Summary
The House of Representatives of US:
(1) celebrates the longstanding alliance and mutually beneficial partnership between the United States and the Philippines;
(2) reaffirms its unwavering support for the Philippines in the face of unprovoked aggression;
(3) affirms that the Mutual Defense Treaty applies to armed attacks on Philippine Armed Forces, public vessels, or aircraft in the Pacific, including in the South China Sea;
(4) calls on the People’s Republic of China to stop advancing its unlawful maritime territorial and sovereignty claims in the South China Sea;
(5) condemns the People’s Republic of China’s use of gray zone tactics in the South China Sea to enforce its unlawful territorial and sovereignty claims;
(6) condemns the People’s Republic of China’s use of lasing, water cannons, and ramming against Philippine vessels, particularly the incidents in 2023; and
(7) calls for an end to aggressive behavior by People’s Republic of China vessels, including its Coast Guard and maritime militia vessels, in areas where the 2016 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea tribunal stated that the People’s Republic of China does not have sovereign rights.
More Information: H. RES. 843: Reaffirming the United States-Philippines alliance and condemning the gray zone campaign of the People’s Republic of China in the South China Sea against the Philippines, and for other purposes.
H.RES 843-2023- khang dinh lien minh Phi-My va len an vung xam cua Trung Quoc
