109TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 3728

AN ACT

To promote nuclear nonproliferation in North Korea.

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 ‘‘North Korea Non5 proliferation Act of 2006’’.

6 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

7 (a) In view of —
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1 (1) North Korea’s manifest determination to

2 produce missiles, nuclear weapons, and other weap3 ons of mass destruction and to proliferate missiles,

4 in violation of international norms and expectations;

5 and

6 (2) United Nations Security Council Resolution

7 1695, adopted on July 15, 2006, which requires all

8 Member States, in accordance with their national

9 legal authorities and consistent with international

10 law, to exercise vigilance and prevent—

11 (A) missile and missile-related items, mate12 rials, goods, and technology from being trans13 ferred to North Korea’s missile or weapons of

14 mass destruction programs; and

15 (B) the procurement of missiles or missile16 related items, materials, goods, and technology

17 from North Korea, and the transfer of any fi18 nancial resources in relation to North Korea’s

19 missile or weapons of mass destruction pro20 grams,

21 it should be the policy of the United States to im22 pose sanctions on persons who transfer such weap23 ons, and goods and technology related to such weap24 ons, to and from North Korea in the same manner

25 as persons who transfer such items to and from Iran
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1 and Syria currently are sanctioned under United

2 States law.

3 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERA4 TION ACT.

5 (a) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 2 of the

6 Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (Public Law 106–

7 178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended—

8 (1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘, NORTH

9 KOREA,’’ after ‘‘IRAN’’; and

10 (2) in subsection (a)—

11 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph

12 (1)—

13 (i) by striking ‘‘Iran, or’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘Iran,’’; and

15 (ii) by inserting after ‘‘Syria’’ the fol16 lowing: ‘‘, or on or after January 1, 2006,

17 transferred to or acquired from North

18 Korea’’ after ‘‘Iran’’; and

19 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘,

20 North Korea,’’ after ‘‘Iran’’.

21 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such Act is fur22 ther amended—

23 (1) in section 1, by inserting ‘‘, North Korea,’’

24 after ‘‘Iran’’;
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1 (2) in section 5(a), by inserting ‘‘, North

2 Korea,’’ after ‘‘Iran’’ both places it appears; and

3 (3) in section 6(b)—

4 (A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘, NORTH

5 KOREA,’’ after ‘‘IRAN’’; and

6 (B) by inserting ‘‘, North Korea,’’ after

7 ‘‘Iran’’ each place it appears.

8 SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL CO9 OPERATION.

10 Congress urges all governments to comply promptly

11 with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695

12 and to impose measures on persons involved in such pro13 liferation that are similar to those imposed by the United

14 States Government pursuant to the Iran, North Korea,

15 and Syria Nonproliferation Act (Public Law 106–178; 50

16 U.S.C. 1701 note), as amended by this Act.

Passed the Senate July 25, 2006.

Attest:

Secretary.
109TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 3728

AN ACT

To promote nuclear nonproliferation in North

Korea.