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HR 772 113th Congress House

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

Introduced: March 12, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Mar 15, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
Feb 15, 2013
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.
Feb 15, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 15, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.

 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 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Mar 20, 2013
COBLE, HOWARD
· Mar 19, 2013
Poe, Ted
· Mar 19, 2013
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Mar 12, 2013
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 12, 2013
ENGEL, ELIOT
· Feb 25, 2013
CHABOT, STEVE
· Feb 15, 2013
ROS-LEHTINEN, ILEANA
· Feb 15, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 772: To promote peaceful and collaborative resolution of the South China Sea dispute.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-772/
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"H.R. 772: To promote peaceful and collaborative resolution of the South China Sea dispute.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-772/.
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