104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 83
JOINT RESOLUTION
Relating to the United States-North Korea Agreed Frame-
work and the obligations of North Korea under that
and 
previous 
agreements 
with 
respect 
to 
the
denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and dialogue
with the Republic of Korea.
Whereas the United States-Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea Agreed Framework (‘‘Agreed Framework’’), en-
tered into on October 21, 1994, between the United
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States and North Korea, requires North Korea to stop
and eventually dismantle its graphite-moderated nuclear
reactor program and related facilities, and comply fully
with its obligations under the Treaty on the Non-Pro-
liferation of Nuclear Weapons, in exchange for alternative
energy sources, including interim supplies of heavy fuel
oil for electric generators and more proliferation-resistant
light water reactor technology;
Whereas the Agreed Framework also commits North Korea
to ‘‘consistently take steps to implement the North-South
Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean
Peninsula’’ and ‘‘engage in North-South’’ dialogue with
the Republic of Korea;
Whereas the Agreed Framework does not indicate specific
criteria for full normalization of relations between the
United States and North Korea, and does not link the se-
quencing of actions in the Agreed Framework with any
time-frame for carrying out the provisions of the North-
South Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the
Korean Peninsula and carrying out the dialogue between
North Korea and the Republic of Korea;
Whereas the commitment by North Korea to carry out the
letter and spirit of the Agreed Framework has been put
into doubt by actions of North Korea since October 21,
1994, including the suspected diversion of United States
heavy fuel oil in apparent contravention of the agreed
purpose of the interim fuel deliveries, the resistance to
accepting light water reactors from the Republic of
Korea, the harsh denunciations of the Government of the
Republic of Korea and other actions contrary to the com-
mitment by North Korea to engage in a dialogue with
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such Government, and the continued conduct of provoca-
tive, offensive oriented military exercises; and
Whereas the nuclear threat posed by North Korea is just one
of a number of security concerns of the United States
arising out of the policies of North Korea: Now, there-
fore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERA-
TION 
OBLIGATIONS 
OF 
NORTH 
KOREA
UNDER THE AGREED FRAMEWORK.
It is the sense of the Congress that in discussions
or negotiations with the Government of North Korea pur-
suant to the implementation of the United States-Demo-
cratic People’s Republic of Korea Agreed Framework (in
this joint resolution referred to as the ‘‘Agreed Frame-
work’’), entered into on October 21, 1994, the President
should uphold the following minimum conditions relating
to nuclear nonproliferation:
(1) All spent fuel from the graphite-moderated
nuclear reactors and related facilities of North
Korea should be removed from the territory of North
Korea as is consistent with the Agreed Framework.
(2) The International Atomic Energy Agency
should have the freedom to conduct any and all in-
spections that it deems necessary to fully account for
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the stocks of plutonium and other nuclear materials
in North Korea, including special inspections of sus-
pected nuclear waste sites, before any nuclear com-
ponents controlled by the Nuclear Supplier Group
Guidelines are delivered for a light water reactor for
North Korea.
(3) The dismantlement of all declared graphite-
based nuclear reactors and related facilities in North
Korea, including reprocessing units, should be com-
pleted in accordance with the Agreed Framework
and in a manner that effectively bars in perpetuity
any reactivation of such reactors and facilities.
(4) The United States should suspend actions
described in the Agreed Framework if North Korea
attempts to reload its existing 5 megawatt nuclear
reactor or resumes construction of nuclear facilities
other than those permitted to be built under the
Agreed Framework.
SEC. 2. ROLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA UNDER THE
AGREED FRAMEWORK.
It is further the sense of the Congress that the Re-
public of Korea should play the central role in the project
to provide light water reactors to North Korea under the
Agreed Framework.
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SEC. 3. FURTHER STEPS TO PROMOTE UNITED STATES SE-
CURITY AND POLITICAL INTERESTS WITH RE-
SPECT TO NORTH KOREA.
It is further the sense of the Congress that, after the
date of the enactment of this joint resolution, the Presi-
dent should not take further steps toward upgrading diplo-
matic relations with North Korea beyond opening liaison
offices, or relaxing trade and investment barriers imposed
against North Korea without—
(1) action by the Government of North Korea
to engage in a North-South dialogue with the Gov-
ernment of the Republic of Korea;
(2) significant progress toward implementation
of the North-South Joint Declaration on the
Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula; and
(3) progress toward the achievement of several
long-standing United States policy objectives regard-
ing North Korea and the Korean Peninsula, includ-
ing—
(A) reducing the number of military forces
of North Korea along the Demilitarized Zone
and relocating such military forces away from
the Demilitarized Zone;
(B) prohibiting any movement by North
Korea toward the deployment of an intermedi-
ate range ballistic missile system; and
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(C) prohibiting the export by North Korea
of missiles and other weapons of mass destruc-
tion, including related technology and compo-
nents.
SEC. 4. RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO NORTH KOREA
AND THE KOREAN PENINSULA ENERGY DE-
VELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of part III of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 620G. ASSISTANCE TO NORTH KOREA AND THE KO-
REAN PENINSULA ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATION.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—No assistance may be provided
under this Act or any other provision of law to North
Korea or the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Or-
ganization unless—
‘‘(1) such assistance is provided in accordance
with all requirements, limitations, and procedures
otherwise applicable to the provision of such assist-
ance for such purposes; and
‘‘(2) the President—
‘‘(A) notifies the congressional committees
specified in section 634A(a) of this Act prior to
the obligation of such assistance in accordance