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1	1	IV
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4	4	STSESSION H. RES. 152
5	5	Reaffirming the deep and steadfast United States-Canada partnership and
6	6	the ties that bind the two countries in support of economic and national
7	7	security.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	FEBRUARY24, 2025
10	10	Mr. A
11	11	MODEIof Nevada (for himself, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. CARTERof Geor-
12	12	gia, Mr. V
13	13	EASEY, Mr. LANGWORTHY, Ms. ROSS, Ms. LEEof Nevada, Ms.
14	14	T
15	15	ITUS, and Mr. COSTA) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
16	16	ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
17	17	RESOLUTION
18	18	Reaffirming the deep and steadfast United States-Canada
19	19	partnership and the ties that bind the two countries
20	20	in support of economic and national security.
21	21	Whereas, now, more than ever in history, Congress under-
22	22	stands the critical importance of further strengthening
23	23	and deepening United States alliances, and the House of
24	24	Representatives is called upon not only to protect, but to
25	25	advance, United States partnerships;
26	26	Whereas the United States enjoys the great fortune of having
27	27	one of its closest allies next door at a time when coun-
28	28	tries around the world are facing existential threats from
29	29	their neighbors;
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33	33	Whereas, in June 2023, the bipartisan and bicameral Amer-
34	34	ican Canadian Economy and Security (ACES) Caucus
35	35	was established in the House of Representatives and the
36	36	Senate, which presents an opportunity to fortify and ad-
37	37	vance the indispensable economic and security partner-
38	38	ship between the United States and Canada;
39	39	Whereas the United States and Canada can together rein-
40	40	force their shared interest in four critical areas, which
41	41	are—
42	42	(1) economic security;
43	43	(2) energy and critical minerals security;
44	44	(3) national security; and
45	45	(4) global security;
46	46	Whereas the prosperity of Americans and Canadians is sup-
47	47	ported by their mutually beneficial economic relationship
48	48	and resilient and integrated supply chains;
49	49	Whereas the United States, Mexico, and Canada Agreement
50	50	(USMCA) forms the foundation of their economic com-
51	51	petitiveness;
52	52	Whereas the United States and Canada—
53	53	(1) share one of the largest trading relationships in
54	54	the world, with nearly $1,000,000,000,000 in bilateral
55	55	trade in goods and services in 2023, supporting nearly
56	56	8,000,000 American jobs; and
57	57	(2) understand the importance of secure and resil-
58	58	ient supply chains, and have established formal mecha-
59	59	nisms to further strengthen economic integration and
60	60	minimize America’s dependency on foreign adversaries;
61	61	Whereas Canada is the largest single export market for the
62	62	United States, and Canada was the number one customer
63	63	for 36 of the 50 States in 2023;
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67	67	Whereas over 330 congressional districts each exported more
68	68	than $250,000,000 in goods to Canada, and over 100
69	69	districts each exported more than $1,000,000,000 in
70	70	goods to Canada in 2023;
71	71	Whereas bilateral trade in agriculture between Canada and
72	72	the United States reached $72,500,000,000 in 2023, and
73	73	Canada is the number one agricultural export market for
74	74	27 States in the United States;
75	75	Whereas Canada-United States trade is built on long-stand-
76	76	ing binational supply chains, whereby roughly 70 percent
77	77	of Canadian goods exports to the United States are used
78	78	by manufacturers in the United States to produce higher
79	79	value goods;
80	80	Whereas Canada buys over $22,000,000,000 worth of auto-
81	81	motive parts and $33,600,000,000 worth of vehicles from
82	82	the United States each year;
83	83	Whereas Canadian lumber plays a crucial role in housing af-
84	84	fordability for Americans, where demand for lumber ex-
85	85	ceeds what United States domestic mills can supply;
86	86	Whereas the United States and Canada—
87	87	(1) are global leaders in science, technology, and in-
88	88	novation, and can secure North America’s future as the
89	89	most competitive region in the world; and
90	90	(2) are working together to deepen cooperation in
91	91	developing and protecting emerging technologies, includ-
92	92	ing artificial intelligence and quantum;
93	93	Whereas Canada—
94	94	(1) is the world’s fourth-largest petroleum producer
95	95	and is the United States largest foreign supplier of en-
96	96	ergy, including oil, uranium, natural gas, and electricity;
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100	100	(2) supports American energy dominance by pro-
101	101	viding safe and reliable natural gas, electricity, crude oil,
102	102	and uranium for nuclear power;
103	103	(3) bolsters the United States position as the world’s
104	104	number-one exporter of liquified natural gas (LNG) by
105	105	supplying border States with Canadian natural gas;
106	106	(4) enables United States artificial intelligence tech-
107	107	nology growth by supplying the critical fuels required by
108	108	the American power industry; and
109	109	(5) is a reliable source of energy and resources for
110	110	the United States, producing over 60 minerals and met-
111	111	als, and is a leading global producer of 21 critical min-
112	112	erals on the U.S. Geological Survey critical mineral list;
113	113	Whereas Canada is committed to ensuring North American
114	114	competitiveness, and the success of Canadian and United
115	115	States workers and communities, and is taking steps to
116	116	address China’s nonmarket practices, notably by screen-
117	117	ing inbound investment in Canada and applying a surtax
118	118	on Chinese products such as Chinese electric vehicles,
119	119	steel and aluminum;
120	120	Whereas the United States and Canada—
121	121	(1) have a deeply interconnected electricity sector,
122	122	with more than 35 active electricity transmission connec-
123	123	tions between the two countries, many of which enable
124	124	bidirectional flows of electricity, helping to ensure the se-
125	125	curity and reliability of the North American grid;
126	126	(2) have committed to work together to protect bio-
127	127	diverse areas that span their shared border, including in
128	128	collaboration with Indigenous and Tribal partners, bene-
129	129	fiting shared species like migratory birds; and
130	130	(3) have jointly collaborated for over 100 years
131	131	under the Boundary Waters Treaty to manage and con-
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134	134	•HRES 152 IH
135	135	serve their shared waters for the benefit of both coun-
136	136	tries, including over 50 years under the Great Lakes
137	137	Water Quality Agreement;
138	138	Whereas the United States and Canada—
139	139	(1) share three oceans and the world’s longest bor-
140	140	der, and safely oversee the movement of about 400,000
141	141	people every day and more than $2,500,000,000 worth of
142	142	goods and services that cross the border each day;
143	143	(2) cooperate to keep the border open to legitimate
144	144	trade and travel but closed to illegal migration, terrorists,
145	145	criminals, and threats to citizen health and safety;
146	146	(3) are committed to jointly protecting the security
147	147	of their citizens, including through Canada’s recent ac-
148	148	tions and significant investments to strengthen border se-
149	149	curity by—
150	150	(A) fighting sources of illegal migration at the
151	151	border, and keeping deadly drugs like fentanyl and
152	152	its precursors from entering;
153	153	(B) securing border crossings by maintaining
154	154	24/7 eyes on the border using new surveillance tech-
155	155	nology and increased personnel;
156	156	(C) combating fentanyl trafficking through the
157	157	appointment of a Fentanyl Czar, listing cartels as
158	158	terrorist entities, and launching a Canada-United
159	159	States Joint Strike Force;
160	160	(D) detecting and disrupting the fentanyl trade
161	161	with more technology, tools and intelligence;
162	162	(E) reinforcing a ‘‘one border, one team’’ ap-
163	163	proach through more cross-border information and
164	164	intelligence sharing; and
165	165	(F) keeping people safe through joint emer-
166	166	gency readiness and creating a North American
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169	169	•HRES 152 IH
170	170	Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)-like Joint
171	171	Emergency Management partnership;
172	172	(4) are united in fighting a fentanyl crisis which is
173	173	indiscriminately affecting citizens on both sides of the
174	174	border and is fueled by the actions of malign actors
175	175	abroad;
176	176	(5) work together to secure the countries’ border
177	177	through the Cross Border Crime Forum, Integrated Bor-
178	178	der Enforcement Teams, Beyond the Border Initiative,
179	179	United States-Canada NEXUS Trusted Traveler Pro-
180	180	gram, Border Enforcement Security Taskforces (BEST),
181	181	Shiprider, the Integrated Cross Border Maritime Law
182	182	Enforcement program, and United States preclearance
183	183	operations conducted at Canadian airports, all of which
184	184	enhance joint security efforts;
185	185	(6) have an Integrated Border Enforcement Charter
186	186	that allows border enforcement agencies to jointly iden-
187	187	tify national security threats, disrupt organized criminal
188	188	activities, seize drugs and weapons, and intercept crimi-
189	189	nal networks trying to smuggle people across the border;
190	190	and
191	191	(7) both understand that a threat to the security of
192	192	one country is a threat to the security of both;
193	193	Whereas the United States and Canada—
194	194	(1) are Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic countries;
195	195	(2) are unequivocally committed to playing a leader-
196	196	ship role in protecting global security and promoting de-
197	197	mocracy around the world;
198	198	(3) recognize that collective security is a shared re-
199	199	sponsibility, and are committed to expanding cooperation
200	200	on continental defense and in the Arctic, including by in-
201	201	creasing investments in continental defense and modern-
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205	205	izing NORAD, the world’s only binational military com-
206	206	mand;
207	207	(4) share the desire for a peaceful, stable, and pre-
208	208	dictable Arctic region, including for the benefit of Arctic
209	209	and Northern peoples and communities;
210	210	(5) work together to advance democratic principles,
211	211	human rights, and free trade policies through the G7, the
212	212	G20, the United Nations, the Organization for Security
213	213	and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Organisation
214	214	for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),
215	215	the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the Organiza-
216	216	tion of American States;
217	217	(6) cooperate extensively through a ‘‘Tri-Command
218	218	Framework’’ comprised of the United States Northern
219	219	Command (NORTHCOM), the Canadian Joint Oper-
220	220	ations Command (CJOC), and the North American Aero-
221	221	space Defense Command (NORAD);
222	222	(7) work together as the only North American mem-
223	223	bers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
224	224	to ensure peace and security in the transatlantic region;
225	225	(8) support NATO’s deterrence and defense efforts,
226	226	and their European Allies, through their roles as the
227	227	Framework Nations for the NATO brigades in Latvia
228	228	and Poland; and
229	229	(9) share a long and storied history of civil space
230	230	partnership between the National Aeronautics and Space
231	231	Administration (NASA) and the Canadian Space Agency
232	232	(CSA), and a Canadian will fly on the historic Artemis
233	233	II mission around the Moon with NASA;
234	234	Whereas Canada has been a committed ally in upholding the
235	235	rules-based international order by promoting peace, resil-
236	236	ience, and security in the Indo-Pacific through an aug-
237	237	mented and diversified military presence;
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241	241	Whereas Canada has been a reliable and engaged partner of
242	242	the United States in the Indo-Pacific by collaborating ex-
243	243	tensively with United States Indo-Pacific Command, in-
244	244	cluding through bilateral and multilateral exercises, re-
245	245	gional security cooperation and defense engagements, in-
246	246	volvement in regional defense forums, and ultimately,
247	247	through unwavering support of a free, open, and inclusive
248	248	Indo-Pacific;
249	249	Whereas Canada is in consultation with the United States,
250	250	Australia, and the UK to identify collaborative projects
251	251	on advanced capabilities under AUKUS Pillar II; and
252	252	Whereas history, geography, commerce, security, and shared
253	253	democratic values underpin a close relationship between
254	254	the United States and Canada: Now, therefore, be it
255	255	Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1
256	256	(1) recognizes that now, more than ever, the re-2
257	257	lationship between the United States and Canada is 3
258	258	an essential strategic asset to the United States and 4
259	259	Americans, and is critical to promoting peace, ex-5
260	260	panding global economic opportunity, and being pre-6
261	261	pared to respond to unforeseen events; 7
262	262	(2) reaffirms its full commitment to maintain 8
263	263	and grow the critical United States-Canada partner-9
264	264	ship; 10
265	265	(3) recognizes that the security of one country 11
266	266	is dependent on the security of the other, and wel-12
267	267	comes greater collaboration in the areas of defense, 13
268	268	cyber and technology security, and Arctic security; 14
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272	272	(4) reaffirms its commitment to the bilateral 1
273	273	and international alliance between the two countries, 2
274	274	which allows both countries to face common threats 3
275	275	together and uphold common values, including de-4
276	276	mocracy, human rights, and the rule of law; 5
277	277	(5) recognizes the strategic importance of one 6
278	278	of the most secure borders in the world, the co-7
279	279	management of which facilitates trade and serves as 8
280	280	a trusted corridor for their supply chains; 9
281	281	(6) recognizes that bolstering the supply chains 10
282	282	of both countries will make both countries more 11
283	283	competitive and more resilient in the face of eco-12
284	284	nomic aggression from hostile countries; 13
285	285	(7) supports an increased focus on energy secu-14
286	286	rity through greater cross-border energy infrastruc-15
287	287	ture, including for oil, natural gas, nuclear energy, 16
288	288	renewable energy, and resilient electricity trans-17
289	289	mission, and through diversifying critical minerals 18
290	290	supply chains; and 19
291	291	(8) is fully committed to the creation of more 20
292	292	well-paying United States jobs through continued 21
293	293	trade and investment with Canada. 22
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