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. 
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. Prohibition on indirect correspondent accounts. 
Sec. 103. Limitations on foreign assistance to noncompliant governments. 
Sec. 104. Amendments to enhance inspection authorities. 
Sec. 105. Enforcing compliance with United Nations shipping sanctions against 
North Korea. 
Sec. 106. Report on cooperation between North Korea and Iran. 
Sec. 107. Report on implementation of United Nations Security Council resolu-
tions by other governments. 
Sec. 108. Briefing on measures to deny specialized financial messaging services 
to designated North Korean financial institutions. 
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. Determination on designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of 
terrorism. 
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 No. 
13694’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or Executive Order No. 
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 
‘‘(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) of this subsection, 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) of this subsection, 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: 
‘‘(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). 
(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 related mate-
rials 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 
Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9214(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in-
serting ‘‘or 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));’’; 
(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 
significant amounts of fuel or supplies, provides bun-
kering services, or facilitates a significant trans-
action or transactions to operate or maintain, a ves-
sel or aircraft that is designated under an applicable 
Executive order or an applicable United Nations Se-
curity Council resolution, or that is owned or con-
trolled by a person designated under an applicable 
Executive order or applicable United Nations Secu-
rity 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— 
‘‘(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 significant quantities of 
coal, iron, or iron ore, in excess of the limita-
tions provided in applicable United Nations Se-
curity 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 a significant 
transfer of funds or property of the Govern-
ment of North Korea that materially contrib-
utes to any violation of an applicable United 
National 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, other types of petroleum or petroleum 
byproducts, liquified natural gas, or other nat-
ural gas resources to the Government of North 
Korea (except for heavy fuel oil, gasoline, or 
diesel fuel for humanitarian 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 
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 significant rev-
enue, directly or indirectly, for use by the Gov-
ernment of North Korea or by the Workers’ 
Party of Korea; 
‘‘(N) knowingly conducted a significant 
transaction or transactions 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, 
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)’’;