I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1644 
To enhance sanctions with respect to transactions relating to North Korea, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 21, 2017 
Mr. ROYCE of California (for himself, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. YOHO, and Mr. SHER-
MAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and 
Means, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight 
and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To enhance sanctions with respect to transactions relating 
to North Korea, 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 ‘‘Korean Interdiction 
and Modernization of Sanctions Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
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Sec. 3. Definitions. 
TITLE I—SANCTIONS TO ENFORCE AND IMPLEMENT UNITED NA-
TIONS SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA 
Sec. 101. Modification and expansion of requirements for the designation of 
persons. 
Sec. 102. Briefing on measures to deny specialized financial messaging services 
to designated North Korean financial institutions. 
Sec. 103. Prohibition on indirect correspondent accounts. 
Sec. 104. Limitations on foreign assistance to noncompliant governments. 
Sec. 105. Amendments to enhance inspection authorities. 
Sec. 106. Enforcing compliance with United Nations shipping sanctions against 
North Korea. 
Sec. 107. Report on cooperation between North Korea and Iran. 
Sec. 108. Report on implementation of United Nations Security Council resolu-
tions by other governments. 
TITLE II—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS 
ABUSES BY THE GOVERNMENT OF NORTH KOREA 
Sec. 201. Sanctions for forced labor and slavery overseas of North Koreans. 
Sec. 202. Modifications to sanctions suspension and waiver authorities. 
Sec. 203. Reward for informants. 
Sec. 204. Report on designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of ter-
rorism. 
TITLE III—GENERAL AUTHORITIES 
Sec. 301. Authority to consolidate reports. 
Sec. 302. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 303. Regulatory authority. 
Sec. 304. Limitation on funds. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS IN THE NORTH 
KOREA SANCTIONS AND POLICY ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 
2016.— 
(1) APPLICABLE EXECUTIVE ORDER.—Section 
3(1)(A) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 
Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202(1)(A)) 
is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or Executive Order 
13694’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘Executive 
Order 
13694’’; and 
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(B) by inserting ‘‘or Executive Order 
13722 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to block-
ing the property of the Government of North 
Korea and the Workers’ Party of Korea, and 
Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect 
to North Korea),’’ before ‘‘to the extent’’. 
(2) APPLICABLE
UNITED
NATIONS
SECURITY 
COUNCIL
RESOLUTION.—Section 3(2)(A) of the 
North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act 
of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202(2)(A)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘or 2094 (2013)’’ and inserting ‘‘, 2094 
(2013), 2270 (2016), or 2321 (2016)’’. 
(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—Section 3 of the North 
Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 
2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202) is amended— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(5) 
through (14) as paragraphs (6) through (15), 
respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per-
son’ means— 
‘‘(A) an individual who is not a United 
States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence to the United States; or 
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‘‘(B) an entity that is not a United States 
person.’’. 
(4) LUXURY GOODS.—Paragraph (9) of section 
3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy En-
hancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202), as redes-
ignated by paragraph (3), is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) also includes any items so designated 
under an applicable United Nations Security 
Council resolution.’’. 
(5) NORTH KOREAN PERSON.—Section 3 of the 
North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act 
of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202), as amended by para-
graph (3), is further amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (13) 
through (15) as paragraphs (14) through (16), 
respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (12) the 
following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(13) NORTH
KOREAN
PERSON.—The term 
‘North Korean person’ means— 
‘‘(A) a North Korean citizen or national; 
or 
‘‘(B) an entity owned or controlled by the 
Government of North Korea or by a North Ko-
rean citizen or national.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ACT.—In 
this Act: 
(1) APPLICABLE
UNITED
NATIONS
SECURITY 
COUNCIL RESOLUTION; LUXURY GOODS.—The terms 
‘‘applicable United Nations Security Council resolu-
tion’’ and ‘‘luxury goods’’ have the meanings given 
those terms, respectively, in section 3 of the North 
Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 
2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202), as amended by subsection 
(a). 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES; GOVERNMENT
OF
NORTH
KOREA; UNITED 
STATES PERSON.—The terms ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’, ‘‘Government of North Korea’’, 
and ‘‘United States person’’ have the meanings 
given those terms, respectively, in section 3 of the 
North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act 
of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202). 
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(3) FOREIGN
PERSON; NORTH
KOREAN
PER-
SON.—The terms ‘‘foreign person’’ and ‘‘North Ko-
rean person’’ have the meanings given those terms, 
respectively, in paragraph (5) and paragraph (13) of 
section 3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 
Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202(5) and 
9202(13)), as added by subsection (a). 
(4) PROHIBITED
WEAPONS
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘prohibited weapons program’’ means— 
(A) any program related to the develop-
ment of nuclear, chemical, or biological weap-
ons, and their means of delivery, including bal-
listic missiles; and 
(B) any program to develop any related 
materials with respect to a program described 
in subparagraph (A). 
TITLE 
I—SANCTIONS 
TO 
EN-
FORCE 
AND 
IMPLEMENT 
UNITED NATIONS SECURITY 
COUNCIL 
SANCTIONS 
AGAINST NORTH KOREA 
SEC. 101. MODIFICATION AND EXPANSION OF REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR THE DESIGNATION OF PERSONS. 
(a) EXPANSION OF MANDATORY DESIGNATIONS.— 
Section 104(a) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 
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Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9214(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (10) as para-
graph (15); 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(10) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pur-
chases or otherwise acquires from North Korea any 
significant amounts of gold, titanium ore, vanadium 
ore, copper, silver, nickel, zinc, or rare earth min-
erals; 
‘‘(11) knowingly, directly or indirectly, sells or 
transfers to North Korea any significant amounts of 
rocket, aviation, or jet fuel (except for use by a civil-
ian passenger aircraft outside North Korea, exclu-
sively for consumption during its flight to North 
Korea or its return flight); 
‘‘(12) knowingly, directly or indirectly, provides 
fuel, supplies, or bunkering services to, or facilitates 
any significant transactions involving, a vessel or 
aircraft that is designated under an applicable Exec-
utive order or an applicable United Nations Security 
Council resolution, or that is owned or controlled by 
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a person designated under an applicable Executive 
order or applicable United Nations Security Council 
resolution; 
‘‘(13) knowingly, directly or indirectly, insures, 
registers, facilitates the registration of, or maintains 
insurance or a registration for, a vessel owned or 
controlled by the Government of North Korea, ex-
cept as specifically approved by the United Nations 
Security Council; 
‘‘(14) knowingly, directly or indirectly, main-
tains a correspondent account (as defined in section 
201A(d)(1)) with any North Korean financial insti-
tution, except as specifically approved by the United 
Nations Security Council; or’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (15), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘(9)’’ and inserting ‘‘(14)’’. 
(b) EXPANSION
OF ADDITIONAL DISCRETIONARY 
DESIGNATIONS.—Section 104(b)(1) of the North Korea 
Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 
U.S.C. 9214(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘pursuant 
to an applicable United Nations Security Council 
resolution;’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘pursuant 
to— 
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‘‘(i) an applicable United Nations Se-
curity Council resolution; 
‘‘(ii) 
any 
regulation 
promulgated 
under section 404; or 
‘‘(iii) 
any 
applicable 
Executive 
order;’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(D) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pur-
chased or otherwise acquired from the Govern-
ment of North Korea any coal, iron, or iron ore, 
in excess of the limitations provided in applica-
ble United Nations Security Council resolutions; 
‘‘(E) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pur-
chased or otherwise acquired significant types 
or amounts of textiles from the Government of 
North Korea; 
‘‘(F) knowingly facilitated any transfer of 
funds or property of the Government of North 
Korea that significantly contributes to any vio-
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lation of an applicable United Nations Security 
Council resolution; 
‘‘(G) knowingly, directly or indirectly, fa-
cilitated a significant transfer to or from the 
Government of North Korea of bulk cash, pre-
cious metals, gemstones, or other stores of 
value not described under subsection (a)(10); 
‘‘(H) knowingly, directly or indirectly, sold, 
transferred, or otherwise provided significant 
amounts of crude oil, condensates, refined pe-
troleum, or other types of petroleum or petro-
leum byproducts to the Government of North 
Korea (except for heavy fuel oil for humani-
tarian use or as excepted under subsection 
(a)(11)); 
‘‘(I) knowingly, directly or indirectly, en-
gaged in, facilitated, or was responsible for the 
online commercial activities of the Government 
of North Korea, including online gambling; 
‘‘(J) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pur-
chased or otherwise acquired fishing rights 
from the Government of North Korea; 
‘‘(K) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pro-
vided significant telephonic, telegraphic, tele-
communications or other data services, in whole 
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or in part, into or out of North Korea, in excess 
of services needed for humanitarian or diplo-
matic purposes (other than services that are ex-
cepted under section 203(b)(1) of the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1702(b)(1))); 
‘‘(L) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pur-
chased or otherwise acquired significant types 
or amounts of food or agricultural products 
from the Government of North Korea; 
‘‘(M) knowingly, directly or indirectly, en-
gaged in, facilitated, or was responsible for the 
exportation of workers from North Korea in a 
manner intended to generate revenue, directly 
or indirectly, for use by the Government of 
North Korea or by the Workers’ Party of 
Korea; 
‘‘(N) knowingly operated in North Korea’s 
transportation, mining, energy, or financial 
services industries; or 
‘‘(O) except as specifically approved by the 
United Nations Security Council, and other 
than through a correspondent account as de-
scribed in subsection (a)(14), knowingly facili-
tated the operation of any branch, subsidiary, 
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or office of a North Korean financial institu-
tion.’’. 
(c) 
MANDATORY
AND
DISCRETIONARY
ASSET 
BLOCKING.—Section 104(c) of the North Korea Sanctions 
and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9214(c)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘of a designated person’’ and in-
serting ‘‘of a person designated under subsection 
(a)’’; 
(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 
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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 
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controlled by Bureau 39 of the Workers’ Party 
of the Government of North Korea. 
(E) Sam Pa, also known as Xu Jinghua, 
and any entities owned or controlled by Sam 
Pa, 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. BRIEFING ON MEASURES TO DENY SPECIALIZED 
FINANCIAL MESSAGING SERVICES TO DES-
IGNATED NORTH KOREAN FINANCIAL INSTI-
TUTIONS. 
Section 201 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 
Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9221) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) BRIEFING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 
and every 180 days thereafter for 5 years, the Presi-
dent shall provide to the appropriate congressional 
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committees a briefing that includes the following in-
formation: 
‘‘(A) A list of each person or foreign gov-
ernment the President has identified that di-
rectly provides specialized financial messaging 
services to, or enables or facilitates direct or in-
direct access to such messaging services for, 
any North Korean financial institution des-
ignated under an applicable United Nations Se-
curity Council resolution. 
‘‘(B) A detailed assessment of the status of 
efforts by the Secretary of the Treasury to work 
with the relevant authorities in the home juris-
dictions of such specialized financial messaging 
providers to end such provision or access. 
‘‘(2) FORM.—The briefing required under this 
subsection may be classified.’’. 
SEC. 103. 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 
(as amended by section 102 of this Act) the following new 
section: 
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‘‘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 financial services indi-
rectly to any person, foreign government, or financial in-
stitution 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 
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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 any defense article or defense 
service, as such terms are defined in section 47 
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2794)’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2 years’’; and 
(2) 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 every 180 days thereafter for 5 years, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report that specifically de-
scribes the compliance of foreign countries and other 
foreign jurisdictions with curtailing the trade de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1). 
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‘‘(2) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 
may contain a classified annex.’’. 
SEC. 105. 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 103 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 have— 
‘‘(i) failed to implement or enforce 
regulations to inspect any ships, aircraft, 
cargo, or conveyances in transit to or from 
North Korea, as required by applicable 
United Nations Security Council resolu-
tions; 
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‘‘(ii) facilitated the transfer, trans-
shipment, or conveyance of any cargo, ves-
sels, or aircraft owned or controlled by per-
sons designated under applicable United 
Nations Security Council resolutions; or 
‘‘(iii) facilitated any of the activities 
described 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 the Govern-
ment 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 each vessel, aircraft, and 
conveyance that is owned or controlled by the 
Reconnaissance General Bureau of the Work-
ers’ Party of Korea; and 
‘‘(E) describing the diplomatic and en-
forcement efforts by the President to secure the 
full implementation of the applicable United 
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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.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary of Homeland Security may, 
using the Automated Targeting System operated by 
the National Targeting Center of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection, require enhanced screening pro-
cedures to determine whether physical inspections 
are warranted of any cargo bound for or landed 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, waters, or airspace 
of North Korea, or landed in any of the sea 
ports or airports 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 
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not apply to any vessel, aircraft, or conveyance that 
has entered the territory, waters, or airspace 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 
humanitarian 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 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. 106. 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-
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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) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY OF 
STATE.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply with re-
spect to 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.—The Secretary of State 
shall publish a notice in the Federal Register of 
each determination made under subparagraph 
(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 
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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, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
shall— 
‘‘(1) maintain timely information on the reg-
istrations of all foreign vessels over 300 gross tons 
that are— 
‘‘(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 or airport is lo-
cated, the operator of which the President has 
identified in the most recent report submitted 
under section 205(a)(1) 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 
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(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 the prohibition under 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-
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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.—This section 
shall not be construed as authority to restrict the right 
of innocent passage as recognized under international 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.— 
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(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. 107. REPORT ON COOPERATION BETWEEN NORTH 
KOREA AND IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 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, or 
technology) between North Korea and Iran relating 
to their respective nuclear, ballistic missile develop-
ment, chemical or biological weapons development, 
or conventional weapons programs; 
(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 
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(B) the exchange of information between 
North Korea and Iran with respect to such pro-
grams; and 
(3) 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. 108. 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 every 180 days 
thereafter for 5 years, the President shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report that evalu-
ates the degree to which the governments of other coun-
tries 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; 
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(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. 
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: 
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‘‘(3) a list of foreign persons that employ North 
Korean laborers.’’. 
(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 
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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 goods, wares, articles, and merchandise 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. 
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‘‘(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 
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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-
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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 for the North Korea Sanctions and Policy En-
hancement 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, WAIVERS, AND REMOVALS
OF 
DESIGNATION.— 
(1) 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 paragraph (1)— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘201A,’’ after ‘‘104,’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘302A, 302B,’’ after 
‘‘209,’’. 
(2) HUMANITARIAN
WAIVER.—Section 208(b) 
of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhance-
ment Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9228(b)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘201A,’’ after ‘‘104,’’ in 
each place it appears; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘302A, 302B,’’ after 
‘‘209(b),’’ in each place it appears. 
(3) 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 paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘201A,’’ after ‘‘104,’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘302A, 302B,’’ after 
‘‘209(b),’’. 
(b) SUPPORT FOR FAMILY REUNIFICATION FOR KO-
REAN-AMERICANS.—Section 402(2) of the North Korea 
Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 
U.S.C. 9252(2)) is amended— 
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(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(F) planning for unrestricted family re-
unification meetings, including for those indi-
viduals in the Korean-American community who 
maintain family ties with relatives in North 
Korea.’’. 
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 
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‘‘(12) the disruption of financial mechanisms of 
any person who has engaged in the conduct de-
scribed in section 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. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF NORTH KOREA AS 
A STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM. 
(a) REPORT; DETERMINATION OR JUSTIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report that includes a determination 
whether North Korea is a state sponsor of terrorism. 
(2) INCLUSION.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall also be included in the first annual 
report under section 140 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 
U.S.C. 2656f) submitted on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 
include a classified annex. 
(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 
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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 a dead-
line for submission consisting of the same unit of time may 
be consolidated into a single report that is submitted to 
appropriate congressional committees pursuant to such 
deadline. The consolidated reports must contain all infor-
mation required under this Act or any amendment made 
by this Act, in addition to all other elements mandated 
by previous law. 
SEC. 302. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the 
authority or obligation of the President to apply the sanc-
tions described in section 104 of the North Korea Sanc-
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tions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 
9214), as amended by section 101 of this Act, with regard 
to persons who meet the criteria for designation under 
such section. 
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. 
Æ 
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