; Whereas Article I of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, also known as the Chicago Convention, states that every State has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory ; Whereas although PRC surveillance balloons have previously violated United States airspace, this incident differs from those prior violations due to the length of time the balloon spent over United States territory; and Whereas it is in the United States national security interest to deter foreign adversaries from engaging in intelligence collection and other malign activities within United States territory and airspace: Now, therefore, be it