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.

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 112th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about international affairs
  • Introduced Aug. 2, 2012
  • Latest Major Action Sept. 12, 2012

Bill Summary

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...

(Source: Library of Congress)

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Bill Actions

Date Description
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.
Referred to House Foreign Affairs
Referred to House Armed Services
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Aug. 2, 2012

Introduced in the House by Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (D-American Samoa)

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