; (D) opposes actions by the government of any country to prevent any other country from exercising its sovereign rights to the resources of the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf by making claims that have no support in international law; and (E) upholds the principle that territorial and maritime claims, including with respect to territorial waters or territorial seas, must be derived from land features and otherwise comport with international law; (2) the People's Republic of China should not continue to pursue illegitimate claims and to militarize an area that is essential to global security; (3) the United States should— (A) continue and expand freedom of navigation operations and overflights; (B) reconsider the traditional policy of not taking a position on individual claims; and (C) respond to provocations by the People's Republic of China with commensurate actions that impose costs on any attempts to undermine security in the region; (4) the Senkaku Islands are covered by Article V of the Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement, with Annexes, signed at Tokyo March 8, 1954 (5 UST 661), between the United States and Japan