the demilitarized zone that maimed 2 South 
Korean soldiers on August 4, 2015. 
(5) North Korea maintains a system of brutal 
political prison camps that contain as many as 
200,000 men, women, and children, who are— 
(A) kept in atrocious living conditions with 
insufficient food, clothing, and medical care; and 
(B) under constant fear of torture or arbi-
trary execution. 
(6) North Korea has prioritized weapons pro-
grams and the procurement of luxury goods— 
(A) in defiance of United Nations Security 
Council Resolutions 1695 (2006), 1718 (2006), 
1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), and 2094 (2013); and 
(B) in gross disregard of the needs of the 
people of North Korea. 
(7) Persons, including financial institutions, 
who engage in transactions with, or provide financial 
services to, the Government of North Korea and its fi-
nancial institutions without establishing sufficient fi-
nancial safeguards against North Korea’s use of such 
transactions to promote proliferation, weapons traf-
ficking, human rights violations, illicit activity, and 
the purchase of luxury goods— 
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(A) aid and abet North Korea’s misuse of 
the international financial system; and 
(B) violate the intent of the United Nations 
Security Council resolutions referred to in para-
graph (6)(A). 
(8) The Government of North Korea has provided 
technical support and conducted destructive and coer-
cive cyberattacks, including against Sony Pictures 
Entertainment and other United States persons. 
(9) The conduct of the Government of North 
Korea poses an imminent threat to— 
(A) the security of the United States and its 
allies; 
(B) the global economy; 
(C) the safety of members of the United 
States Armed Forces; 
(D) the integrity of the global financial sys-
tem; 
(E) the integrity of global nonproliferation 
programs; and 
(F) the people of North Korea. 
(10) The Government of North Korea has spon-
sored acts of international terrorism, including— 
(A) attempts to assassinate defectors and 
human rights activists; and 
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(B) the shipment of weapons to terrorists 
and state sponsors of terrorism. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to use nonmilitary means to address the cri-
sis described in subsection (a); 
(2) to provide diplomatic leverage to negotiate 
necessary changes in the conduct of the Government 
of North Korea; 
(3) to ease the suffering of the people of North 
Korea; and 
(4) to reaffirm the purposes set forth in section 
4 of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 
U.S.C. 7802). 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPLICABLE EXECUTIVE ORDER.—The term 
‘‘applicable Executive order’’ means— 
(A) Executive Order 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
note; relating to blocking property of weapons of 
mass destruction proliferators and their sup-
porters), Executive Order 13466 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
note; relating to continuing certain restrictions 
with respect to North Korea and North Korean 
nationals), Executive Order 13551 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note; relating to blocking property of cer-
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tain persons with respect to North Korea), Exec-
utive Order 13570 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating 
to prohibiting certain transactions with respect 
to North Korea), Executive Order 13619 (50 
U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property 
of persons threatening the peace, security, or sta-
bility of Burma), Executive Order 13687 (50 
U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to imposing addi-
tional sanctions with respect to North Korea), or 
Executive Order 13694 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; re-
lating to blocking the property of certain persons 
engaging in significant malicious cyber-enabled 
activities), to the extent that such Executive 
order— 
(i) authorizes the imposition of sanc-
tions on persons for conduct with respect to 
North Korea; 
(ii) prohibits transactions or activities 
involving the Government of North Korea; 
or 
(iii) otherwise imposes sanctions with 
respect to North Korea; and 
(B) any Executive order adopted on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, to the ex-
tent that such Executive order— 
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(i) authorizes the imposition of sanc-
tions on persons for conduct with respect to 
North Korea; 
(ii) prohibits transactions or activities 
involving the Government of North Korea; 
or 
(iii) otherwise imposes sanctions with 
respect to North Korea. 
(2) APPLICABLE
UNITED
NATIONS
SECURITY 
COUNCIL RESOLUTION.—The term ‘‘applicable United 
Nations Security Council resolution’’ means— 
(A) United Nations Security Council Reso-
lution 1695 (2006), 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 
2087 (2013), or 2094 (2013); and 
(B) any United Nations Security Council 
resolution adopted on or after the date of the en-
actment of this Act that— 
(i) authorizes the imposition of sanc-
tions on persons for conduct with respect to 
North Korea; 
(ii) prohibits transactions or activities 
involving the Government of North Korea; 
or 
(iii) otherwise imposes sanctions with 
respect to North Korea. 
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(3) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Financial Services, and the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(4) DESIGNATED
PERSON.—The term ‘‘des-
ignated person’’ means a person designated under 
subsection (a) or (b) of section 104 for purposes of ap-
plying 1 or more of the sanctions described in title I 
or II with respect to the person. 
(5) GOVERNMENT OF NORTH KOREA.—The term 
‘‘Government of North Korea’’ means the Government 
of North Korea and its agencies, instrumentalities, 
and controlled entities. 
(6) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘hu-
manitarian assistance’’ means assistance to meet hu-
manitarian needs, including needs for food, medicine, 
medical supplies, clothing, and shelter. 
(7) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘in-
telligence community’’ has the meaning given such 
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