H. Res. 65 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
February 15, 2013. 
Whereas, on February 12, 2013, North Korea exploded a nu-
clear device; 
Whereas reports indicate that the nuclear test was apparently 
more powerful than North Korea’s previous tests in 2006 
and 2009; 
Whereas North Korea’s nuclear test, and its recent ballistic 
missile test, are violations of United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 1695 (2006), Resolution 1718 (2006), 
Resolution 1874 (2009), and Resolution 2087 (2013); 
Whereas North Korea’s ballistic missile program poses a 
threat to United States allies and interests in the Asia 
Pacific region; 
Whereas North Korea’s ballistic missile program has dem-
onstrated an increasing ability to reach the United 
States, and could constitute a grave threat to the security 
of the American people; 
Whereas North Korea has violated the July 27, 1953, Armi-
stice Agreement that ended the Korean War, and has 
since committed unprovoked acts of war against South 
Korea by sinking the warship Cheonan, killing 46 of her 
crew, and by attacking civilian targets on the island of
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Yeongpyeong, killing four residents, among many other 
willful violations and outrages; 
Whereas the Government of North Korea has been implicated 
repeatedly in the illicit laundering of monetary instru-
ments, in international narcotics trafficking, and in the 
counterfeiting of United States currency and intellectual 
property; 
Whereas North Korea has demonstrated a willingness and 
ability to proliferate its ballistic and nuclear technology 
to a variety of countries, including Iran and Syria, both 
United States designated state sponsors of terrorism; 
Whereas the Government of North Korea commits gross 
human rights violations against the North Korean people, 
including maintaining a system of gulags that imprison 
thousands of citizens, and policies that have resulted in 
starvation deaths of over 2,000,000 people; and 
Whereas the Government of North Korea has repeatedly vio-
lated its commitments to the complete, verifiable, and ir-
reversible dismantlement of its nuclear weapons program, 
including the Agreed Framework of 1994, the Joint 
Statement of September 19, 2005, and the agreement of 
February 13, 2007: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) condemns the Government of North Korea for 
its flagrant and repeated violations of multiple United 
Nations Security Council resolutions, for its repeated 
provocations that threaten international peace and sta-
bility, and for its February 12, 2013, test of a nuclear 
device;
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(2) expresses solidarity with the people of North 
Korea who suffer severe oppression, denial of basic 
human rights and political liberties, and material depri-
vation; 
(3) reaffirms the commitment of the United States 
to its alliances with Japan and South Korea, which are 
critical for the preservation of peace and stability in 
Northeast Asia and throughout the region; 
(4) calls upon the People’s Republic of China, 
North Korea’s closest ally and trading partner, to pres-
sure North Korean leaders to curtail their provocative 
behavior, abandon and dismantle their nuclear and mis-
sile programs through the curtailing of vital economic 
support and trade to North Korea that support the Gov-
ernment of North Korea, and comply with all relevant 
international agreements and United Nations Security 
Council and International Atomic Energy Agency resolu-
tions; 
(5) calls on the People’s Republic of China to take 
immediate actions to prevent the transshipment of illicit 
technology, military equipment, and dual-use items 
through its territory, waters, and airspace that could be 
used in North Korea’s nuclear weapons and ballistic mis-
sile programs; and 
(6) calls on the United States Government—
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(A) to apply all available sanctions on North 
Korea, cooperate with United States allies and 
other countries to impose additional sanctions on 
North Korea, and secure a new United Nations Se-
curity Council resolution imposing stronger sanc-
tions; 
(B) to utilize aggressively the range of avail-
able legal authorities and resources to defend 
United States interests against North Korean illicit 
activities; and 
(C) to support the President’s commitment to 
strengthen the United States ballistic missile de-
fense system to protect the United States. 
Attest: 
Clerk.