Whereas June 25, 2020, marks the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of Korean war when the Armed Forces of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) attacked the Republic of Korea (South Korea) on June 25, 1950; Whereas the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 83 on June 27, 1950, recommending Members of the United Nations furnish assistance to the Republic of Korea and Resolution 84 on July 7, 1950, recommending members make military forces and other assistance available to a unified command under the United States of America ; Whereas, on July 27, 1953, an Armistice Agreement was signed by United States Army Lieutenant General William Harrison, Jr., representing the United Nations Command with the Korean People’s Army and the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army to ensure a complete cessation of hostilities and of all acts of armed force in Korea until a final peaceful settlement is achieved ; Whereas the Armistice Agreement remains in force today and that by its terms has neither formally ended the Korean war nor constituted a permanent settlement of peace on the Korean Peninsula; Whereas, on October 1, 1953, the Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea (5 UST 2368) was signed in Washington with ratification advised by the Senate on January 26, 1954, and remains in force today to strengthen their efforts for collective defense for the preservation of peace and security ; Whereas during the Korean war, 1,789,000 United States soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines served in theater, 36,574 paid the ultimate sacrifice with their lives in defense of freedom in the Republic of Korea, and over 7,500 United States servicemembers remain classified by the Department of Defense as missing in action; Whereas, on October 7, 2016, H.R. 1475, entitled the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act , was introduced in Congress by Representative Sam Johnson of Texas and became Public Law 114–230