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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2732 
To prohibit travel-related transactions to, from, and within North Korea 
by persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 25, 2017 
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To prohibit travel-related transactions to, from, and within 
North Korea by persons subject to the jurisdiction of 
the United States, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘North Korea Travel 
Control Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) In recent years, there has been an increase 
in tourist travel to North Korea by citizens of West-
ern countries, including the United States. 
(2) In the last ten years, at least 17 United 
States citizens have been detained in North Korea, 
and at least four citizens remain imprisoned in 
North Korea as of May 2017. These Americans 
traveled to North Korea for a variety of reasons, in-
cluding tourism travel, lured in part by its secrecy 
and decades of closure to the West. 
(3) The Government of North Korea has re-
peatedly detained United States citizens to be used 
as bargaining chips in negotiations over a variety of 
issues, including North Korea’s illegal nuclear weap-
ons program and ballistic missile development, and 
as a way to extract diplomatic concessions. 
(4) The United States has undertaken great 
diplomatic efforts to secure the release of Americans 
detained in North Korea, including through visits by 
former United States Presidents and cabinet level 
officials. 
(5) The Department of State strongly discour-
ages travel to North Korea, stating in a travel warn-
ing that United States citizens are at ‘‘serious risk 
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of arrest and long-term detention under North Ko-
rea’s system of law enforcement’’. 
(6) Travel to North Korea is a source of foreign 
capital for the most self-isolated nation in the world, 
helping to perpetuate an authoritarian regime which 
brutally represses dissent. 
SEC. 3. REGULATIONS PROHIBITING TRAVEL-RELATED 
TRANSACTIONS 
TO, 
FROM, 
AND 
WITHIN 
NORTH KOREA BY PERSONS SUBJECT TO THE 
JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall issue regulations prohibiting transactions 
related to travel to, from, or within North Korea by any 
person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States un-
less authorized either by a general license issued by the 
Secretary of the Treasury or on a case-by-case basis by 
a specific license issued by the Secretary of the Treasury. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON TRAVEL FOR TOURIST ACTIVI-
TIES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Treasury may not issue a general license 
or a specific license for travel-related transactions for trav-
el to, from, or within North Korea by any person subject 
to the jurisdiction of the United States if the primary pur-
pose of such travel is to engage in tourist activities. 
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(c) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sec-
tion 206(b) of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705(b)) shall apply to a person 
that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or 
causes a violation of regulations promulgated under this 
section to the same extent that such penalties apply to 
a person that commits an unlawful act described in section 
206(a) of that Act. 
(d) PERSON SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE 
UNITED STATES.—In this section, the term ‘‘person sub-
ject to the jurisdiction of the United States’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 515.329 of title 31, 
Code of Federal Regulations. 
(e) SUNSET.—This section shall cease to be effective 
beginning on the date that is 5 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
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