[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3714]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1572. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. 
McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for 
military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1264. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE UNITED STATES ALLIANCE 
                   WITH THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the alliance between the United States and the Republic 
     of Korea has served as an anchor for stability, security, and 
     prosperity on the Korean Peninsula, in the Asia-Pacific 
     region, and around the world;
       (2) the United States and the Republic of Korea continue to 
     strengthen and adapt the bilateral, regional, and global 
     scope of the comprehensive strategic alliance between the two 
     nations, to serve as a linchpin of peace and stability in the 
     Asia-Pacific region, recognizing the shared values of 
     democracy, human rights, free and open marketS, and the rule 
     of law, as reaffirmed in the May 2013 ``Joint Declaration in 
     Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Alliance between 
     the Republic of Korea and the United States of America'';
       (3) the United States and the Republic of Korea continue to 
     broaden and deepen the alliance by strengthening the combined 
     defense posture on the Korean Peninsula, enhancing mutual 
     security based on the Republic of Korea-United States Mutual 
     Defense Treaty, and promoting cooperation for regional and 
     global security in the 21st century;
       (4) the United States and the Republic of Korea share deep 
     concerns that the nuclear, cyber, and ballistic missiles 
     programs of North Korea and its repeated provocations pose 
     grave threats to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula 
     and Northeast Asia and recognize that both nations are 
     determined to achieve the peaceful denuclearization of North 
     Korea and remain fully committed to continuing close 
     cooperation on the full range of issues related to North 
     Korea;
       (5) the United States and the Republic of Korea are 
     particularly concerned that the nuclear and ballistic missile 
     programs of North Korea, including North Korean efforts to 
     miniaturize their nuclear technology and improve the mobility 
     of their ballistic missiles, have gathered significant 
     momentum and are poised to expand in the coming years;
       (6) the Republic of Korea has made progress in enhancing 
     future warfighting and interoperability capabilities by 
     taking steps toward procuring Patriot Advanced Capability 
     missiles, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft, and RQ-4 Global 
     Hawk Surveillance Aircraft;
       (7) the United States supports the vision of a Korean 
     Peninsula free of nuclear weapons, free from the fear of war, 
     and peacefully reunited on the basis of democratic and free 
     market principles, as articulated in President Park's address 
     in Dresden, Germany; and
       (8) the United States and the Republic of Korea share the 
     future interests of both nations in securing peace and 
     stability on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia.
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