(b) WAIVER.—The President may waive, on a case- 
by-case basis, the imposition of sanctions for a period of 
not more than 1 year, and may renew that waiver for addi-
tional periods of not more than 1 year, any sanction or 
other measure under section 104, 204, 205, 206, or 303 
if the President submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a written determination that the waiver meets 
one or more of the following requirements: 
(1) The waiver is important to the economic or 
national security interests of the United States. 
(2) The waiver will further the enforcement of 
this Act or is for an important law enforcement pur-
pose. 
(3) The waiver is for an important humani-
tarian purpose, including any of the purposes de-
scribed in section 4 of the North Korean Human 
Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7802). 
(c) REMOVALS OF SANCTIONS.—The President may 
prescribe rules and regulations for the removal of sanc-
tions on a person that is designated under subsection (a) 
or (b) of section 104 and the removal of designations of 
a person with respect to such sanctions if the President 
determines that the designated person has verifiably 
ceased its participation in any of the conduct described 
in subsection (a) or (b) of section 104, as the case may 
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be, and has given assurances that it will abide by the re-
quirements of this Act. 
(d) FINANCIAL SERVICES
FOR CERTAIN ACTIVI-
TIES.—The President may promulgate regulations, rules, 
and policies as may be necessary to facilitate the provision 
of financial services by a foreign financial institution that 
is not controlled by the Government of North Korea in 
support of the activities subject to exemption under this 
section. 
SEC. 208. REPORT ON THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOW-
INGLY
ENGAGING
IN
SIGNIFICANT
ACTIVI-
TIES UNDERMINING CYBER SECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report on signifi-
cant activities undermining cyber security conducted, or 
otherwise ordered or controlled, directly or indirectly, by 
the Government of North Korea, including— 
(1) the identity and nationality of persons that 
have knowingly engaged in, directed, or provided 
material
support
to
significant
activities
under-
mining cyber security by the Government of North 
Korea; 
(2) the conduct engaged in by each person iden-
tified; 
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(3) the extent to which a foreign government 
has provided material support to significant activi-
ties undermining cyber security conducted, or other-
wise ordered or controlled by, the Government of 
North Korea; and 
(4) the efforts made by the United States to en-
gage foreign governments to halt the capability of 
North Korea to conduct significant activities under-
mining cyber security. 
(b) SUBMISSION AND FORM.— 
(1) SUBMISSION.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall be submitted not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
every 180 days thereafter for a period not to exceed 
3 years. 
(2) FORM.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in an unclassified 
form, but may contain a classified annex. 
SEC. 209. SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT TRILATERAL CO-
OPERATION
AMONG
THE
UNITED
STATES, 
JAPAN, AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA IS 
CRUCIAL TO THE STABILITY OF THE ASIA-PA-
CIFIC REGION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The United States, Japan, and the Republic 
of Korea (South Korea) share the values of democ-
racy, free and open markets, the rule of law, and re-
spect for human rights. 
(2)
The
alliance
relationship
between
the 
United States, Japan, and South Korea are critical 
to peace and security in the Asia-Pacific region. 
(3) The United States, Japan, and South Korea 
are committed to continuing diplomatic efforts to en-
sure continued peace and stability in the Asia-Pa-
cific region. 
(4) On December 28, 2014, the United States, 
Japan, and South Korea finalized a trilateral mili-
tary intelligence-sharing arrangement concerning the 
nuclear and missile threats posed by North Korea. 
(5) The trilateral military intelligence-sharing 
arrangement reinforces and strengthens the commit-
ment between the United States, Japan, and South 
Korea toward a Korean Peninsula free of nuclear 
weapons. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile pro-
grams are of mutual concern to the United States, Japan, 
and South Korea and a trilateral military intelligence- 
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sharing arrangement is essential to the security of each 
nation and the Asia-Pacific region. 
SEC. 210. REPORT ON NUCLEAR PROGRAM COOPERATION 
BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall submit to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate a report on cooperation between North Korea and Iran 
on their nuclear programs, including the identity of Ira-
nian and North Korean persons that have knowingly en-
gaged in or directed the provision of material support or 
the exchange of information between North Korea and 
Iran on their respective nuclear programs. 
(b) SUBMISSION AND FORM.— 
(1) SUBMISSION.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall be submitted not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) FORM.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in an unclassified 
form, but may contain a classified annex. 
TITLE III—PROMOTION OF 
HUMAN RIGHTS 
SEC. 301. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. 
Section 104 of the North Korean Human Rights Act 
of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7814) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘radios capa-
ble of receiving broadcasting’’ and inserting ‘‘radio, 
Internet, and electronic mass communications capa-
ble of receiving content’’; and 
(2) by adding after subsection (c) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(d) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STUDY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 
the President shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report setting forth a de-
tailed plan for making unrestricted, unmonitored, 
and inexpensive, radio, Internet, and electronic mass 
communications available to the people of North 
Korea. 
‘‘(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
contain a classified annex.’’. 
SEC. 302. REPORT ON NORTH KOREAN PRISON CAMPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
describing, with respect to each political prison camp in 
North Korea to the extent information is available— 
(1) the camp’s estimated prisoner population; 
(2) the camp’s geographical coordinates; 
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(3) the reasons for confinement of the pris-
oners; 
(4) the camp’s primary industries and products, 
and the end users of any goods produced in such 
camp; 
(5) the natural persons and agencies respon-
sible for conditions in the camp; 
(6) the conditions under which prisoners are 
confined, with respect to the adequacy of food, shel-
ter, medical care, working conditions, and reports of 
ill-treatment of prisoners; and 
(7) imagery, to include satellite imagery of each 
such camp, in a format that, if published, would not 
compromise the sources and methods used by the in-
telligence agencies of the United States to capture 
geospatial imagery. 
(b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
may be included in the first report required to be sub-
mitted to Congress after the date of the enactment of this 
Act under sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d) and 2304(b)) 
(relating to the annual human rights report). 
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SEC. 303. REPORT ON PERSONS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE 
FOR SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES OR 
CENSORSHIP IN NORTH KOREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
that contains an identification of each person the Sec-
retary determines to be responsible for serious human 
rights abuses or censorship in North Korea and a descrip-
tion of such abuses or censorship engaged in by such per-
son. The report shall include a description of actions taken 
by the Department of State to implement or support the 
recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry’s Report 
on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of 
North Korea, including efforts to press China and other 
countries to implement Commission recommendations. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.—In preparing the report re-
quired under subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall 
give due consideration to the findings of the United Na-
tions Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North 
Korea, and shall make specific findings with respect to 
the responsibility of Kim Jong Un, and of each natural 
person who is a member of the National Defense Commis-
sion of North Korea, or the Organization and Guidance 
Department of the Workers’ Party of Korea, for serious 
human rights abuses and censorship. 
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(c) DESIGNATION OF PERSONS.—The President shall 
designate under section 104(a) any person listed in the 
report required under subsection (a) as responsible for se-
rious human rights abuses or censorship in North Korea. 
(d) SUBMISSION AND FORM.— 
(1) SUBMISSION.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall be submitted not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
every 180 days thereafter for a period not to exceed 
3 years, shall be included in each report required 
under sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d) and 
2304(b)) (relating to the annual human rights re-
port). 
(2) FORM.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may include a classified annex. The Secretary of 
State shall also publish the unclassified part of the 
report on the Department of State’s Web site. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL 
AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 401. SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS AND OTHER MEAS-
URES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any sanction or other measure 
provided for in title I (or any amendment made by title 
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I) or title II may be suspended for up to 365 days upon 
certification by the President to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that the Government of North Korea 
has— 
(1) verifiably ceased its counterfeiting of United 
States currency, including the surrender or destruc-
tion of specialized materials and equipment used for 
or particularly suitable for counterfeiting; 
(2) taken significant steps toward financial 
transparency to comply with generally accepted pro-
tocols to cease and prevent the laundering of mone-
tary instruments; 
(3) taken significant steps toward verification 
of its compliance with United Nations Security 
Council Resolutions 1695, 1718, 1874, 2087, and 
2094; 
(4) taken significant steps toward accounting 
for and repatriating the citizens of other countries 
abducted or unlawfully held captive by the Govern-
ment of North Korea or detained in violation of the 
1953 Armistice Agreement; 
(5) accepted and begun to abide by internation-
ally recognized standards for the distribution and 
monitoring of humanitarian aid; 
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(6) provided credible assurances that it will not 
support further acts of international terrorism; 
(7) taken significant and verified steps to im-
prove living conditions in its political prison camps; 
and 
(8) made significant progress in planning for 
unrestricted family reunification meetings, including 
for those individuals among the two million strong 
Korean-American community who maintain family 
ties with relatives in North Korea. 
(b) RENEWAL OF SUSPENSION.—The suspension de-
scribed in subsection (a) may be renewed for additional 
consecutive periods of 180 days upon certification by the 
President to the appropriate congressional committees 
that the Government of North Korea has continued to 
comply with the conditions described in subsection (a) dur-
ing the previous year. 
SEC. 402. TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS AND OTHER MEAS-
URES. 
Any sanction or other measure provided for in title 
I (or any amendment made by title I) or title II shall ter-
minate on the date on which the President determines and 
certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that 
the Government of North Korea has met the requirements 
of section 401, and has also— 
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