 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4      
,rush1 ,ms4 ,johnson of ,texas1 ,ms4    
,gabbard1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mr4 ,kim1   
,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of         
,california1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,ms4 ,moore1
 and ,ms4 ,velzquez7 submitted the      
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
,veterans' ,affairs1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,,resolution  ,calling for a formal end 
of the ,korean war4  ,whereas the       
,korean war remains one of the world's  
longest ongoing armed conflicts1 in     

which the ,democratic ,people's         
,republic of ,korea 7,north ,korea71 the
 ,republic of ,korea 7,south ,korea71   
the ,united ,states1 and #bj other      
nations have suffered hundreds of       
thousands of casualties and losses1 and 
millions of civilians killed and        
wounded2 ,whereas1 on ,june #be1 #aiej1 
the armed forces of ,north ,korea       
attacked ,south ,korea1 an action which 
the ,united ,nations ,security ,council 
determined constituted a breach of the  
peace under chapter ,,vii of the ,united
 ,nations ,charter1 after which the     
,united ,states militarily intervened in
 the conflict in defense of ,south      
,korea2 ,whereas1 on ,july #bg1 #aiec1  
the commander in chief of the ,united   
,nations ,command signed an ,armistice  
,agreement with the supreme commander of
 the ,north ,korean ,people's ,army and 
the commander of the ,chinese ,people's 
,volunteers1 aiming1 by its terms1 to   
insure a complete cessation of          
hostilities and of all acts of armed    

force in ,korea until a final peaceful  
settlement is achieved2 ,whereas the    
,armistice ,agreement1 by its terms1    
neither formally ended the war nor      
represented a final peaceful settlement2
 ,whereas the persistence of a state of 
war represents a constant risk and      
threat to the national security of the  
,united ,states and its allies2 ,whereas
 in ,article ,,iii of the ,mutual       
,defense ,treaty between the ,united    
,states of ,america and the ,republic of
 ,korea1 signed at ,washington on       
,october #a1 #aiec1 and still in force  
today1 the ,united ,states recognized   
that an armed attack on ,south ,korea   
would be dangerous to the peace and     
safety of the ,united ,states1 and      
declared that the ,united ,states would 
act in accordance with its              
constitutional principles to meet the   
common danger of such an armed attack2  
,whereas unprovoked military action     
against ,north ,korea would pose        
extraordinary risks to the ,united      

,states1 ,united ,states troops and     
citizens in the region1 ,united ,states 
allies1 and security in ,northeast ,asia
 and would require explicit             
authorization by ,congress under article
 ,i of the ,united ,states              
,constitution2 ,whereas1 on ,april #bg1 
#bjah1 in ,panmunjom1 the leaders of    
,south ,korea and ,north ,korea solemnly
 declared that there will be no more war
 and a new era of peace has begun on the
 ,korean peninsula1 and committed to    
declare the end of war on the ,korean   
peninsula #fe years after the signing of
 the ,armistice ,agreement1 and further 
committing to actively promote meetings 
involving the ,united ,states with a    
view to replacing the ,armistice        
,agreement with a peace agreement and   
establishing a permanent and solid peace
 regime2 ,whereas1 on ,june #ab1 #bjah1 
in ,singapore1 the leaders of the       
,united ,states and ,north ,korea       
committed to establish new relations in 
accordance with the desire of the       

peoples of the two countries for peace  
and prosperity2 ,whereas1 on ,september 
#be1 #bjah1 ,president of ,south ,korea 
,moon ,jae-in publicly affirmed that it 
is simply not true that an end-of-war   
declaration would affect the status of  
the ,united ,nations ,command or of     
,united ,states ,forces in ,korea1 and  
further stated that the stationing of   
,united ,states ,forces in ,korea is    
simply a matter for the ,,rok-,u4,s4    
alliance to decide regardless of a      
declaration to end the ,korean war or   
the signing of a peace treaty2 ,whereas 
the failure to come to a final peace    
settlement on the ,korean peninsula has 
exerted long-term negative pressures on 
human rights and humanitarian           
conditions1 such as the restriction of  
civil liberties and redirection of      
national resources to defense and       
excessive military spending rather than 
to the livelihoods of ,americans and the
 ,korean peoples2 ,whereas the ,united  
,nations ,security ,council has         

determined that the ongoing nuclear- and
 ballistic-missile-related activities of
 ,north ,korea continue to pose a threat
 to international peace and security2   
,whereas the ,treaty on the             
,non-,proliferation of ,nuclear ,weapons
 7,,npt7 remains a cornerstone of the   
nuclear nonproliferation regime and the 
,united ,states has a duty to seek      
universal adherence to and compliance   
with the ,,npt2 ,whereas an end to the  
state of war would not legally imply    
recognition of ,north ,korea as a       
nuclear weapons state1 as the only      
states that can be recognized as such   
under the ,,npt are those which have    
manufactured and exploded a nuclear     
weapon or other nuclear explosive device
 prior to ,january #a1 #aifg2 and       
,whereas ,special ,representative for   
,north ,korea ,stephen ,biegun stated on
 ,january #ca1 #bjai1 that the ,trump   
administration is ready to end this war1
 that ,we are not going to invade ,north
 ,korea1 and that ,we are not seeking to

 topple the ,north ,korean regime3 ,now1
 therefore1 be it ,that the ,house of   
,representatives--  7#a7 pays tribute to
 the sacrifices of the veterans of the  
,korean war1 its victims1 and the       
families divided since the initial      
outbreak of war2  7#b7 calls for        
continued cooperative efforts to        
repatriate the remains of service       
members2  7#c7 calls for reunions of    
divided ,korean and ,korean-,american   
families1 people-to-people exchanges1   
and continued humanitarian cooperation2 
7#d7 affirms that neither a declaration 
regarding the end of the ,korean war nor
 a final peaceful settlement by itself  
would have any legal effect on the      
commitments set forth in the #aiec      
,mutual ,defense ,treaty between the    
,united ,states of ,america and the     
,republic of ,korea1 which by its terms 
is set to remain in force indefinitely  
and which requires the ,united ,states  
to respond immediately and firmly to the
 common danger that any armed attack on 

,south ,korea would pose to both        
countries2  7#e7 affirms its strong     
agreement with the statement of the     
,president of ,south ,korea ,moon       
,jae-in that questions about the        
stationing of ,united ,states ,armed    
,forces in ,south ,korea is ultimately a
 matter for the ,united ,states and     
,south ,korea to decide together        
regardless of whether a declaration to  
end the ,korean war or any final        
peaceful settlement is achieved2  7#f7  
affirms that the ,united ,states does   
not seek armed conflict with ,north     
,korea2  7#g7 would welcome a statement 
by ,president ,trump1 in coordination   
with ,south ,korea1 declaring the end of
 the state of war with ,north ,korea2   
7#h7 supports ongoing diplomatic        
engagement among the ,united ,states1   
,south ,korea1 and ,north ,korea to     
address the ongoing nuclear- and        
ballistic-missile-related activities of 
,north ,korea2  7#i7 calls for the      
conclusion of a binding peace agreement 

constituting a formal and final end to  
the state of war between ,north ,korea1 
,south ,korea1 and the ,united ,states1 
and calls for serious1 urgent diplomatic
 engagement in pursuit of that goal2    
7#aj7 affirms the vital role that women 
and other marginalized groups who would 
be particularly vulnerable to any       
resumption of active hostilities must   
play in building a lasting1 sustainable1
 and peaceful settlement1 and calls on  
all parties to take greater steps to    
include women and civil society in      
ongoing discussions1 as outlined in the 
,women1 ,peace1 and ,security ,act of   
#bjag2  7#aa7 affirms that the          
denuclearization of the ,korean         
peninsula and a final peaceful          
settlement cannot be achieved absent    
meaningful1 reciprocal actions and      
confidence-building measures among all  
parties2 and  7#ab7 calls upon the      
,president and ,secretary of ,state1 or 
their designees1 to detail for ,congress
 and the ,american people a clear       

roadmap for achieving a permanent peace 
regime and the peaceful denuclearization
 of the ,korean peninsula4