H.R. 3429 · 119th Congress

US-Japan-ROK Trilateral Cooperation Act

Introduced on May 15, 2025 by Ami Bera (D-CA-6). 20 cosponsors, 8 of them from another party. Latest action (Jun 9, 2026): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
May 15, 2025
Cosponsors
20
8 from the other party
Policy area
International Affairs
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To establish an inter-parliamentary dialogue to facilitate closer cooperation between the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea on shared interests and values.

Subjects

  • Advisory bodies
  • Asia
  • Congressional oversight
  • International organizations and cooperation
  • Japan
  • Members of Congress
  • South Korea

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, May 15, 2025). Public domain.

US-Japan-ROK Trilateral Cooperation Act

This bill requires the Department of State to seek to enter negotiations with the governments of Japan and South Korea with the goal of establishing regular trilateral meetings (referred to as the US-Japan-ROK Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue) to facilitate closer cooperation on shared interests and values.

The bill sets forth membership requirements for a group representing the United States in such meetings. The group must be composed of not more than eight Members of Congress appointed by congressional leaders to serve for a term of two years.

The bill also sets forth guidance and requirements for meeting frequency and location, group leadership, gifts and donations, expenditures, and reports.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Ami BeraD-CA-6Sponsor

Democrats · 12

Republicans · 8

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. May 15, 2025Introduced in House
  2. May 15, 2025Introduced in House
  3. May 15, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  4. Jul 22, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Jul 22, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 47 - 3.
  6. Jun 8, 2026 · HouseMr. Mast moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  7. Jun 8, 2026 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3945-3947)
  8. Jun 8, 2026 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3429.
  9. Jun 8, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3945-3946)
  10. Jun 8, 2026 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3945-3946)
  11. Jun 8, 2026 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  12. Jun 9, 2026 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. COUPANG, INC.1 report
    $1.3M reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.