; Whereas unprovoked military action against North Korea would pose extraordinary risks to the United States, United States troops and citizens in the region, United States allies, and security in Northeast Asia and would require explicit authorization by Congress under article I of the United States Constitution; Whereas, on April 27, 2018, in Panmunjom, the leaders of South Korea and North Korea solemnly declared that there will be no more war and a new era of peace has begun on the Korean peninsula , and committed to declare the end of war on the Korean peninsula 65 years after the signing of the Armistice Agreement, and further committing to actively promote meetings involving the United States with a view to replacing the Armistice Agreement with a peace agreement and establishing a permanent and solid peace regime ; Whereas, on June 12, 2018, in Singapore, the leaders of the United States and North Korea committed to establish new relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity ; Whereas, on September 25, 2018, President of South Korea Moon Jae-in publicly affirmed that it is simply not true that an end-of-war declaration would affect the status of the United Nations Command or of United States Forces in Korea, and further stated that the stationing of United States Forces in Korea is simply a matter for the ROK–U.S. alliance to decide regardless of a declaration to end the Korean war or the signing of a peace treaty ; Whereas the failure to come to a final peace settlement on the Korean peninsula has exerted long-term negative pressures on human rights and humanitarian conditions, such as the restriction of civil liberties and redirection of national resources to defense and excessive military spending rather than to the livelihoods of Americans and the Korean peoples