,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #daj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,may #cj1 #bjai,ms4 
,bass 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 ,mr4
 ,sherman1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1  
,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4 ,sablan1 ,ms4 ,judy
 ,chu of ,california1 ,ms4 ,meng1 ,mr4  
,khanna1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mr4 ,cisneros1  
and ,mr4 ,kim7 submitted the following  
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs         
,,resolution  ,encouraging reunions of  
divided ,korean-,american families4     
,whereas the ,republic of ,korea 7in    
this resolution referred to as ,south   
,korea7 and the ,democratic ,people's   
,republic of ,korea 7in this resolution 
referred to as ,north ,korea7 remain    
divided since the armistice agreement   
was signed on ,july #bg1 #aiec2 ,whereas
 the division of the ,korean ,peninsula 
separated more than #aj1jjj1jjj ,korean 
family members1 including some who are  
now citizens of the ,united ,states2    
,whereas there have been #ba rounds of  

family reunions between ,south ,koreans 
and ,north ,koreans along the border    
since #bjjj2 ,whereas ,congress signaled
 its support for 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 most  
of the population of divided family     
members in the ,united ,states1         
initially estimated at #ajj1jjj in      
#bjja1 has significantly dwindled as    
many of the individuals have passed     
away2 ,whereas the summit between ,north
 ,korea and ,south ,korea on ,april #bg1
 #bjah1 has prioritized family reunions2
 ,whereas the ,united ,states and ,north
 ,korea have engaged in talks during #b 
historic summits in ,june #bjah in      
,singapore and ,february #bjai in       
,hanoi2 and ,whereas many ,korean       
,americans are waiting for a chance to  

meet their relatives in ,north ,korea   
for the first time in more than #fj     
years3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the
 ,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7 calls
 on the ,united ,states and ,north      
,korea to begin the process of reuniting
 ,korean-,american divided family       
members with their immediate relatives  
within #fj days of the adoption of this 
resolution through ways such as--  7,a7 
exchanging information of divided family
 members in the ,united ,states and     
,north ,korea who are willing and able  
to participate in a pilot program for   
family reunions2  7,b7 finding matches  
for members on the divided family member
 registry through organizations such as 
the ,red ,cross2 and  7,c7 working with 
the ,government of ,south ,korea to     
include ,american citizens in           
inter-,korean video reunions2  7#b7     
reconfirms the institution of family as 
inalienable and1 accordingly1 urges the 
restoration of contact between divided  
families physically1 literarily1 or     

virtually2 and  7#c7 calls on the       
,united ,states and ,north ,korea to    
pursue reunions as a humanitarian       
priority of immediate concern1 delinked 
as much as possible from conflict1      
before attempts at or achievement of    
normalized relations are made4