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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7152 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 8, 2024 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

AN ACT 

To direct the Secretary of State to establish a national 

registry of Korean American divided families, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Korean American Di3 vided Families National Registry Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. NATIONAL REGISTRY OF KOREAN AMERICAN DI5 VIDED FAMILIES. 

6 The Secretary of State, acting through the Special 

7 Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues or such 

8 other individual as the Secretary may designate, shall— 

9 (1) collate information on Korean American 

10 families who wish to be reunited with family mem11 bers in North Korea from which such Korean Amer12 ican families were divided after the signing of the 

13 Agreement Concerning a Military Armistice in 

14 Korea, signed at Panmunjom July 27, 1953 (com15 monly referred to as the ‘‘Korean War Armistice 

16 Agreement’’), in anticipation of future reunions for 

17 such families and family members, including in-per18 son and video reunions; and 

19 (2) establish a private internal national registry 

20 of the names and other relevant information of such 

21 Korean American families— 

22 (A) to host such future reunions in South 

23 Korea, the United States, or third countries; 

24 and 

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1 ican families and family members in North 

2 Korea, including information about individuals 

3 who may be deceased. 

4 SEC. 3. ACTIONS TO FACILITATE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE 

5 UNITED STATES AND NORTH KOREA. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall take 

7 such actions as may be necessary to ensure that any direct 

8 dialogue between the United States and North Korea in9 cludes progress towards holding future reunions for Ko10 rean American families and their family members in North 

11 Korea as described in section 2. 

12 (b) CONSULTATIONS.—The Secretary of State shall 

13 consult with the Government of the Republic of Korea in 

14 carrying out this section. 

15 (c) REPORT.—No later than one year after enact16 ment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, the 

17 Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congres18 sional committees a report on— 

19 (1) the status of the national registry estab20 lished pursuant to section 2(a)(2); 

21 (2) the number of individuals included on the 

22 registry who— 

23 (A) have met their family members in 

24 North Korea during previous reunions; and 


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1 (B) have yet to meet their family members 

2 in North Korea during previous reunions; 

3 (3) a summary of responses by North Korea to 

4 requests to hold reunions of divided families; and 

5 (4) a description of regulations in North Korea 

6 and actions taken by North Korea in the year pre7 vious to submission of each report that prevent the 

8 emigration of family members of Korean American 

9 families. 

10 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

11 DEFINED.—In this Act, ‘‘appropriate congressional com12 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

13 House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 

14 Relations of the Senate. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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