US Congress House Bill 6313 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on August 2 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-09-12 - Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should: (1) reaffirm U.S. support for the peaceful resolution of maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea, the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, and the Yellow Sea; (2) condemn the use of force by China in the South China and East China Seas and by China's North Korean ally in the Yellow Sea; (3) call on all parties to these territorial disputes to refrain from threatening force or using force to assert territorial claims; (4) welcome the diplomatic efforts of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and U.S. allies and partners in Taiwan, Japan, and the Republic of Korea to resolve these outstanding disputes; and (5) support U.S. Armed Forces operations in support of freedom of navigation rights in international waters and air space in the South China Sea, the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, and the Yellow Sea.

To promote peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea and its environs and other maritime areas adjacent to the East Asian mainland.

Rep. Eni Faleomavaega [D-AS]

Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]

Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-09-12	House	Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
2012-09-12	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2012-08-02	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2012-08-02	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2012-08-02	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

HR352 (Related) 2011-07-15 - Referred to House Armed Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6313/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6313/BILLS-112hr6313ih.pdf