(2) by striking ‘‘The President’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) 
MANDATORY
ASSET
BLOCKING.—The 
President’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) DISCRETIONARY
ASSET
BLOCKING.—The 
President may also exercise such powers, in the 
same manner and to the same extent described in 
paragraph (1), with respect to a person designated 
under subsection (b).’’. 
(d) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL PERSONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report including a determination 
as to whether reasonable grounds exist, and an ex-
planation of the reasons for any determination that 
such grounds do not exist, to designate, pursuant to 
section 104 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 
Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9214), as 
amended by this section, each of the following: 
(A) The Korea Shipowners’ Protection and 
Indemnity Association, a North Korean insur-
ance company, with respect to facilitating im-
ports, exports, and reexports of arms and re-
lated materiel to and from North Korea, or for 
other activities prohibited by such section 104. 
(B) Chinpo Shipping Company (Private) 
Limited, a Singapore corporation, with respect 
to facilitating imports, exports, and reexports of 
arms and related materiel to and from North 
Korea. 
(C) The Central Bank of the Democratic 
People’s Republic of Korea, with respect to the 
sale of gold to, the receipt of gold from, or the 
import or export of gold by the Government of 
North Korea. 
(D) Kumgang Economic Development Cor-
poration (KKG), with respect to being an entity 
controlled by Bureau 39 of the Workers’ Party 
of the Government of North Korea. 
(E) Sam Pa, also known as Xu Jinghua, 
Xu Songhua, Sa Muxu, Samo, Sampa, or Sam 
King, and any entities owned or controlled by 
such individual, with respect to transactions 
with KKG. 
(F) The Chamber of Commerce of the 
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, with re-
spect to the exportation of workers in violation
of section 104(a)(5) or of section 104(b)(1)(M) 
of such Act, as amended by subsection (b) of 
this section. 
(2) FORM.—The report submitted under para-
graph (1) may contain a classified annex. 
SEC. 102. PROHIBITION ON INDIRECT CORRESPONDENT 
ACCOUNTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the North Korea Sanc-
tions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 
9221 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 201 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 201A. PROHIBITION ON INDIRECT CORRESPONDENT 
ACCOUNTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), if a United States financial institution has or obtains 
knowledge that a correspondent account established, 
maintained, administered, or managed by that institution 
for a foreign financial institution is being used by the for-
eign financial institution to provide significant financial 
services indirectly to any person, foreign government, or 
financial institution designated under section 104, the 
United States financial institution shall ensure that such 
correspondent account is no longer used to provide such 
services.
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—A United States financial institu-
tion is authorized to process transfers of funds to or from 
North Korea, or for the direct or indirect benefit of any 
person, foreign government, or financial institution that 
is designated under section 104, only if the transfer— 
‘‘(1) arises from, and is ordinarily incident and 
necessary to give effect to, an underlying transaction 
that has been authorized by a specific or general li-
cense issued by the Secretary of the Treasury; and 
‘‘(2) does not involve debiting or crediting a 
North Korean account. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CORRESPONDENT
ACCOUNT.—The term 
‘correspondent account’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 5318A of title 31, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(2) UNITED
STATES
FINANCIAL
INSTITU-
TION.—The term ‘United States financial institu-
tion’ means has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 510.310 of title 31, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, as in effect on the date of the enactment of 
this section. 
‘‘(3) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘foreign financial institution’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 1010.605 of title 31, Code
of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of 
the enactment of this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 
Enhancement Act of 2016 is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 201 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 201A. Prohibition on indirect correspondent accounts.’’. 
SEC. 103. LIMITATIONS ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO NON-
COMPLIANT GOVERNMENTS. 
Section 203 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 
Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9223) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘TRANS-
ACTIONS
IN LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT’’ 
and inserting ‘‘TRANSACTIONS
IN DEFENSE 
ARTICLES OR DEFENSE SERVICES’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘that 
provides lethal military equipment to the Gov-
ernment of North Korea’’ and inserting ‘‘that 
provides to or receives from the Government of 
North Korea a defense article or defense serv-
ice, as such terms are defined in section 47 of 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794), 
if the President determines that a significant 
type or amount of such article or service has 
been so provided or received’’; and
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2 years’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘or emer-
gency’’ and inserting ‘‘maternal and child health, 
disease prevention and response, or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) REPORT
ON ARMS TRAFFICKING INVOLVING 
NORTH KOREA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 
and annually thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary of 
State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report that specifically describes the 
compliance of foreign countries and other foreign ju-
risdictions with the requirement to curtail the trade 
described in subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(2) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 
may contain a classified annex.’’. 
SEC. 104. AMENDMENTS TO ENHANCE INSPECTION AU-
THORITIES. 
Title II of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy En-
hancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9221 et seq.), as
amended by section 102 of this Act, is further amended 
by striking section 205 and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 205. ENHANCED INSPECTION AUTHORITIES. 
‘‘(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, and 
annually thereafter for 5 years, the President shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report— 
‘‘(A) identifying the operators of foreign 
sea ports and airports that knowingly— 
‘‘(i) significantly fail to implement or 
enforce regulations to inspect ships, air-
craft, cargo, or conveyances in transit to or 
from North Korea, as required by applica-
ble United Nations Security Council reso-
lutions; 
‘‘(ii) facilitate the transfer, trans-
shipment, or conveyance of significant 
types or quantities of cargo, vessels, or air-
craft owned or controlled by persons des-
ignated under applicable United Nations 
Security Council resolutions; or 
‘‘(iii) facilitate any of the activities de-
scribed in section 104(a);
‘‘(B) describing the extent to which the re-
quirements of applicable United Nations Secu-
rity Council resolutions to de-register any vessel 
owned, controlled, or operated by or on behalf 
of the Government of North Korea have been 
implemented by other foreign countries; 
‘‘(C) describing the compliance of the Is-
lamic Republic of Iran with the sanctions man-
dated in applicable United Nations Security 
Council resolutions; 
‘‘(D) identifying vessels, aircraft, and con-
veyances owned or controlled by the Reconnais-
sance General Bureau of the Workers’ Party of 
Korea; and 
‘‘(E) describing the diplomatic and en-
forcement efforts by the President to secure the 
full implementation of the applicable United 
Nations Security Council resolutions, as de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (C). 
‘‘(2) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 
may contain a classified annex. 
‘‘(b) SPECIFIC FINDINGS.—Each report required 
under subsection (a) shall include specific findings with 
respect to the following ports and airports:
‘‘(1) The ports of Dandong, Dalian, and any 
other port in the People’s Republic of China that the 
President deems appropriate. 
‘‘(2) The ports of Abadan, Bandar-e-Abbas, 
Chabahar, 
Bandar-e-Khomeini, 
Bushehr 
Port, 
Asaluyeh Port, Kish, Kharg Island, Bandar-e-Lenge, 
and Khorramshahr, and Tehran Imam Khomeini 
International Airport, in the Islamic Republic of 
Iran. 
‘‘(3) The ports of Nakhodka, Vanino, and Vlad-
ivostok, in the Russian Federation. 
‘‘(4) The ports of Latakia, Banias, and 
Tartous, and Damascus International Airport, in the 
Syrian Arab Republic. 
‘‘(c) ENHANCED SECURITY TARGETING REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary of Homeland Security may, 
using a layered approach, require enhanced screen-
ing procedures to determine whether physical inspec-
tions are warranted of any cargo bound for or land-
ed in the United States that— 
‘‘(A) has been transported through a sea 
port or airport the operator of which has been 
identified by the President in accordance with
subsection (a)(1) as having repeatedly failed to 
comply with applicable United Nations Security 
Council resolutions; 
‘‘(B) is aboard a vessel or aircraft, or with-
in a conveyance that has, within the last 365 
days, entered the territory or waters of North 
Korea, or landed in any of the sea ports or air-
ports of North Korea; or 
‘‘(C) is registered by a country or jurisdic-
tion whose compliance has been identified by 
the President as deficient pursuant to sub-
section (a)(2). 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION
FOR
FOOD, MEDICINE, AND 
HUMANITARIAN
SHIPMENTS.—Paragraph (1) shall 
not apply to any vessel, aircraft, or conveyance that 
has entered the territory or waters of North Korea, 
or landed in any of the sea ports or airports of 
North Korea, exclusively for the purposes described 
in section 208(b)(3)(B), or to import food, medicine, 
or supplies into North Korea to meet the humani-
tarian needs of the North Korean people. 
‘‘(d) SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE.—A vessel, aircraft, 
or conveyance used to facilitate any of the activities de-
scribed in section 104(a) under the jurisdiction of the
United States may be seized and forfeited, or subject to 
forfeiture, under— 
‘‘(1) chapter 46 of title 18, United States Code; 
or 
‘‘(2) part V of title IV of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1581 et seq.).’’. 
SEC. 105. ENFORCING COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS 
SHIPPING 
SANCTIONS 
AGAINST 
NORTH 
KOREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Ports and Waterways Safety 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 16. PROHIBITION ON ENTRY AND OPERATION. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, no vessel described in sub-
section (b) may enter or operate in the navigable 
waters of the United States or transfer cargo in any 
port or place under the jurisdiction of the United 
States. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS ON APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition under 
paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to—
‘‘(i) a vessel described in subsection 
(b)(1), if the Secretary of State determines 
that— 
‘‘(I) the vessel is owned or oper-
ated by or on behalf of a country the 
government of which the Secretary of 
State determines is closely cooperating 
with the United States with respect to 
implementing the applicable United 
Nations Security Council resolutions 
(as such term is defined in section 3 
of the North Korea Sanctions and 
Policy Enhancement Act of 2016); or 
‘‘(II) it is in the national security 
interest not to apply the prohibition to 
such vessel; or 
‘‘(ii) a vessel described in subsection 
(b)(2), if the Secretary of State determines 
that the vessel is no longer registered as 
described in that subsection. 
‘‘(B) NOTICE.—Not later than 15 days 
after making a determination under subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary of State shall submit 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate written notice of the deter-
mination and the basis upon which the deter-
mination was made. 
‘‘(C) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary of 
State shall publish a notice in the Federal Reg-
ister of each determination made under sub-
paragraph (A). 
‘‘(b) VESSELS DESCRIBED.—A vessel referred to in 
subsection (a) is a foreign vessel for which a notice of ar-
rival is required to be filed under section 4(a)(5), and 
that— 
‘‘(1) is on the most recent list of vessels pub-
lished in Federal Register under subsection (c)(2); 
or 
‘‘(2) more than 180 days after the publication 
of such list, is knowingly registered, pursuant to the 
1958 Convention on the High Seas entered into 
force on September 30, 1962, by a government the 
agents or instrumentalities of which are maintaining 
a registration of a vessel that is included on such 
list.
‘‘(c) INFORMATION
AND PUBLICATION.—The Sec-
retary of the department in which the Coast Guard is op-
erating, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, 
shall— 
‘‘(1) maintain timely information on the reg-
istrations of all foreign vessels over 300 gross tons 
that are known to be— 
‘‘(A) owned or operated by or on behalf of 
the Government of North Korea or a North Ko-
rean person; 
‘‘(B) owned or operated by or on behalf of 
any country in which a sea port is located, the 
operator of which the President has identified 
in the most recent report submitted under sec-
tion 205(a)(1)(A) of the North Korea Sanctions 
and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016; or 
‘‘(C) owned or operated by or on behalf of 
any country identified by the President as a 
country that has not complied with the applica-
ble United Nations Security Council resolutions 
(as such term is defined in section 3 of such 
Act); and 
‘‘(2) not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this section, and periodically there-
after, publish in the Federal Register a list of the 
vessels described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION OF GOVERNMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of State 
shall notify each government, the agents or instru-
mentalities of which are maintaining a registration 
of a foreign vessel that is included on a list pub-
lished under subsection (c)(2), not later than 30 
days after such publication, that all vessels reg-
istered under such government’s authority are sub-
ject to subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATION.—In the case 
of a government that continues to maintain a reg-
istration for a vessel that is included on such list 
after receiving an initial notification under para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall issue an additional no-
tification to such government not later than 120 
days after the publication of a list under subsection 
(c)(2). 
‘‘(e) NOTIFICATION OF VESSELS.—Upon receiving a 
notice of arrival under section 4(a)(5) from a vessel de-
scribed in subsection (b), the Secretary of the department 
in which the Coast Guard is operating shall notify the 
master of such vessel that the vessel may not enter or op-
erate in the navigable waters of the United States or
transfer cargo in any port or place under the jurisdiction 
of the United States, unless— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of State has made a deter-
mination under subsection (a)(2); or 
‘‘(2) the Secretary of the department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating allows provisional 
entry of the vessel, or transfer of cargo from the ves-
sel, under subsection (f). 
‘‘(f) PROVISIONAL ENTRY OR CARGO TRANSFER.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the 
Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
operating may allow provisional entry of, or transfer of 
cargo from, a vessel, if such entry or transfer is necessary 
for the safety of the vessel or persons aboard. 
‘‘(g) RIGHT OF INNOCENT PASSAGE AND RIGHT OF 
TRANSIT PASSAGE.—This section shall not be construed 
as authority to restrict the right of innocent passage or 
the right of transit passage as recognized under inter-
national law. 
‘‘(h) FOREIGN VESSEL DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘foreign vessel’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 110 of title 46, United States Code.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SPECIAL POWERS.—Section 4(b)(2) of the 
Ports and Waterways Safety Act (33 U.S.C.
1223(b)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or 16’’ after 
‘‘section 9’’. 
(2) DENIAL OF ENTRY.—Section 13(e) of the 
Ports and Waterways Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 
1232(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 9’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 9 or 16’’. 
SEC. 106. REPORT ON COOPERATION BETWEEN NORTH 
KOREA AND IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 
for 5 years, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report that includes— 
(1) an assessment of the extent of cooperation 
(including through the transfer of goods, services, 
technology, or intellectual property) between North 
Korea and Iran relating to their respective nuclear, 
ballistic missile development, chemical or biological 
weapons development, or conventional weapons pro-
grams; 
(2) the names of any Iranian or North Korean 
persons that have knowingly engaged in or di-
rected— 
(A) the provision of material support to 
such programs; or
(B) the exchange of information between 
North Korea and Iran with respect to such pro-
grams; 
(3) the names of any other foreign persons that 
have facilitated the activities described in paragraph 
(1); and 
(4) a determination whether any of the activi-
ties described in paragraphs (1) and (2) violate 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 
(2015). 
(b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain 
a classified annex. 
SEC. 107. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNITED NA-
TIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS BY 
OTHER GOVERNMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 
for 5 years, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report that evaluates the de-
gree to which the governments of other countries have 
knowingly failed to— 
(1) close the representative offices of persons 
designated under applicable United Nations Security 
Council resolutions;
(2) expel any North Korean nationals, including 
diplomats, working on behalf of such persons; 
(3) prohibit the opening of new branches, sub-
sidiaries, or representative offices of North Korean 
financial institutions within the jurisdictions of such 
governments; or 
(4) expel any representatives of North Korean 
financial institutions. 
(b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain 
a classified annex. 
SEC. 108. BRIEFING ON MEASURES TO DENY SPECIALIZED 
FINANCIAL MESSAGING SERVICES TO DES-
IGNATED NORTH KOREAN FINANCIAL INSTI-
TUTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
thereafter for 5 years, the President shall provide to the 
appropriate congressional committees a briefing that in-
cludes the following information: 
(1) A list of each person or foreign government 
the President has identified that directly provides 
specialized financial messaging services to, or en-
ables or facilitates direct or indirect access to such 
messaging services for—
(A) any North Korean financial institution 
(as such term is defined in section 3 of the 
North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhance-
ment Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202)) designated 
under an applicable United Nations Security 
Council resolution; or 
(B) any other North Korean person, on be-
half of such a North Korean financial institu-
tion. 
(2) A detailed assessment of the status of ef-
forts by the Secretary of the Treasury to work with 
the relevant authorities in the home jurisdictions of 
such specialized financial messaging providers to end 
such provision or access. 
(b) FORM.—The briefing required under subsection 
(a) may be classified. 
TITLE II—SANCTIONS WITH RE-
SPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS 
ABUSES 
BY 
THE 
GOVERN-
MENT OF NORTH KOREA 
SEC. 201. SANCTIONS FOR FORCED LABOR AND SLAVERY 
OVERSEAS OF NORTH KOREANS. 
(a) SANCTIONS FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 302(b) of the North 
Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 
2016 (22 U.S.C. 9241(b)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) a list of foreign persons that knowingly 
employ North Korean laborers, as described in sec-
tion 104(b)(1)(M).’’. 
(2) 
ADDITIONAL
DETERMINATIONS; 
RE-
PORTS.—With respect to any country identified in 
section 302(b)(2) of the North Korea Sanctions and 
Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 
9241(b)(2)), as amended by paragraph (1), the re-
port required under section 302(a) of such Act 
shall— 
(A) include a determination whether each 
person identified in section 302(b)(3) of such 
Act (as amended by paragraph (1)) who is a 
national or a citizen of such identified country 
meets the criteria for sanctions under—
(i) section 111 of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7108) (relating to the prevention of traf-
ficking in persons); or 
(ii) section 104(a) or 104(b)(1) of the 
North Korea Sanctions and Policy En-
hancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 
9214(a)), as amended by section 101 of 
this Act; 
(B) be included in the report required 
under section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)) 
(relating to the annual report on trafficking in 
persons); and 
(C) be considered in any determination 
that the government of such country has made 
serious and sustained efforts to eliminate severe 
forms of trafficking in persons, as such term is 
defined for purposes of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000. 
(b) SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN PERSONS THAT EM-
PLOY NORTH KOREAN LABOR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the North Korea 
Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22
U.S.C. 9241 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 302 the following new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 302A. REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION APPLICABLE TO 
GOODS MADE WITH NORTH KOREAN LABOR. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), any significant goods, wares, articles, and merchan-
dise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part 
by the labor of North Korean nationals or citizens shall 
be deemed to be prohibited under section 307 of the Tariff 
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307) and shall not be entitled 
to entry at any of the ports of the United States. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition described in sub-
section (a) shall not apply if the Commissioner of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection finds, by clear and con-
vincing evidence, that the goods, wares, articles, or mer-
chandise described in such paragraph were not produced 
with convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor under 
penal sanctions. 
‘‘SEC. 302B. SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN PERSONS EMPLOYING 
NORTH KOREAN LABOR. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(c), the President shall designate any person identified 
under section 302(b)(3) for the imposition of sanctions 
under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose 
the sanctions described in paragraph (2) with re-
spect to any person designated under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions 
described in this paragraph are sanctions pursuant 
to the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to block and prohibit 
all transactions in property and interests in property 
of a person designated under subsection (a), if such 
property and interests in property are in the United 
States, come within the United States, or are or 
come within the possession or control of a United 
States person. 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person may not be des-
ignated under subsection (a) if the President cer-
tifies to the appropriate congressional committees 
that the President has received reliable assurances 
from such person that— 
‘‘(A) the employment of North Korean la-
borers does not result in the direct or indirect 
transfer of convertible currency, luxury goods, 
or other stores of value to the Government of 
North Korea;
‘‘(B) all wages and benefits are provided 
directly to the laborers, and are held, as appli-
cable, in accounts within the jurisdiction in 
which they reside in locally denominated cur-
rency; and 
‘‘(C) the laborers are subject to working 
conditions consistent with international stand-
ards. 
‘‘(2) RECERTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 
days after the date on which the President transmits 
to the appropriate congressional committees an ini-
tial certification under paragraph (1), and every 180 
days thereafter, the President shall— 
‘‘(A) transmit a recertification stating that 
the conditions described in such paragraph con-
tinue to be met; or 
‘‘(B) if such recertification cannot be 
transmitted, impose the sanctions described in 
subsection (b) beginning on the date on which 
the President determines that such recertifi-
cation cannot be transmitted.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the North Korea Sanctions 
and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 302 the 
following new items: 
‘‘Sec. 302A. Rebuttable presumption applicable to goods made with North Ko-
rean labor. 
‘‘Sec. 302B. Sanctions on foreign persons employing North Korean labor.’’. 
SEC. 202. MODIFICATIONS TO SANCTIONS SUSPENSION AND 
WAIVER AUTHORITIES. 
(a) EXEMPTIONS.—Section 208(a) of the North 
Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 
U.S.C. 9228(a)) is amended in the matter preceding para-
graph (1)— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘201A,’’ after ‘‘104,’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘302A, 302B,’’ after ‘‘209,’’. 
(b) HUMANITARIAN WAIVER.—Section 208(b) of the 
North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 
2016 (22 U.S.C. 9228(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘201A,’’ after ‘‘104,’’ in each 
place it appears; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘302A, 302B,’’ after ‘‘209(b),’’ 
in each place it appears. 
(c) WAIVER.—Section 208(c) of the North Korea 
Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 
U.S.C. 9228(c)) is amended in the matter preceding para-
graph (1)— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘201A,’’ after ‘‘104,’’; and 
(2) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘302A, 
302B,’’ 
after 
‘‘209(b),’’.
SEC. 203. REWARD FOR INFORMANTS. 
Section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(11) the identification or location of any per-
son who, while acting at the direction of or under 
the control of a foreign government, aids or abets a 
violation of section 1030 of title 18, United States 
Code; or 
‘‘(12) the disruption of financial mechanisms of 
any person who has engaged in the conduct de-
scribed in sections 104(a) or 104(b)(1) of the North 
Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 
2016 (22 U.S.C. 2914(a) or (b)(1)).’’. 
SEC. 204. DETERMINATION ON DESIGNATION OF NORTH 
KOREA AS A STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM. 
(a) DETERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a determination whether North
Korea meets the criteria for designation as a state 
sponsor of terrorism. 
(2) FORM.—The determination required by 
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form but may include a classified annex, if appro-
priate. 
(b) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM DEFINED.—For 
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘state sponsor of ter-
rorism’’ means a country the government of which the 
Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 
6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 
4605(j)) (as in effect pursuant to the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act), section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), section 40 of 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), or any 
other provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly 
provided support for acts of international terrorism. 
TITLE III—GENERAL 
AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 301. AUTHORITY TO CONSOLIDATE REPORTS. 
Any reports required to be submitted to the appro-
priate congressional committees under this Act or any 
amendment made by this Act that are subject to deadlines 
for submission consisting of similar units of time may be 
consolidated into a single report that is submitted to ap-
propriate congressional committees pursuant to the earlier 
of such deadlines. The consolidated reports must contain 
all information required under this Act or any amendment 
made by this Act, in addition to all other elements man-
dated by previous law. 
SEC. 302. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit— 
(1) the authority or obligation of the President 
to apply the sanctions described in section 104 of 
the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement 
Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9214), as amended by sec-
tion 101 of this Act, with regard to persons who 
meet the criteria for designation under such section, 
or in any other provision of law; or 
(2) the authorities of the President pursuant to 
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
SEC. 303. REGULATORY AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
promulgate regulations as necessary for the implementa-
tion of this Act and the amendments made by this Act. 
(b) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not fewer than 
10 days before the promulgation of a regulation under 
subsection (a), the President shall notify and provide to
the appropriate congressional committees the proposed 
regulation, specifying the provisions of this Act or the 
amendments made by this Act that the regulation is imple-
menting. 
SEC. 304. LIMITATION ON FUNDS. 
No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 
requirements of this Act or of the amendments made by 
this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using 
amounts otherwise authorized. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 4, 2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.