In the Senate of the United States, 

December 28, 2012. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 1464) entitled ‘‘An Act to develop a strategy for 

assisting stateless children from North Korea, and for other 

purposes.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENTS: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 

following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘North Korean Child Wel3 fare Act of 2012’’. 

4 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

5 It is the sense of Congress that— 

6 (1) hundreds of thousands of North Korean chil7 dren suffer from malnutrition in North Korea, and 

8 North Korean children or children of one North Ko9 rean parent who are living outside of North Korea 

10 may face statelessness in neighboring countries; and 
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1 (2) the Secretary of State should advocate for the 

2 best interests of these children, including, when pos3 sible, facilitating immediate protection for those liv4 ing outside North Korea through family reunification 

5 or, if appropriate and eligible in individual cases, do6 mestic or international adoption. 

7 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 

9 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT10 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit11 tees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

12 the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

13 the House of Representatives. 

14 (2) HAGUE COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘Hague coun15 try’’ means a country where the Convention on Pro16 tection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of 

17 Intercountry Adoption, done at The Hague May 29, 

18 1993, has entered into force and is fully implemented. 

19 (3) NON-HAGUE COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘non20 Hague country’’ means a country where the Conven21 tion on Protection of Children and Cooperation in 

22 Respect of Intercountry Adoption, done at The Hague 

23 May 29, 1993, has not entered into force. 
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1 SEC. 4. BRIEFINGS ON THE WELFARE OF NORTH KOREAN 

2 CHILDREN. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall des4 ignate a representative to regularly brief the appropriate 

5 congressional committees in an unclassified setting on 

6 United States Government efforts to advocate for the best 

7 interests of North Korean children and children of one 

8 North Korean parent, including efforts to address, when ap9 propriate, the adoption of such children living outside 

10 North Korea without parental care. 

11 (b) CONTENTS.—The Secretary’s designee shall be pre12 pared to address in each briefing the following topics: 

13 (1) The analysis of the Department of State of 

14 the challenges facing North Korean children residing 

15 outside North Korea and challenges facing children of 

16 one North Korean parent in other countries who are 

17 fleeing persecution or are living as de jure or de facto 

18 stateless persons. 

19 (2) Department of State efforts to advocate for 

20 the best interest of North Korean children residing 

21 outside North Korea or children of one North Korean 

22 parent living in other countries who are fleeing perse23 cution or are living as de jure or de facto stateless 

24 persons, including, when possible, efforts to address 

25 the immediate care and family reunification of these 

26 children, and, in individual cases where appropriate, 
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1 the adoption of eligible North Korean children living 

2 outside North Korea and children of one North Ko3 rean parent living outside North Korea. 

4 (3) Department of State efforts to develop a com5 prehensive strategy to address challenges that United 

6 States citizens would encounter in attempting to 

7 adopt, via intercountry adoption, North Korean-ori8 gin children residing in other countries or children of 

9 one North Korean parent residing outside North 

10 Korea who are fleeing persecution or are living as de 

11 jure or de facto stateless persons, including efforts to 

12 overcome the complexities involved in determining ju13 risdiction for best interest determinations and adop14 tion processing, if appropriate, of those who habit15 ually reside in a Hague country or a non-Hague 

16 country. 

17 (4) Department of State diplomatic efforts to en18 courage countries in which North Korean children or 

19 children of one North Korean parent are fleeing perse20 cution or reside as de jure or de facto stateless persons 

21 to resolve issues of statelessness of North Koreans re22 siding in that country. 

23 (5) Department of State efforts to work with the 

24 Government of the Republic of Korea to establish pilot 

25 programs that identify, provide for the immediate 
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1 care of, and assist in the family reunification of 

2 North Korean children and children of one North Ko3 rean parent living within South Korea and other 

4 countries who are fleeing persecution or are living as 

5 de jure or de facto stateless persons. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to express 

the sense of Congress regarding North Korean children 

and children of one North Korean parent and to require 

the Department of State regularly to brief appropriate 

congressional committees on efforts to advocate for and 

develop a strategy to provide assistance in the best interest of these children.’’. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 1464 

AMENDMENTS