SRES 279 110th Congress Senate International Affairs Alliances Armed Forces and National Security Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Crime and Law Enforcement Democracy East Asia Foreign Trade and International Finance Free trade Government Operations and Politics Human rights International cooperation Korean reunification North Korea Peacekeeping forces Regionalism (International organization) South Korea Terrorism Trade agreements

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 125th anniversary of the 1882 Treaty of Peace, Amity, Commerce and Navigation between the Kingdom of Chosun (Korea) and the United States.

Introduced: July 24, 2007 See on congress.gov

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Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Agreed to (Senate)

Dec 19, 2007

Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.

Dec 19, 2007

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.

Dec 19, 2007

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR 12/18/2007 S15935-15936)

Dec 19, 2007

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Jul 24, 2007

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9838)

Jul 24, 2007

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9838)

Jul 24, 2007

Introduced in Senate

Amendments to this bill 2

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

2 agreed to

Amendment	Sponsor	Purpose	Status	Latest action
SAMDT 3,883	—	To strike a reference in the Preamble to the 2007 Free Trade Agreement between the United States and the Repu…	Agreed to	Dec 19, 2007
SAMDT 3,880	—	To strike a reference to the 2007 Free Trade Agreement and to add environmental protection to the list of bil…	Agreed to	Dec 19, 2007

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the strength of the U.S.-Republic of Korea alliance should be acknowledged; (2) the countries' economic relationship should be deepened; (3) the United States should sustain substantive dialogue with both the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea with the expectation of the Korean peninsula's eventual unification; (4) working with the Republic of Korea to foster greater regional cooperation in East Asia should be a U.S. priority; and (5) the United States and the Republic of Korea should strive to develop a more global perspective in their partnership, with the goal of addressing international priorities such as the fight against terrorism, the promotion of human rights, the enhancement of democracy, support for peacekeeping, and protection of the environment.

What's happening now December 19, 2007

Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Foreign Relations Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 1

Murkowski, Lisa

Alaska · Jul 24, 2007

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 279: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 125th anniversary of the 1882 Treaty of Peace, Amity, Commerce and Navigation between the Kingdom of Chosun (Korea) and the United States.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-SRES-279/

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"S. Res. 279: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 125th anniversary of the 1882 Treaty of Peace, Amity, Commerce and Navigation between the Kingdom of Chosun (Korea) and the United States.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-SRES-279/.

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S. Res. 279, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-SRES-279/.

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