S.Amdt. 1572

SA 1572. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr.
McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for
military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for
such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1264. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE UNITED STATES ALLIANCE
WITH THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the alliance between the United States and the Republic
of Korea has served as an anchor for stability, security, and
prosperity on the Korean Peninsula, in the Asia-Pacific
region, and around the world;
(2) the United States and the Republic of Korea continue to
strengthen and adapt the bilateral, regional, and global
scope of the comprehensive strategic alliance between the two
nations, to serve as a linchpin of peace and stability in the
Asia-Pacific region, recognizing the shared values of
democracy, human rights, free and open marketS, and the rule
of law, as reaffirmed in the May 2013 ``Joint Declaration in
Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Alliance between
the Republic of Korea and the United States of America'';
(3) the United States and the Republic of Korea continue to
broaden and deepen the alliance by strengthening the combined
defense posture on the Korean Peninsula, enhancing mutual
security based on the Republic of Korea-United States Mutual
Defense Treaty, and promoting cooperation for regional and
global security in the 21st century;
(4) the United States and the Republic of Korea share deep
concerns that the nuclear, cyber, and ballistic missiles
programs of North Korea and its repeated provocations pose
grave threats to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula
and Northeast Asia and recognize that both nations are
determined to achieve the peaceful denuclearization of North
Korea and remain fully committed to continuing close
cooperation on the full range of issues related to North
Korea;
(5) the United States and the Republic of Korea are
particularly concerned that the nuclear and ballistic missile
programs of North Korea, including North Korean efforts to
miniaturize their nuclear technology and improve the mobility
of their ballistic missiles, have gathered significant
momentum and are poised to expand in the coming years;
(6) the Republic of Korea has made progress in enhancing
future warfighting and interoperability capabilities by
taking steps toward procuring Patriot Advanced Capability
missiles, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft, and RQ-4 Global
Hawk Surveillance Aircraft;
(7) the United States supports the vision of a Korean
Peninsula free of nuclear weapons, free from the fear of war,
and peacefully reunited on the basis of democratic and free
market principles, as articulated in President Park's address
in Dresden, Germany; and
(8) the United States and the Republic of Korea share the
future interests of both nations in securing peace and
stability on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia.
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