Calling for a formal end of the Korean war.

pays tribute to the sacrifices of the veterans of the Korean war, its victims, and the families divided since the initial outbreak of war;

calls for continued cooperative efforts to repatriate the remains of service members;

calls for reunions of divided Korean and Korean-American families, people-to-people exchanges, and continued humanitarian cooperation;

affirms that neither a declaration regarding the end of the Korean war nor a final peaceful settlement by itself would have any legal effect on the commitments set forth in the 1953 Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Korea, which by its terms is set to “remain in force indefinitely” and which requires the United States to respond immediately and firmly to the common danger that any armed attack on South Korea would pose to both countries;

affirms its strong agreement with the statement of the President of South Korea Moon Jae-in that questions about the stationing of United States Armed Forces in South Korea is ultimately a matter for the United States and South Korea to decide together regardless of whether a declaration to end the Korean war or any final peaceful settlement is achieved;

affirms that the United States does not seek armed conflict with North Korea;

would welcome a statement by President Trump, in coordination with South Korea, declaring the end of the state of war with North Korea;

supports ongoing diplomatic engagement among the United States, South Korea, and North Korea to address the ongoing nuclear- and ballistic-missile-related activities of North Korea;

calls for the conclusion of a binding peace agreement constituting a formal and final end to the state of war between North Korea, South Korea, and the United States, and calls for serious, urgent diplomatic engagement in pursuit of that goal;

affirms the vital role that women and other marginalized groups who would be particularly vulnerable to any resumption of active hostilities must play in building a lasting, sustainable, and peaceful settlement, and calls on all parties to take greater steps to include women and civil society in ongoing discussions, as outlined in the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017;

affirms that the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and a final peaceful settlement cannot be achieved absent meaningful, reciprocal actions and confidence-building measures among all parties; and

calls upon the President and Secretary of State, or their designees, to detail for Congress and the American people a clear roadmap for achieving a permanent peace regime and the peaceful denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.