Congress sets up regular meetings with Japan and South Korea.
H.R. 3429 — US-Japan-ROK Trilateral Cooperation Act · Filed by Ami Bera (D-CA) · 20 cosponsors · Introduced May 15, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The bill tells the State Department to make a formal agreement. It creates a group of up to 8 members of Congress. They will meet at least once a year with lawmakers from Japan and South Korea. The talks will cover ocean security, false information, and regional stability.
Who it affects
Members of Congress will take part in the meetings. Japan and South Korea's lawmakers will also join.
One thing to notice
The bill only requires reports on money spent, not on what the meetings accomplish.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
20 cosponsors: 12 Democrats, 8 Republicans.
- May 15, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- May 15, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs”
- Jul 22, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Jul 22, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 47 - 3”
- Jun 8, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3945-3946)”
- Jun 8, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Mast moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $1,280,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 2 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Ami Bera, who sponsored the bill, received $670,743 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Coupang, Inc. — $1,280,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- formal agreement — An official written contract between countries or groups.
- ocean security — Keeping ocean areas and shipping routes safe.
- false information — Untrue facts spread on purpose to trick people.
- regional stability — Peace and safety in a particular area of the world.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (6,368 characters) on Jul 2, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-23.
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