port authorized humanitarian activities in North 
Korea. 
(c) MODIFICATION TO NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS 
REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall modify the North Korea Sanctions Regulations so 
that personal computers and related peripherals that sup-
port authorized humanitarian activities by nongovern-
mental organizations are not considered to be ‘‘luxury 
goods’’. 
(d) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Treasury, acting through the Director of the Office of 
Foreign Assets Control, shall issue plainly worded guid-
ance intended for financial institutions, shipping compa-
nies, foreign customs officials, and others involved in 
transactions related to humanitarian assistance that— 
(1) clarifies the applicability of the humani-
tarian exception under the North Korea Sanctions 
Regulations; and 
(2) describes best practices for ensuring that 
activities are consistent with that exception. 
(e) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 120 
days thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury, acting 
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through the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Con-
trol and in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port that includes— 
(1) a list of specific licenses related to humani-
tarian assistance in North Korea issued by the Of-
fice of Foreign Assets Control in the 120 days pre-
ceding submission of the report; 
(2) a list of requests for specific licenses related 
to humanitarian assistance in North Korea denied 
by the Office of Foreign Assets Control in the 120 
days preceding submission of the report, with expla-
nations for the denials; 
(3) a list of requests for specific licenses related 
to humanitarian assistance in North Korea that 
have been pending for 30 days or more as of the 
date of the report, with explanations for the delays; 
(4) a list of requests by persons who are not 
United States citizens, lawful permanent residents, 
or entities, for sanctions waivers related to humani-
tarian assistance in North Korea that have been 
pending for 30 days or more as of the date of the 
report, with explanations for the delays; and 
(5) a description of recent efforts to streamline 
the process by which nongovernmental organizations 
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engaged in humanitarian activity in North Korea 
apply for and are granted specific licenses or waiv-
ers. 
SEC. 5. ENHANCING MULTILATERAL SANCTIONS EXEMP-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall di-
rect the United States Permanent Representative to the 
United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the 
United States to urge the United Nations— 
(1) to extend the period for humanitarian ex-
emptions from the 1718 Sanctions Committee to 1 
year and remove the limitation on exemption appli-
cations per organization per year; 
(2) to apply lessons learned from expedited ap-
provals of requests for humanitarian exemptions 
during the COVID–19 pandemic to speed approval 
at the 1718 Sanctions Committee of other critical 
exemption requests, such as requests that would ad-
dress urgent needs identified in the annual reports 
of the United Nations on needs and priorities for 
North Korea; and 
(3) to modify applications for humanitarian ex-
emptions from the 1718 Sanctions Committee to be 
less burdensome for nongovernmental organizations, 
drawing as appropriate on successes in approaches 
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taken by other United Nations sanctions commit-
tees. 
(b) REPORTING.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report— 
(1) describing any requests for humanitarian 
exemptions to the 1718 Sanctions Committee known 
to have been denied in the 180 days preceding sub-
mission of the report or known to have been in proc-
ess for more than 30 days as of the date of the re-
port, and any known explanations for such denials 
and delays; 
(2) detailing any action by a foreign govern-
ment in the 180 days preceding submission of the 
report that has delayed or impeded humanitarian as-
sistance approved by the 1718 Sanctions Committee, 
including the status of obstacles to humanitarian as-
sistance posed by customs officials in the People’s 
Republic of China; and 
(3) describing efforts in the 180 days preceding 
submission of the report to establish or maintain an 
approved banking channel for transactions related to 
humanitarian assistance for North Korea. 
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SEC. 6. STREAMLINING HUMANITARIAN TRAVEL AUTHOR-
IZATIONS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall provide to 
the appropriate congressional committees a briefing— 
(1) detailing the benefits and risks associated 
with issuing a ‘‘multi-entry special validation pass-
port’’ to individuals employed by a nongovernmental 
organization known to be engaged in authorized hu-
manitarian activity in North Korea, with the pur-
pose of reducing costs and delays associated with re-
peated passport applications; and 
(2) setting forth a strategy to otherwise expe-
dite and simplify the process to obtain a special 
travel permit to travel to North Korea on behalf of 
a humanitarian organization or to travel to North 
Korea using a United States passport to deliver or 
oversee humanitarian assistance. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives. 
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(2) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.— 
The term ‘‘Export Administration Regulations’’ 
means the regulations set forth in subchapter C of 
chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, 
or successor regulations. 
(3) NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS REGULATIONS.— 
The term ‘‘North Korea Sanctions Regulations’’ 
means the regulations set forth in part 510 of title 
31, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regu-
lations. 
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