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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.

Introduced: September 10, 2012 See on congress.gov
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Sep 12, 2012
Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 12, 2012
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Aug 2, 2012
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.
Aug 2, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now September 12, 2012

Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
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Sherman, Brad
California · Sep 11, 2012
BERMAN, HOWARD
· Sep 10, 2012
ROS-LEHTINEN, ILEANA
· Aug 2, 2012
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6313: 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.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6313/
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"H.R. 6313: 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.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6313/.
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H.R. 6313, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6313/.
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[H.R. 6313: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6313/)
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