In the Senate of the United States, 
December 28, 2012. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (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: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘North Korean Child Wel-
fare Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) hundreds of thousands of North Korean chil-
dren suffer from malnutrition in North Korea, and 
North Korean children or children of one North Ko-
rean parent who are living outside of North Korea 
may face statelessness in neighboring countries; and
† HR 1464 EAS 
(2) the Secretary of State should advocate for the 
best interests of these children, including, when pos-
sible, facilitating immediate protection for those liv-
ing outside North Korea through family reunification 
or, if appropriate and eligible in individual cases, do-
mestic or international adoption. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives. 
(2) HAGUE COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘Hague coun-
try’’ means a country where the Convention on Pro-
tection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of 
Intercountry Adoption, done at The Hague May 29, 
1993, has entered into force and is fully implemented. 
(3) NON-HAGUE
COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘non- 
Hague country’’ means a country where the Conven-
tion on Protection of Children and Cooperation in 
Respect of Intercountry Adoption, done at The Hague 
May 29, 1993, has not entered into force.
† HR 1464 EAS 
SEC. 4. BRIEFINGS ON THE WELFARE OF NORTH KOREAN 
CHILDREN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall des-
ignate a representative to regularly brief the appropriate 
congressional committees in an unclassified setting on 
United States Government efforts to advocate for the best 
interests of North Korean children and children of one 
North Korean parent, including efforts to address, when ap-
propriate, the adoption of such children living outside 
North Korea without parental care. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The Secretary’s designee shall be pre-
pared to address in each briefing the following topics: 
(1) The analysis of the Department of State of 
the challenges facing North Korean children residing 
outside North Korea and challenges facing children of 
one North Korean parent in other countries who are 
fleeing persecution or are living as de jure or de facto 
stateless persons. 
(2) Department of State efforts to advocate for 
the best interest of North Korean children residing 
outside North Korea or children of one North Korean 
parent living in other countries who are fleeing perse-
cution or are living as de jure or de facto stateless 
persons, including, when possible, efforts to address 
the immediate care and family reunification of these 
children, and, in individual cases where appropriate,
† HR 1464 EAS 
the adoption of eligible North Korean children living 
outside North Korea and children of one North Ko-
rean parent living outside North Korea. 
(3) Department of State efforts to develop a com-
prehensive strategy to address challenges that United 
States citizens would encounter in attempting to 
adopt, via intercountry adoption, North Korean-ori-
gin children residing in other countries or children of 
one North Korean parent residing outside North 
Korea who are fleeing persecution or are living as de 
jure or de facto stateless persons, including efforts to 
overcome the complexities involved in determining ju-
risdiction for best interest determinations and adop-
tion processing, if appropriate, of those who habit-
ually reside in a Hague country or a non-Hague 
country. 
(4) Department of State diplomatic efforts to en-
courage countries in which North Korean children or 
children of one North Korean parent are fleeing perse-
cution or reside as de jure or de facto stateless persons 
to resolve issues of statelessness of North Koreans re-
siding in that country. 
(5) Department of State efforts to work with the 
Government of the Republic of Korea to establish pilot 
programs that identify, provide for the immediate
† HR 1464 EAS 
care of, and assist in the family reunification of 
North Korean children and children of one North Ko-
rean parent living within South Korea and other 
countries who are fleeing persecution or are living as 
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 inter-
est of these children.’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.