services responsible for the implementation of North 
Korea’s repressive laws regarding foreign media con-
sumption. 
(3) A detailed description of the agencies and 
other government entities and key officials of foreign 
governments that assist, facilitate, or aid North Ko-
rea’s repressive censorship and surveillance state. 
(4) A review of existing public-private partner-
ships that provide circumvention technology and an 
assessment of the feasibility and utility of new tools 
to increase free expression, circumvent censorship, 
and obstruct repressive surveillance in North Korea. 
(5) A description of and funding levels required 
for current United States Government programs and 
activities to provide access for the people of North 
Korea to a diverse range of fact-based information. 
(6) An update of the plan required by section 
104(a)(7)(A) of the North Korean Human Rights 
Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7814(a)(7)(A)). 
(7) A description of Department of State pro-
grams and funding levels for programs that promote 
internet freedom in North Korea, including moni-
toring and evaluation efforts. 
(8) A description of grantee programs of the 
United States Agency for Global Media in North 
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Korea that facilitate circumvention tools and broad-
casting, including monitoring and evaluation efforts. 
(9) A detailed assessment of how the United 
States International Broadcasting Surge Capacity 
Fund authorized under section 316 of the United 
States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 
U.S.C. 6216) has operated to respond to crisis situa-
tions in the past, and how authority to transfer un-
obligated balances from expired accounts would help 
the United States Agency for Global Media in crisis 
situations in the future. 
(10) A detailed plan for how the authorization 
of appropriations under section 7 will operate along-
side and augment existing programming from the 
relevant Federal agencies and facilitate the develop-
ment of new tools to assist that programming. 
(c) FORM OF STRATEGY.—The strategy required by 
subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include the matters required by paragraphs (2) and 
(3) of subsection (b) in a classified annex. 
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SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PER-
SONS RESPONSIBLE FOR NORTH KOREA’S RE-
PRESSIVE CENSORSHIP AND SURVEILLANCE 
STATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President may impose the 
following sanctions with respect to any foreign person that 
the President determines knowingly engaged in, facili-
tated, or was responsible for censorship by the Govern-
ment of North Korea or the Workers’ Party of Korea iden-
tified under paragraph (2) or (3) of section 4(b): 
(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 
may exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi-
dent under the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent 
necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in 
property and interests in property of the foreign per-
son if such property and interests in property are in 
the United States, come within the United States, or 
are or come within the possession or control of a 
United States person. 
(2) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR 
PAROLE.— 
(A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR
PAROLE.—In 
the case of an alien, the alien may be— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
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(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
documentation to enter the United States; 
and 
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
or paroled into the United States or to re-
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—An alien described 
in subparagraph (A) may be subject to rev-
ocation of any visa or other entry docu-
mentation regardless of when the visa or 
other entry documentation is or was 
issued. 
(ii) EFFECT.—A revocation under 
clause (i) shall— 
(I) take effect consistent with 
section 221 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201); and 
(II) cancel any other valid visa or 
entry documentation that is in the 
alien’s possession. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
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(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 
and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 
this section. 
(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of subsection (a)(1) or any regulation, li-
cense, or order issued to carry out that subsection 
shall be subject to the penalties set forth in sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that 
commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) 
of that section. 
(c) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The President 
may waive the imposition of sanctions under subsection 
(a) with respect to a person if the President— 
(1) determines that such a waiver is in the na-
tional security interests of the United States; and 
(2) submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a notification of the waiver and the rea-
sons for the waiver. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.— 
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