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Union Calendar No. 55 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1644 

[Report No. 115–98, Part I] 

To enhance sanctions with respect to transactions relating to North Korea, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 21, 2017 

Mr. ROYCE of California (for himself, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. YOHO, and Mr. SHERMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and 

Means, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight 

and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

APRIL 28, 2017 

Additional sponsors: Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. BERA, Mr. ABRAHAM, Ms. ROSLEHTINEN, Mr. COOK, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, 

Mr. KEATING, Mr. SIRES, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. POE of 

Texas, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. BARR, Mr. 

MCCAUL, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mrs. WAGNER, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, and Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas 

APRIL 28, 2017 

Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

APRIL 28, 2017 

The Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, Transportation and 

Infrastructure, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 

of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 21, 2017] 


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A BILL 

To enhance sanctions with respect to transactions relating 

to North Korea, and for other purposes. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Korean Interdiction and 

5 Modernization of Sanctions Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

7 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—SANCTIONS TO ENFORCE AND IMPLEMENT UNITED 

NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA 

Sec. 101. Modification and expansion of requirements for the designation of persons. 

Sec. 102. Prohibition on indirect correspondent accounts. 

Sec. 103. Limitations on foreign assistance to noncompliant governments. 

Sec. 104. Amendments to enhance inspection authorities. 

Sec. 105. Enforcing compliance with United Nations shipping sanctions against 

North Korea. 

Sec. 106. Report on cooperation between North Korea and Iran. 

Sec. 107. Report on implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions by other governments. 

Sec. 108. Briefing on measures to deny specialized financial messaging services 

to designated North Korean financial institutions. 

TITLE II—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES 

BY THE GOVERNMENT OF NORTH KOREA 

Sec. 201. Sanctions for forced labor and slavery overseas of North Koreans. 

Sec. 202. Modifications to sanctions suspension and waiver authorities. 

Sec. 203. Reward for informants. 

Sec. 204. Determination on designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. 

TITLE III—GENERAL AUTHORITIES 

Sec. 301. Authority to consolidate reports. 

Sec. 302. Rule of construction. 

Sec. 303. Regulatory authority. 

Sec. 304. Limitation on funds. 


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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 (a) AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS IN THE NORTH

3 KOREA SANCTIONS AND POLICY ENHANCEMENT ACT OF

4 2016.— 

5 (1) APPLICABLE EXECUTIVE ORDER.—Section 

6 3(1)(A) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy En7 hancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202(1)(A)) is 

8 amended— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘or Executive Order 13694’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘Executive Order 13694’’; and 

11 (B) by inserting ‘‘or Executive Order 13722 

12 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking the 

13 property of the Government of North Korea and 

14 the Workers’ Party of Korea, and Prohibiting 

15 Certain Transactions With Respect to North 

16 Korea),’’ before ‘‘to the extent’’. 

17 (2) APPLICABLE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY

18 COUNCIL RESOLUTION.—Section 3(2)(A) of the North 

19 Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 

20 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202(2)(A)) is amended by striking 

21 ‘‘or 2094 (2013)’’ and inserting ‘‘2094 (2013), 2270 

22 (2016), or 2321 (2016)’’. 

23 (3) FOREIGN PERSON.—Section 3 of the North 

24 Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 

25 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202) is amended— 


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1 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (5) 

2 through (14) as paragraphs (6) through (15), re3 spectively; and 

4 (B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol5 lowing new paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(5) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per7 son’ means— 

8 ‘‘(A) an individual who is not a United 

9 States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for 

10 permanent residence to the United States; or 

11 ‘‘(B) an entity that is not a United States 

12 person.’’. 

13 (4) LUXURY GOODS.—Paragraph (9) of section 3 

14 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhance15 ment Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202), as redesignated 

16 by paragraph (3) of this subsection, is amended— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

18 at the end; 

19 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

20 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

21 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

22 subparagraph: 

23 ‘‘(C) also includes any items so designated 

24 under an applicable United Nations Security 

25 Council resolution.’’. 


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1 (5) NORTH KOREAN PERSON.—Section 3 of the 

2 North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act 

3 of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202), as amended by paragraph 

4 (3) of this subsection, is further amended— 

5 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (13) 

6 through (15) as paragraphs (14) through (16), 

7 respectively; and 

8 (B) by inserting after paragraph (12) the 

9 following new paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(13) NORTH KOREAN PERSON.—The term 

11 ‘North Korean person’ means— 

12 ‘‘(A) a North Korean citizen or national; or 

13 ‘‘(B) an entity owned or controlled by the 

14 Government of North Korea or by a North Ko15 rean citizen or national.’’. 

16 (b) DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ACT.—In 

17 this Act: 

18 (1) APPLICABLE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY

19 COUNCIL RESOLUTION; LUXURY GOODS.—The terms 

20 ‘‘applicable United Nations Security Council resolu21 tion’’ and ‘‘luxury goods’’ have the meanings given 

22 those terms, respectively, in section 3 of the North 

23 Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 

24 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202), as amended by subsection (a). 


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1 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES; 

2 GOVERNMENT OF NORTH KOREA; UNITED STATES PER3 SON.—The terms ‘‘appropriate congressional commit4 tees’’, ‘‘Government of North Korea’’, and ‘‘United 

5 States person’’ have the meanings given those terms, 

6 respectively, in section 3 of the North Korea Sanc7 tions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 

8 U.S.C. 9202). 

9 (3) FOREIGN PERSON; NORTH KOREAN PER10 SON.—The terms ‘‘foreign person’’ and ‘‘North Korean 

11 person’’ have the meanings given those terms, respec12 tively, in paragraph (5) and paragraph (13) of sec13 tion 3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy En14 hancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202(5) and 

15 9202(13)), as added by subsection (a). 

16 (4) PROHIBITED WEAPONS PROGRAM.—The term 

17 ‘‘prohibited weapons program’’ means— 

18 (A) any program related to the development 

19 of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons, and 

20 their means of delivery, including ballistic mis21 siles; and 

22 (B) any program to develop any related 

23 materials with respect to a program described in 

24 subparagraph (A). 


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1 TITLE I—SANCTIONS TO EN2 FORCE AND IMPLEMENT 

3 UNITED NATIONS SECURITY 

4 COUNCIL SANCTIONS 

5 AGAINST NORTH KOREA 

6 SEC. 101. MODIFICATION AND EXPANSION OF REQUIRE7 MENTS FOR THE DESIGNATION OF PERSONS. 

8 (a) EXPANSION OF MANDATORY DESIGNATIONS.—Sec9 tion 104(a) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy En10 hancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9214(a)) is amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in12 serting ‘‘or any defense article or defense service (as 

13 such terms are defined in section 47 of the Arms Ex14 port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794));’’; 

15 (2) by redesignating paragraph (10) as para16 graph (15); 

17 (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol18 lowing new paragraphs: 

19 ‘‘(10) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pur20 chases or otherwise acquires from North Korea any 

21 significant amounts of gold, titanium ore, vanadium 

22 ore, copper, silver, nickel, zinc, or rare earth min23 erals; 

24 ‘‘(11) knowingly, directly or indirectly, sells or 

25 transfers to North Korea any significant amounts of 


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1 rocket, aviation, or jet fuel (except for use by a civil2 ian passenger aircraft outside North Korea, exclu3 sively for consumption during its flight to North 

4 Korea or its return flight); 

5 ‘‘(12) knowingly, directly or indirectly, provides 

6 fuel, supplies, or bunkering services to, or facilitates 

7 a significant transaction or transactions to operate or 

8 maintain, a vessel or aircraft that is designated 

9 under an applicable Executive order or an applicable 

10 United Nations Security Council resolution, or that is 

11 owned or controlled by a person designated under an 

12 applicable Executive order or applicable United Na13 tions Security Council resolution; 

14 ‘‘(13) knowingly, directly or indirectly, insures, 

15 registers, facilitates the registration of, or maintains 

16 insurance or a registration for, a vessel owned or con17 trolled by the Government of North Korea, except as 

18 specifically approved by the United Nations Security 

19 Council; 

20 ‘‘(14) knowingly, directly or indirectly, main21 tains a correspondent account (as defined in section 

22 201A(d)(1)) with any North Korean financial institu23 tion, except as specifically approved by the United 

24 Nations Security Council; or’’; and 


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1 (4) in paragraph (15), as so redesignated, by 

2 striking ‘‘(9)’’ and inserting ‘‘(14)’’. 

3 (b) EXPANSION OF ADDITIONAL DISCRETIONARY DES4 IGNATIONS.—Section 104(b)(1) of the North Korea Sanc5 tions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 

6 9214(b)(1)) is amended— 

7 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘pursuant 

8 to an applicable United Nations Security Council res9 olution;’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘pursuant to— 

10 ‘‘(i) an applicable United Nations Se11 curity Council resolution; 

12 ‘‘(ii) any regulation promulgated 

13 under section 404; or 

14 ‘‘(iii) any applicable Executive 

15 order;’’; 

16 (2) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

17 the end; 

18 (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 

19 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

20 (4) by adding at the end the following new sub21 paragraphs: 

22 ‘‘(D) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pur23 chased or otherwise acquired from the Govern24 ment of North Korea significant quantities of 

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1 tions provided in applicable United Nations Se2 curity Council resolutions; 

3 ‘‘(E) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pur4 chased or otherwise acquired significant types or 

5 amounts of textiles from the Government of 

6 North Korea; 

7 ‘‘(F) knowingly facilitated any transfer of 

8 funds or property of the Government of North 

9 Korea that materially contributes to any viola10 tion of an applicable United National Security 

11 Council resolution; 

12 ‘‘(G) knowingly, directly or indirectly, fa13 cilitated a significant transfer to or from the 

14 Government of North Korea of bulk cash, pre15 cious metals, gemstones, or other stores of value 

16 not described under subsection (a)(10); 

17 ‘‘(H) knowingly, directly or indirectly, sold, 

18 transferred, or otherwise provided significant 

19 amounts of crude oil, condensates, refined petro20 leum, other types of petroleum or petroleum by21 products, liquified natural gas, or other natural 

22 gas resources to the Government of North Korea 

23 (except for heavy fuel oil, gasoline, or diesel fuel 

24 for humanitarian use or as excepted under sub25 section (a)(11)); 


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1 ‘‘(I) knowingly, directly or indirectly, en2 gaged in, facilitated, or was responsible for the 

3 online commercial activities of the Government 

4 of North Korea, including online gambling; 

5 ‘‘(J) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pur6 chased or otherwise acquired fishing rights from 

7 the Government of North Korea; 

8 ‘‘(K) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pro9 vided significant telephonic, telegraphic, tele10 communications or other data services, in whole 

11 or in part, into or out of North Korea, in excess 

12 of services needed for humanitarian or diplo13 matic purposes (other than services that are ex14 cepted under section 203(b)(1) of the Inter15 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

16 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1))); 

17 ‘‘(L) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pur18 chased or otherwise acquired significant types or 

19 amounts of food or agricultural products from 

20 the Government of North Korea; 

21 ‘‘(M) knowingly, directly or indirectly, en22 gaged in, facilitated, or was responsible for the 

23 exportation of workers from North Korea in a 

24 manner intended to generate significant revenue, 

25 directly or indirectly, for use by the Government 


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1 of North Korea or by the Workers’ Party of 

2 Korea; 

3 ‘‘(N) knowingly conducted a significant 

4 transaction or transactions in North Korea’s 

5 transportation, mining, energy, or financial 

6 services industries; or 

7 ‘‘(O) except as specifically approved by the 

8 United Nations Security Council, and other than 

9 through a correspondent account as described in 

10 subsection (a)(14), knowingly facilitated the op11 eration of any branch, subsidiary, or office of a 

12 North Korean financial institution.’’. 

13 (c) MANDATORY AND DISCRETIONARY ASSET BLOCK14 ING.—Section 104(c) of the North Korea Sanctions and Pol15 icy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9214(c)) is 

16 amended— 

17 (1) by striking ‘‘of a designated person’’ and in18 serting ‘‘of a person designated under subsection (a)’’; 

19 (2) by striking ‘‘The President’’ and inserting 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘(1) MANDATORY ASSET BLOCKING.—The Presi22 dent’’; and 

23 (3) by adding at the end the following new para24 graph: 


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1 ‘‘(2) DISCRETIONARY ASSET BLOCKING.—The 

2 President may also exercise such powers, in the same 

3 manner and to the same extent described in para4 graph (1), with respect to a person designated under 

5 subsection (b).’’. 

6 (d) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL PERSONS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

9 shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit10 tees a report including a determination as to whether 

11 reasonable grounds exist, and an explanation of the 

12 reasons for any determination that such grounds do 

13 not exist, to designate, pursuant to section 104 of the 

14 North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act 

15 of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9214), as amended by this section, 

16 each of the following: 

17 (A) The Korea Shipowners’ Protection and 

18 Indemnity Association, a North Korean insur19 ance company, with respect to facilitating im20 ports, exports, and reexports of arms and related 

21 materiel to and from North Korea, or for other 

22 activities prohibited by such section 104. 

23 (B) Chinpo Shipping Company (Private) 

24 Limited, a Singapore corporation, with respect 

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1 arms and related materiel to and from North 

2 Korea. 

3 (C) The Central Bank of the Democratic 

4 People’s Republic of Korea, with respect to the 

5 sale of gold to, the receipt of gold from, or the 

6 import or export of gold by the Government of 

7 North Korea. 

8 (D) Kumgang Economic Development Cor9 poration (KKG), with respect to being an entity 

10 controlled by Bureau 39 of the Workers’ Party of 

11 the Government of North Korea. 

12 (E) Sam Pa, also known as Xu Jinghua, 

13 Xu Songhua, Sa Muxu, Samo, Sampa, or Sam 

14 King, and any entities owned or controlled by 

15 such individual, with respect to transactions 

16 with KKG. 

17 (F) The Chamber of Commerce of the Demo18 cratic People’s Republic of Korea, with respect to 

19 the exportation of workers in violation of section 

20 104(a)(5) or of section 104(b)(1)(M) of such Act, 

21 as amended by subsection (b) of this section. 

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1 SEC. 102. PROHIBITION ON INDIRECT CORRESPONDENT AC2 COUNTS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the North Korea Sanc4 tions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9221 

5 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 201 the fol6 lowing new section: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 201A. PROHIBITION ON INDIRECT CORRESPONDENT 

8 ACCOUNTS. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

10 (b), if a United States financial institution has or obtains 

11 knowledge that a correspondent account established, main12 tained, administered, or managed by that institution for 

13 a foreign financial institution is being used by the foreign 

14 financial institution to provide financial services indirectly 

15 to any person, foreign government, or financial institution 

16 designated under section 104, the United States financial 

17 institution shall ensure that such correspondent account is 

18 no longer used to provide such services. 

19 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—A United States financial institu20 tion is authorized to process transfers of funds to or from 

21 North Korea, or for the direct or indirect benefit of any 

22 person, foreign government, or financial institution that is 

23 designated under section 104, only if the transfer— 

24 ‘‘(1) arises from, and is ordinarily incident and 

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1 that has been authorized by a specific or general li2 cense issued by the Secretary of the Treasury; and 

3 ‘‘(2) does not involve debiting or crediting a 

4 North Korean account. 

5 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 ‘‘(1) CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT.—The term ‘cor7 respondent account’ has the meaning given that term 

8 in section 5318A of title 31, United States Code. 

9 ‘‘(2) UNITED STATES FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.— 

10 The term ‘United States financial institution’ means 

11 has the meaning given that term in section 510.310 

12 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect 

13 on the date of the enactment of this section. 

14 ‘‘(3) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 

15 term ‘foreign financial institution’ has the meaning 

16 given that term in section 1010.605 of title 31, Code 

17 of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of the 

18 enactment of this section.’’. 

19 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 

20 section 1(b) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy En21 hancement Act of 2016 is amended by inserting after the 

22 item relating to section 201 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 201A. Prohibition on indirect correspondent accounts.’’. 


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1 SEC. 103. LIMITATIONS ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO NON2 COMPLIANT GOVERNMENTS. 

3 Section 203 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 

4 Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9223) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (b)— 

6 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘TRANS7 ACTIONS IN LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘TRANSACTIONS IN DEFENSE ARTI9 CLES OR DEFENSE SERVICES’’; 

10 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘that 

11 provides lethal military equipment to the Gov12 ernment of North Korea’’ and inserting ‘‘that 

13 provides to or receives from the Government of 

14 North Korea a defense article or defense service, 

15 as such terms are defined in section 47 of the 

16 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794)’’; 

17 and 

18 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘2 years’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘or emergency’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘maternal and child health, disease 

22 prevention and response, or’’; and 

23 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub24 section: 

25 ‘‘(e) REPORT ON ARMS TRAFFICKING INVOLVING

26 NORTH KOREA.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and 

3 every 180 days thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary 

4 of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

5 committees a report that specifically describes the 

6 compliance of foreign countries and other foreign ju7 risdictions with the requirement to curtail the trade 

8 described in subsection (b)(1). 

9 ‘‘(2) FORM.—The report required under para10 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 

11 may contain a classified annex.’’. 

12 SEC. 104. AMENDMENTS TO ENHANCE INSPECTION AU13 THORITIES. 

14 Title II of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy En15 hancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9221 et seq.), as amended 

16 by section 102 of this Act, is further amended by striking 

17 section 205 and inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 205. ENHANCED INSPECTION AUTHORITIES. 

19 ‘‘(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

21 after the date of the enactment of this section, and an22 nually thereafter for 5 years, the President shall sub23 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a re24 port— 


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1 ‘‘(A) identifying the operators of foreign sea 

2 ports and airports that have knowingly— 

3 ‘‘(i) failed to implement or enforce reg4 ulations to inspect ships, aircraft, cargo, or 

5 conveyances in transit to or from North 

6 Korea, as required by applicable United 

7 Nations Security Council resolutions; 

8 ‘‘(ii) facilitated the transfer, trans9 shipment, or conveyance of significant types 

10 or quantities of cargo, vessels, or aircraft 

11 owned or controlled by persons designated 

12 under applicable United Nations Security 

13 Council resolutions; or 

14 ‘‘(iii) facilitated any of the activities 

15 described in section 104(a); 

16 ‘‘(B) describing the extent to which the re17 quirements of applicable United Nations Secu18 rity Council resolutions to de-register any vessel 

19 owned, controlled, or operated by the Government 

20 of North Korea have been implemented by other 

21 foreign countries; 

22 ‘‘(C) describing the compliance of the Is23 lamic Republic of Iran with the sanctions man24 dated in applicable United Nations Security 

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1 ‘‘(D) identifying vessels, aircraft, and con2 veyances owned or controlled by the Reconnais3 sance General Bureau of the Workers’ Party of 

4 Korea; and 

5 ‘‘(E) describing the diplomatic and enforce6 ment efforts by the President to secure the full 

7 implementation of the applicable United Nations 

8 Security Council resolutions, as described in sub9 paragraphs (A) through (C). 

10 ‘‘(2) FORM.—The report required under para11 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 

12 may contain a classified annex. 

13 ‘‘(b) SPECIFIC FINDINGS.—Each report required under 

14 subsection (a) shall include specific findings with respect 

15 to the following ports and airports: 

16 ‘‘(1) The ports of Dandong, Dalian, and any 

17 other port in the People’s Republic of China that the 

18 President deems appropriate. 

19 ‘‘(2) The ports of Abadan, Bandar-e-Abbas, 

20 Chabahar, Bandar-e-Khomeini, Bushehr Port, 

21 Asaluyeh Port, Kish, Kharg Island, Bandar-e-Lenge, 

22 and Khorramshahr, and Tehran Imam Khomeini 

23 International Airport, in the Islamic Republic of 

24 Iran. 


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1 ‘‘(3) The ports of Nakhodka, Vanino, and Vladi2 vostok, in the Russian Federation. 

3 ‘‘(4) The ports of Latakia, Banias, and Tartous, 

4 and Damascus International Airport, in the Syrian 

5 Arab Republic. 

6 ‘‘(c) ENHANCED SECURITY TARGETING REQUIRE7 MENTS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para9 graph (2), the Secretary of Homeland Security may, 

10 using the Automated Targeting System operated by 

11 the National Targeting Center of U.S. Customs and 

12 Border Protection, require enhanced screening proce13 dures to determine whether physical inspections are 

14 warranted of any cargo bound for or landed in the 

15 United States that— 

16 ‘‘(A) has been transported through a sea 

17 port or airport the operator of which has been 

18 identified by the President in accordance with 

19 subsection (a)(1) as having repeatedly failed to 

20 comply with applicable United Nations Security 

21 Council resolutions; 

22 ‘‘(B) is aboard a vessel or aircraft, or with23 in a conveyance that has, within the last 365 

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1 North Korea, or landed in any of the sea ports 

2 or airports of North Korea; or 

3 ‘‘(C) is registered by a country or jurisdic4 tion whose compliance has been identified by the 

5 President as deficient pursuant to subsection 

6 (a)(2). 

7 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR FOOD, MEDICINE, AND HU8 MANITARIAN SHIPMENTS.—Paragraph (1) shall not 

9 apply to any vessel, aircraft, or conveyance that has 

10 entered the territory, waters, or airspace of North 

11 Korea, or landed in any of the sea ports or airports 

12 of North Korea, exclusively for the purposes described 

13 in section 208(b)(3)(B), or to import food, medicine, 

14 or supplies into North Korea to meet the humani15 tarian needs of the North Korean people. 

16 ‘‘(d) SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE.—A vessel, aircraft, 

17 or conveyance used to facilitate any of the activities de18 scribed in section 104(a) under the jurisdiction of the 

19 United States may be seized and forfeited under— 

20 ‘‘(1) chapter 46 of title 18, United States Code; 

21 or 

22 ‘‘(2) part V of title IV of the Tariff Act of 1930 

23 (19 U.S.C. 1581 et seq.).’’. 


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1 SEC. 105. ENFORCING COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS 

2 SHIPPING SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH 

3 KOREA. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Ports and Waterways Safety 

5 Act (33 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 

6 end the following new section: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 16. PROHIBITION ON ENTRY AND OPERATION. 

8 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided 

10 in this section, no vessel described in subsection (b) 

11 may enter or operate in the navigable waters of the 

12 United States or transfer cargo in any port or place 

13 under the jurisdiction of the United States. 

14 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.— 

15 ‘‘(A) DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY OF

16 STATE.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply with re17 spect to a vessel described in subsection (b)(2) if 

18 the Secretary of State determines that the vessel 

19 is no longer registered as described in that sub20 section. 

21 ‘‘(B) NOTICE.—The Secretary of State shall 

22 publish a notice in the Federal Register of each 

23 determination made under subparagraph (A). 

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1 rival is required to be filed under section 4(a)(5), and 

2 that— 

3 ‘‘(1) is on the most recent list of vessels published 

4 in Federal Register under subsection (c)(2); or 

5 ‘‘(2) more than 180 days after the publication of 

6 such list, is knowingly registered, pursuant to the 

7 1958 Convention on the High Seas entered into force 

8 on September 30, 1962, by a government the agents 

9 or instrumentalities of which are maintaining a reg10 istration of a vessel that is included on such list. 

11 ‘‘(c) INFORMATION AND PUBLICATION.—The Secretary 

12 of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, 

13 in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall— 

14 ‘‘(1) maintain timely information on the reg15 istrations of all foreign vessels over 300 gross tons 

16 that are— 

17 ‘‘(A) owned or operated by or on behalf of 

18 the Government of North Korea or a North Ko19 rean person; 

20 ‘‘(B) owned or operated by or on behalf of 

21 any country in which a sea port or airport is 

22 located, the operator of which the President has 

23 identified in the most recent report submitted 

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1 ‘‘(C) owned or operated by or on behalf of 

2 any country identified by the President as a 

3 country that has not complied with the applica4 ble United Nations Security Council resolutions 

5 (as such term is defined in section 3 of such 

6 Act); and 

7 ‘‘(2) not later than 180 days after the date of the 

8 enactment of this section, and periodically thereafter, 

9 publish in the Federal Register a list of the vessels de10 scribed in paragraph (1). 

11 ‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION OF GOVERNMENTS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 

13 notify each government, the agents or instrumental14 ities of which are maintaining a registration of a for15 eign vessel that is included on a list published under 

16 subsection (c)(2), not later than 30 days after such 

17 publication, that all vessels registered under such gov18 ernment’s authority are subject to the prohibition 

19 under subsection (a). 

20 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATION.—In the case of 

21 a government that continues to maintain a registra22 tion for a vessel that is included on such list after re23 ceiving an initial notification under paragraph (1), 

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1 such government not later than 120 days after the 

2 publication of a list under subsection (c)(2). 

3 ‘‘(e) NOTIFICATION OF VESSELS.—Upon receiving a 

4 notice of arrival under section 4(a)(5) from a vessel de5 scribed in subsection (b), the Secretary of the department 

6 in which the Coast Guard is operating shall notify the mas7 ter of such vessel that the vessel may not enter or operate 

8 in the navigable waters of the United States or transfer 

9 cargo in any port or place under the jurisdiction of the 

10 United States, unless— 

11 ‘‘(1) the Secretary of State has made a deter12 mination under subsection (a)(2); or 

13 ‘‘(2) the Secretary of the department in which 

14 the Coast Guard is operating allows provisional entry 

15 of the vessel, or transfer of cargo from the vessel, 

16 under subsection (f). 

17 ‘‘(f) PROVISIONAL ENTRY OR CARGO TRANSFER.—Not18 withstanding any other provision of this section, the Sec19 retary of the department in which the Coast Guard is oper20 ating may allow provisional entry of, or transfer of cargo 

21 from, a vessel, if such entry or transfer is necessary for the 

22 safety of the vessel or persons aboard. 

23 ‘‘(g) RIGHT OF INNOCENT PASSAGE.—This section 

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1 ‘‘(h) FOREIGN VESSEL DEFINED.—In this section, the 

2 term ‘foreign vessel’ has the meaning given that term in 

3 section 110 of title 46, United States Code.’’. 

4 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

5 (1) SPECIAL POWERS.—Section 4(b)(2) of the 

6 Ports and Waterways Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 

7 1223(b)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or 16’’ after 

8 ‘‘section 9’’. 

9 (2) DENIAL OF ENTRY.—Section 13(e) of the 

10 Ports and Waterways Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 1232(e)) 

11 is amended by striking ‘‘section 9’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘section 9 or 16’’. 

13 SEC. 106. REPORT ON COOPERATION BETWEEN NORTH 

14 KOREA AND IRAN. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 

17 for 5 years, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

18 congressional committees a report that includes— 

19 (1) an assessment of the extent of cooperation 

20 (including through the transfer of goods, services, or 

21 technology) between North Korea and Iran relating to 

22 their respective nuclear, ballistic missile development, 

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1 (2) the names of any Iranian or North Korean 

2 persons that have knowingly engaged in or directed— 

3 (A) the provision of material support to 

4 such programs; or 

5 (B) the exchange of information between 

6 North Korea and Iran with respect to such pro7 grams; and 

8 (3) a determination whether any of the activities 

9 described in paragraphs (1) and (2) violate United 

10 Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015). 

11 (b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 

12 shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain 

13 a classified annex. 

14 SEC. 107. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNITED NA15 TIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS BY 

16 OTHER GOVERNMENTS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there19 after for 5 years, the President shall submit to the appro20 priate congressional committees a report that evaluates the 

21 degree to which the governments of other countries have 

22 knowingly failed to— 

23 (1) close the representative offices of persons des24 ignated under applicable United Nations Security 

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1 (2) expel any North Korean nationals, including 

2 diplomats, working on behalf of such persons; 

3 (3) prohibit the opening of new branches, sub4 sidiaries, or representative offices of North Korean fi5 nancial institutions within the jurisdictions of such 

6 governments; or 

7 (4) expel any representatives of North Korean fi8 nancial institutions. 

9 (b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 

10 shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain 

11 a classified annex. 

12 SEC. 108. BRIEFING ON MEASURES TO DENY SPECIALIZED 

13 FINANCIAL MESSAGING SERVICES TO DES14 IGNATED NORTH KOREAN FINANCIAL INSTI15 TUTIONS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there18 after for 5 years, the President shall provide to the appro19 priate congressional committees a briefing that includes the 

20 following information: 

21 (1) A list of each person or foreign government 

22 the President has identified that directly provides spe23 cialized financial messaging services to, or enables or 

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1 (as such term is defined in section 3 of the North 

2 Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 

3 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202)) designated under an applica4 ble United Nations Security Council resolution. 

5 (2) A detailed assessment of the status of efforts 

6 by the Secretary of the Treasury to work with the rel7 evant authorities in the home jurisdictions of such 

8 specialized financial messaging providers to end such 

9 provision or access. 

10 (b) FORM.—The briefing required under subsection (a) 

11 may be classified. 

12 TITLE II—SANCTIONS WITH RE13 SPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS 

14 ABUSES BY THE GOVERN15 MENT OF NORTH KOREA 

16 SEC. 201. SANCTIONS FOR FORCED LABOR AND SLAVERY 

17 OVERSEAS OF NORTH KOREANS. 

18 (a) SANCTIONS FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 302(b) of the North 

20 Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 

21 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9241(b)) is amended— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

23 the end; 

24 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period 

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1 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

2 paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(3) a list of foreign persons that employ North 

4 Korean laborers.’’. 

5 (2) ADDITIONAL DETERMINATIONS; REPORTS.— 

6 With respect to any country identified in section 

7 302(b)(2) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 

8 Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9241(b)(2)), as 

9 amended by paragraph (1), the report required under 

10 section 302(a) of such Act shall— 

11 (A) include a determination whether each 

12 person identified in section 302(b)(3) of such Act 

13 (as amended by paragraph (1)) who is a na14 tional or a citizen of such identified country 

15 meets the criteria for sanctions under— 

16 (i) section 111 of the Trafficking Vic17 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

18 7108) (relating to the prevention of traf19 ficking in persons); or 

20 (ii) section 104(a) or 104(b)(1) of the 

21 North Korea Sanctions and Policy En22 hancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9214(a)), 

23 as amended by section 101 of this Act; 

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1 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)) (relating to 

2 the annual report on trafficking in persons); and 

3 (C) be considered in any determination that 

4 the government of such country has made serious 

5 and sustained efforts to eliminate severe forms of 

6 trafficking in persons, as such term is defined for 

7 purposes of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

8 Act of 2000. 

9 (b) SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN PERSONS THAT EMPLOY

10 NORTH KOREAN LABOR.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the North Korea 

12 Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 

13 U.S.C. 9241 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec14 tion 302 the following new sections: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 302A. REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION APPLICABLE TO 

16 GOODS MADE WITH NORTH KOREAN LABOR. 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

18 (b), any goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, 

19 produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by the labor 

20 of North Korean nationals or citizens shall be deemed to 

21 be prohibited under section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 

22 (19 U.S.C. 1307) and shall not be entitled to entry at any 

23 of the ports of the United States. 

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1 toms and Border Protection finds, by clear and convincing 

2 evidence, that the goods, wares, articles, or merchandise de3 scribed in such paragraph were not produced with convict 

4 labor, forced labor, or indentured labor under penal sanc5 tions. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 302B. SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN PERSONS EMPLOYING 

7 NORTH KOREAN LABOR. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

9 (c), the President shall designate any person identified 

10 under section 302(b)(3) for the imposition of sanctions 

11 under subsection (b). 

12 ‘‘(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose 

14 the sanctions described in paragraph (2) with respect 

15 to any person designated under subsection (a). 

16 ‘‘(2) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de17 scribed in this paragraph are sanctions pursuant to 

18 the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 

19 (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to block and prohibit all 

20 transactions in property and interests in property of 

21 a person designated under subsection (a), if such 

22 property and interests in property are in the United 

23 States, come within the United States, or are or come 

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1 ‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person may not be des3 ignated under subsection (a) if the President certifies 

4 to the appropriate congressional committees that the 

5 President has received reliable assurances from such 

6 person that— 

7 ‘‘(A) the employment of North Korean la8 borers does not result in the direct or indirect 

9 transfer of convertible currency, luxury goods, or 

10 other stores of value to the Government of North 

11 Korea; 

12 ‘‘(B) all wages and benefits are provided di13 rectly to the laborers, and are held, as applicable, 

14 in accounts within the jurisdiction in which they 

15 reside in locally denominated currency; and 

16 ‘‘(C) the laborers are subject to working con17 ditions consistent with international standards. 

18 ‘‘(2) RECERTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 

19 days after the date on which the President transmits 

20 to the appropriate congressional committees an initial 

21 certification under paragraph (1), and every 180 

22 days thereafter, the President shall— 

23 ‘‘(A) transmit a recertification stating that 

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1 ‘‘(B) if such recertification cannot be trans2 mitted, impose the sanctions described in sub3 section (b) beginning on the date on which the 

4 President determines that such recertification 

5 cannot be transmitted.’’. 

6 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con7 tents in section 1(b) of the North Korea Sanctions 

8 and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 is amended by 

9 inserting after the item relating to section 302 the fol10 lowing new items: 

‘‘Sec. 302A. Rebuttable presumption applicable to goods made with North Korean 

labor. 

‘‘Sec. 302B. Sanctions on foreign persons employing North Korean labor.’’. 

11 SEC. 202. MODIFICATIONS TO SANCTIONS SUSPENSION AND 

12 WAIVER AUTHORITIES. 

13 (a) EXEMPTIONS, WAIVERS, AND REMOVALS OF DES14 IGNATION.— 

15 (1) EXEMPTIONS.—Section 208(a) of the North 

16 Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 

17 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9228(a)) is amended in the matter 

18 preceding paragraph (1)— 

19 (A) by inserting ‘‘201A,’’ after ‘‘104,’’; and 

20 (B) by inserting ‘‘302A, 302B,’’ after 

21 ‘‘209,’’. 

22 (2) HUMANITARIAN WAIVER.—Section 208(b) of 

23 the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement 

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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘201A,’’ after ‘‘104,’’ in 

2 each place it appears; and 

3 (B) by inserting ‘‘302A, 302B,’’ after 

4 ‘‘209(b),’’ in each place it appears. 

5 (3) WAIVER.—Section 208(c) of the North Korea 

6 Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 

7 U.S.C. 9228(c)) is amended in the matter preceding 

8 paragraph (1)— 

9 (A) by inserting ‘‘201A,’’ after ‘‘104,’’; and 

10 (B) by inserting ‘‘302A, 302B,’’ after 

11 ‘‘209(b),’’. 

12 (b) SUPPORT FOR FAMILY REUNIFICATION FOR KO13 REAN-AMERICANS.—Section 402(2) of the North Korea 

14 Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 

15 9252(2)) is amended— 

16 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

17 the end; 

18 (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 

19 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub21 paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(F) planning for unrestricted family re23 unification meetings, including for those individ24 uals in the Korean-American community who 


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1 maintain family ties with relatives in North 

2 Korea.’’. 

3 SEC. 203. REWARD FOR INFORMANTS. 

4 Section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Authori5 ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)), is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

7 end; 

8 (2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following new para11 graphs: 

12 ‘‘(11) the identification or location of any person 

13 who, while acting at the direction of or under the con14 trol of a foreign government, aids or abets a violation 

15 of section 1030 of title 18, United States Code; or 

16 ‘‘(12) the disruption of financial mechanisms of 

17 any person who has engaged in the conduct described 

18 in sections 104(a) or 104(b)(1) of the North Korea 

19 Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 

20 U.S.C. 2914(a) or (b)(1)).’’. 

21 SEC. 204. DETERMINATION ON DESIGNATION OF NORTH 

22 KOREA AS A STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM. 

23 (a) DETERMINATION.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

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1 State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

2 committees a determination whether North Korea 

3 meets the criteria for designation as a state sponsor 

4 of terrorism. 

5 (2) FORM.—The determination required by 

6 paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form 

7 but may include a classified annex, if appropriate. 

8 (b) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM DEFINED.—For 

9 purposes of this section, the term ‘‘state sponsor of ter10 rorism’’ means a country the government of which the Sec11 retary of State has determined, for purposes of section 6(j) 

12 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 

13 4605(j)) (as in effect pursuant to the International Emer14 gency Economic Powers Act), section 620A of the Foreign 

15 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), section 40 of the 

16 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), or any other 

17 provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly pro18 vided support for acts of international terrorism. 

19 TITLE III—GENERAL 

20 AUTHORITIES 

21 SEC. 301. AUTHORITY TO CONSOLIDATE REPORTS. 

22 Any reports required to be submitted to the appro23 priate congressional committees under this Act or any 

24 amendment made by this Act that are subject to deadlines 

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1 consolidated into a single report that is submitted to appro2 priate congressional committees pursuant to the earlier of 

3 such deadlines. The consolidated reports must contain all 

4 information required under this Act or any amendment 

5 made by this Act, in addition to all other elements man6 dated by previous law. 

7 SEC. 302. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

8 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the au9 thority or obligation of the President to apply the sanctions 

10 described in section 104 of the North Korea Sanctions and 

11 Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9214), as 

12 amended by section 101 of this Act, with regard to persons 

13 who meet the criteria for designation under such section, 

14 or in any other provision of law. 

15 SEC. 303. REGULATORY AUTHORITY. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, not later than 

17 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, promul18 gate regulations as necessary for the implementation of this 

19 Act and the amendments made by this Act. 

20 (b) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not fewer than 10 

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1 ments made by this Act that the regulation is imple2 menting. 

3 SEC. 304. LIMITATION ON FUNDS. 

4 No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 

5 requirements of this Act or of the amendments made by this 

6 Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts 

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Union Calendar No. 55 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1644 

[Report No. 115–98, Part I] 

A BILL 

To enhance sanctions with respect to transactions 

relating to North Korea, and for other purposes. 

APRIL 28, 2017 

Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with an 

amendment 

APRIL 28, 2017 

The Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, 

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