US Congress House Bill 772 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-4)
Status: Introduced on February 15 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Committee
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 Taiwan Strait, the East China Sea, and the Yellow Sea; (2) condemn the use of threats or force by naval, maritime security, and fishing vessels from China in the South China Sea and the East China Sea as well as the use of force by North Korea in the Yellow Sea; (3) welcome the diplomatic efforts to resolve these disputes by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the U.S. allies and partners in Japan, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, and India; and (4) 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. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress regarding peaceful measures to resolve the territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

To promote peaceful and collaborative resolution of the South China Sea dispute.

Rep. Eni Faleomavaega [D-AS]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]
Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
2013-02-15	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2013-02-15	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2013-02-15	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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/772/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr772/BILLS-113hr772ih.pdf