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(4) should continue to brief the relevant congressional 
committees regularly on the status of such discussions. 
(b) RELEVANT COMMITTEES.—The relevant committees referred 
to in subsection (a)(4) shall include— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 
on Armed Services, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives. 
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 by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STUDY.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of the North Korea Sanctions 
and Policy Enhancement Act of 2015, the President shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a classified report that 
sets forth a detailed plan for making unrestricted, unmonitored, 
and inexpensive electronic mass communications available to the 
people of North Korea.’’. 
SEC. 302. STRATEGY TO PROMOTE NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination 
with other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall 
submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
a report that details a United States strategy to promote initiatives 
to enhance international awareness of and to address the human 
rights situation in North Korea. 
(b) INFORMATION.—The report required under subsection (a) 
should include— 
(1) a list of countries that forcibly repatriate refugees from 
North Korea; and 
(2) a list of countries where North Korean laborers work, 
including countries the governments of which have formal 
arrangements with the Government of North Korea or any 
person acting for or on behalf of that Government to employ 
North Korean workers. 
(c) STRATEGY.—The report required under subsection (a) should 
include— 
(1) a plan to enhance bilateral and multilateral outreach, 
including sustained engagement with the governments of part-
ners and allies with overseas posts to routinely demarche or 
brief those governments on North Korea human rights issues, 
including forced labor, trafficking, and repatriation of citizens 
of North Korea; 
(2) public affairs and public diplomacy campaigns, including 
options to work with news organizations and media outlets 
to publish opinion pieces and secure public speaking opportuni-
ties for United States Government officials on issues related 
to the human rights situation in North Korea, including forced
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labor, trafficking, and repatriation of citizens of North Korea; 
and 
(3) opportunities to coordinate and collaborate with appro-
priate nongovernmental organizations and private sector enti-
ties to raise awareness and provide assistance to North Korean 
defectors throughout the world. 
SEC. 303. REPORT ON NORTH KOREAN PRISON CAMPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report that describes, 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; 
(3) the reasons for the confinement of the prisoners; 
(4) the camp’s primary industries and products, and the 
end users of any goods produced in the camp; 
(5) the individuals and agencies responsible for conditions 
in the camp; 
(6) the conditions under which prisoners are confined, with 
respect to the adequacy of food, shelter, medical care, working 
conditions, and reports of ill-treatment of prisoners; and 
(7) imagery, to include satellite imagery of the camp, in 
a format that, if published, would not compromise the sources 
and methods used by the United States intelligence community 
to capture geospatial imagery. 
(b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) may be 
included in the first human rights report required to be submitted 
to Congress after the date of the enactment of this Act under 
sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2151n(d) and 2304(b)). 
SEC. 304. REPORT ON AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT 
TO SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES OR CENSORSHIP IN 
NORTH KOREA. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report that— 
(A) identifies each person the Secretary determines 
to be responsible for serious human rights abuses or censor-
ship in North Korea and describes the conduct of that 
person; and 
(B) describes serious human rights abuses or censor-
ship undertaken by the Government of North Korea or 
any person acting for or on behalf of that Government 
in the most recent year ending before the submission of 
the report. 
(2) CONSIDERATION.—In preparing the report required 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall— 
(A) give due consideration to the findings of the United 
Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North 
Korea; and 
(B) make specific findings with respect to the responsi-
bility of Kim Jong Un, and of each individual who is 
a member of the National Defense Commission 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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(3) SUBMISSION AND FORM.— 
(A) SUBMISSION.—The report required under paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
thereafter for a period not to exceed 3 years, and shall 
be included in each human rights 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)). 
(B) FORM.—The report required under paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of State shall 
publish the unclassified part of the report required under 
paragraph (1) on the website of the Department of State. 
(b) DESIGNATION OF PERSONS.—The President shall designate 
under section 104(a) any person listed in the report required under 
subsection (a)(1) that— 
(1) knowingly engages in, is responsible for, or facilitates 
censorship by the Government of North Korea; or 
(2) knowingly engages in, is responsible for, or facilitates 
serious human rights abuses by the Government of North 
Korea. 
(c) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the President should— 
(1) seek the prompt adoption by the United Nations Secu-
rity Council of a resolution calling for the blocking of the 
assets of all persons responsible for severe human rights abuses 
or censorship in North Korea; and 
(2) fully cooperate with the prosecution of any individual 
listed in the report required under subsection (a)(1) before 
any international tribunal that may be established to prosecute 
persons responsible for severe human rights abuses or censor-
ship in North Korea. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 401. SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS AND OTHER MEASURES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any sanction or other measure required 
under title I, II, or III (or any amendment made by such titles) 
may be suspended for up to 1 year upon certification by the Presi-
dent to the appropriate congressional committees that the Govern-
ment of North Korea has made progress toward— 
(1) verifiably ceasing its counterfeiting of United States 
currency, including the surrender or destruction of specialized 
materials and equipment used or particularly suitable for 
counterfeiting; 
(2) taking steps toward financial transparency to comply 
with generally accepted protocols to cease and prevent the 
laundering of monetary instruments; 
(3) taking steps toward verification of its compliance with 
applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions; 
(4) taking steps toward accounting for and repatriating 
the citizens of other countries— 
(A) abducted or unlawfully held captive by the Govern-
ment of North Korea; or
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(B) detained in violation of the Agreement Concerning 
a Military Armistice in Korea, signed at Panmunjom July 
27, 1953 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Korean War 
Armistice Agreement’’); 
(5) accepting and beginning to abide by internationally 
recognized standards for the distribution and monitoring of 
humanitarian aid; and 
(6) taking verified steps to improve living conditions in 
its political prison camps. 
(b) RENEWAL
OF SUSPENSION.—The suspension described in 
subsection (a) may be renewed for additional, consecutive 180- 
day periods after the President certifies to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that the Government of North Korea has contin-
ued to comply with the conditions described in subsection (a) during 
the previous year. 
SEC. 402. TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS AND OTHER MEASURES. 
Any sanction or other measure required under title I, II, or 
III (or any amendment made by such titles) shall terminate on 
the date on which the President determines and certifies to the 
appropriate congressional committees that the Government of North 
Korea has— 
(1) met the requirements set forth in section 401; and 
(2) made significant progress toward— 
(A) completely, verifiably, and irreversibly dismantling 
all of its nuclear, chemical, biological, and radiological 
weapons programs, including all programs for the develop-
ment of systems designed in whole or in part for the 
delivery of such weapons; 
(B) releasing all political prisoners, including the citi-
zens of North Korea detained in North Korea’s political 
prison camps; 
(C) ceasing its censorship of peaceful political activity; 
(D) establishing an open, transparent, and representa-
tive society; and 
(E) fully accounting for and repatriating United States 
citizens (including deceased United States citizens)— 
(i) abducted or unlawfully held captive by the 
Government of North Korea; or 
(ii) detained in violation of the Agreement Con-
cerning a Military Armistice in Korea, signed at Pan-
munjom July 27, 1953 (commonly referred to as the 
‘‘Korean War Armistice Agreement’’). 
SEC. 403. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated for 
each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021— 
(1) $3,000,000 to carry out section 103 of the North Korea 
Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7813); 
(2) $3,000,000 to carry out subsections (a), (b), and (c) 
of section 104 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 7814); 
(3) $2,000,000 to carry out subsection (d) of such section 
104, as add by section 301 of this Act; and 
(4) $2,000,000 to carry out section 203 of the North Korea 
Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7833). 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appropriated for each 
fiscal year pursuant to subsection (a) shall remain available until 
expended.
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SEC. 404. RULEMAKING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to promulgate 
such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this Act (which may include regulatory exceptions), 
including under section 205 of the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1704). 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act, or in any 
amendment made by this Act, may be construed to limit the 
authority of the President to designate or sanction persons pursuant 
to an applicable Executive order or otherwise pursuant to the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.). 
SEC. 405. AUTHORITY TO CONSOLIDATE REPORTS. 
Any and all reports required to be submitted to appropriate 
congressional committees under this Act or any amendment made 
by this Act that are subject to a deadline 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 informa-
tion required under this Act or any amendment made by this 
Act, in addition to all other elements mandated by previous law. 
SEC. 406. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.