(2) Presidential transitions in Washington, DC, 
and Seoul, South Korea, create opportunities for in-
stability that North Korea could exploit for addi-
tional provocations. 
(3) North Korea is already violating the letter 
and spirit of numerous United Nations Security 
Council resolutions. 
(4) North Korea allegedly test-fired a ballistic 
missile on February 11, 2017. 
(5) Strengthening high-level dialogue about 
North Korean nuclear proliferation between the 
United States, regional partners, and the United 
Nations would bring necessary attention to the 
issue, which has languished over successive Repub-
lican and Democratic Administrations. 
(6) The United States would benefit from a 
comprehensive strategy, jointly implemented with its 
regional partners, including China, to prevent North 
Korea from becoming armed with nuclear weapons 
and strengthen the shared goal of achieving a 
denuclearized Korean Peninsula. 
(7) In addition to supporting the work of the 
United Nations Panel of Experts on North Korea, 
the United States and its partners would benefit 
from a senior-level dialogue to coordinate sanctions 
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enforcement, to detect North Korea proliferation ac-
tivities, and to prepare contingency responses in the 
event of North Korean nuclear or conventional 
provocations. 
(8) The United States, along with its allies and 
partners, have highly capable military and nuclear 
experts who can refine plans to respond to a North 
Korea capability development that endangers the 
United States homeland and could recommend de-
fensive measures to address vulnerabilities. 
(9) The trilateral relationship between the 
United States, Japan, and South Korea has served 
as an important node for sharing information about 
the North Korean threat and the trilateral relation-
ship should be expanded to serve as a focal point for 
regional cooperation regarding North Korea. 
(10) Generally, it is in the interest of the 
United States to remain the security partner of 
choice for allies and partners in the Indo-Asia Pa-
cific region and to strengthen norms based on the 
liberal international order that has undergirded 
peace and stability in the region since the end of 
World War II. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States should expand the trilateral 
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mechanism to serve as a focal point for regional coopera-
tion regarding North Korea. 
SEC. 2. JOINT COMMISSION ON NORTH KOREA. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The President, acting through 
the Secretary of State, may seek to establish a joint com-
mission with countries in the Indo-Asia Pacific region 
(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Commission’’). 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The Commission may undertake 
the following activities: 
(1) Supporting professional dialogues, including 
by convening or sponsoring travel to meetings with 
nongovernmental experts, to— 
(A) coordinate the detection of North Ko-
rean violations of existing United Nations Secu-
rity Council resolutions; 
(B) develop possible responses to such vio-
lations; and 
(C) enhance monitoring of nuclear weapons 
proliferation capabilities. 
(2) Coordinating sub-cabinet-level political dis-
cussions on contingency responses to North Korean 
violations of United Nations Security Council resolu-
tions. 
(3) Facilitating technical discussions among the 
Departments of State, Defense, Energy, and the 
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Treasury and the Intelligence Community and their 
counterparts in countries in the Indo-Asia Pacific re-
gion on technical aspects of North Korea’s nuclear 
program and accompanying United States sanctions. 
(4) Coordinating the sharing of information 
among the intelligence services of the countries par-
ticipating in the Commission, to the extent prac-
ticable, to identify immediate threats and inform the 
security services of such countries. 
(5) Creating guidelines for the coordination of 
multilateral direct action against shared threats. 
(c) CHAIR; MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Commission shall be 
chaired by the Secretary of State and shall include 
as members— 
(A) the Secretary of the Treasury; 
(B) the Secretary of Energy; 
(C) the Secretary of Defense; and 
(D) the Director of National Intelligence. 
(2) COUNTERPART MEMBERS.—The Secretary 
of State shall encourage participation of relevant 
counterparts in the governments of the participating 
countries. 
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(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out the activities of the Commission. 
SEC. 3. COORDINATION OF MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC 
PLANNING. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States— 
(1) to continue to maintain robust and multi-
faceted diplomatic engagement in the Indo-Asia Pa-
cific region, to include the promotion of United 
States values and United States economic interests 
alongside a strong United States military posture; 
and 
(2) that the tools of diplomacy and develop-
ment, along with defense as critical tools of national 
power, should be used to enhance the national secu-
rity of the United States, promote United States in-
terests reassure United States allies, deter aggres-
sion, and respond swiftly to crises. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary of State should conduct com-
prehensive regional and global diplomacy, in close coordi-
nation with United States allies in the Indo Asia Pacific 
Region, to coordinate responses to North Korean provo-
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