term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
(8) 
LUXURY
GOODS.—The 
term 
‘‘luxury 
goods’’— 
(A) has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 746.4(b)(1) of title 15, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations; and 
(B) includes the items listed in Supplement 
No. 1 to part 746 of such title, and any similar 
items. 
(9) MONETARY INSTRUMENTS.—The term ‘‘mone-
tary instruments’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 5312(a) of title 31, United States Code. 
(10) NORTH KOREA.—The term ‘‘North Korea’’ 
means the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 
(11) NORTH KOREAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.— 
The term ‘‘North Korean financial institution’’ means 
any financial institution that— 
(A) is organized under the laws of North 
Korea or any jurisdiction within North Korea 
(including a foreign branch of such an institu-
tion); 
(B) is located in North Korea, except for a 
financial institution that is excluded by the 
President in accordance with section 208(c); 
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(C) is owned or controlled by the Govern-
ment of North Korea, regardless of location; or 
(D) is owned or controlled by a financial 
institution described in subparagraph (A), (B), 
or (C), regardless of location. 
(12) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES UNDERMINING CY-
BERSECURITY.—The term ‘‘significant activities un-
dermining cybersecurity’’ includes— 
(A) significant efforts to— 
(i) deny access to or degrade, disrupt, 
or destroy an information and communica-
tions technology system or network; or 
(ii) exfiltrate information from such a 
system or network without authorization; 
(B) significant destructive malware attacks; 
(C) significant denial of service activities; 
and 
(D) such other significant activities de-
scribed in regulations promulgated to implement 
section 104. 
(13) SOUTH KOREA.—The term ‘‘South Korea’’ 
means the Republic of Korea. 
(14) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
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(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 
the United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity. 
TITLE I—INVESTIGATIONS, PRO-
HIBITED CONDUCT, AND PEN-
ALTIES 
SEC. 101. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
In order to achieve the peaceful disarmament of North 
Korea, Congress finds that it is necessary— 
(1) to encourage all member states of the United 
Nations to fully and promptly implement United Na-
tions Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013); 
(2) to sanction the persons, including financial 
institutions, that facilitate proliferation, illicit activi-
ties, arms trafficking, cyberterrorism, imports of lux-
ury goods, serious human rights abuses, cash smug-
gling, and censorship by the Government of North 
Korea; 
(3) to authorize the President to sanction persons 
who fail to exercise due diligence to ensure that such 
financial institutions and member states do not fa-
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cilitate proliferation, arms trafficking, kleptocracy, or 
imports of luxury goods by the Government of North 
Korea; 
(4) to deny the Government of North Korea ac-
cess to the funds it uses to develop or obtain nuclear 
weapons, ballistic missiles, cyberwarfare capabilities, 
and luxury goods instead of providing for the needs 
of the people of North Korea; and 
(5) to enforce sanctions in a manner that does 
not significantly hinder or delay the efforts of legiti-
mate United States or foreign humanitarian organi-
zations from providing assistance to meet the needs of 
civilians facing humanitarian crisis, including access 
to food, health care, shelter, and clean drinking water, 
to prevent or alleviate human suffering. 
SEC. 102. INVESTIGATIONS. 
(a) INITIATION.—The President shall initiate an inves-
tigation into the possible designation of a person under sec-
tion 104(a) upon receipt by the President of credible infor-
mation indicating that such person has engaged in conduct 
described in section 104(a). 
(b) PERSONNEL.—The President may direct the Sec-
retary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the heads 
of other Federal departments and agencies as may be nec-
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essary to assign sufficient experienced and qualified inves-
tigators, attorneys, and technical personnel— 
(1) to investigate the conduct described in sub-
sections (a) and (b) of section 104; and 
(2) to coordinate and ensure the effective enforce-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 103. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) PRESIDENTIAL BRIEFINGS TO CONGRESS.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and periodically thereafter, the President shall provide 
a briefing to the appropriate congressional committees on 
efforts to implement this Act. 
(b) REPORT FROM SECRETARY OF STATE.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State shall conduct, coordinate, and submit 
to Congress a comprehensive report on United States policy 
towards North Korea that— 
(1) is based on a full and complete interagency 
review of current policies and possible alternatives, 
including with respect to North Korea’s weapons of 
mass destruction and missile programs, human rights 
atrocities, and significant activities undermining cy-
bersecurity; and 
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(2) includes recommendations for such legislative 
or administrative action as the Secretary considers 
appropriate based on the results of the review. 
SEC. 104. DESIGNATION OF PERSONS. 
(a) MANDATORY DESIGNATIONS.—Except as provided 
in section 208, the President shall designate under this sub-
section any person that the President determines— 
(1) knowingly, directly or indirectly, imports, 
exports, or reexports to, into, or from North Korea 
any goods, services, or technology controlled for export 
by the United States because of the use of such goods, 
services, or technology for weapons of mass destruc-
tion or delivery systems for such weapons and materi-
ally contributes to the use, development, production, 
possession, or acquisition by any person of a nuclear, 
radiological, chemical, or biological weapon or any 
device or system designed in whole or in part to de-
liver such a weapon; 
(2) knowingly, directly or indirectly, provides 
training, advice, or other services or assistance, or en-
gages in significant financial transactions, relating to 
the manufacture, maintenance, or use of any such 
weapon, device, or system to be imported, exported, or 
reexported to, into, or from North Korea; 
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(3) knowingly, directly or indirectly, imports, 
exports, or reexports luxury goods to or into North 
Korea; 
(4) knowingly engages in, is responsible for, or 
facilitates censorship by the Government of North 
Korea; 
(5) knowingly engages in, is responsible for, or 
facilitates serious human rights abuses by the Govern-
ment of North Korea; 
(6) knowingly, directly or indirectly, engages in 
money laundering, the counterfeiting of goods or cur-
rency, bulk cash smuggling, or narcotics trafficking 
that supports the Government of North Korea or any 
senior official or person acting for or on behalf of that 
Government; 
(7) knowingly engages in significant activities 
undermining cybersecurity through the use of com-
puter networks or systems against foreign persons, 
governments, or other entities on behalf of the Govern-
ment of North Korea; 
(8) knowingly, directly or indirectly, sells, sup-
plies, or transfers to or from the Government of North 
Korea or any person acting for or on behalf of that 
Government, a significant amount of precious metal, 
graphite, raw or semi-finished metals or aluminum, 
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steel, coal, or software, for use by or in industrial 
processes directly related to weapons of mass destruc-
tion and delivery systems for such weapons, other 
proliferation activities, the Korean Workers’ Party, 
armed forces, internal security, or intelligence activi-
ties, or the operation and maintenance of political 
prison camps or forced labor camps, including outside 
of North Korea; 
(9) knowingly, directly or indirectly, imports, 
exports, or reexports to, into, or from North Korea 
any arms or related materiel; or 
(10) knowingly attempts to engage in any of the 
conduct described in paragraphs (1) through (9). 
(b) ADDITIONAL DISCRETIONARY DESIGNATIONS.— 
(1) PROHIBITED CONDUCT DESCRIBED.—Except 
as provided in section 208, the President may des-
ignate under this subsection any person that the 
President determines— 
(A) knowingly engages in, contributes to, 
assists, sponsors, or provides financial, material 
or technological support for, or goods and serv-
ices in support of, any person designated pursu-
ant to an applicable United Nations Security 
Council resolution; 
(B) knowingly contributed to— 
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(i) the bribery of an official of the Gov-
ernment of North Korea or any person act-
ing for on behalf of that official; 
(ii) the misappropriation, theft, or em-
bezzlement of public funds by, or for the 
benefit of, an official of the Government of 
North Korea or any person acting for or on 
behalf of that official; or 
(iii) the use of any proceeds of any ac-
tivity described in clause (i) or (ii); or 
(C) knowingly and materially assisted, 
sponsored, or provided significant financial, ma-
terial, or technological support for, or goods or 
services to or in support of, the activities de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B). 
(2) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.—With respect to 
any person designated under this subsection, the 
President may— 
(A) apply the sanctions described in section 
204, 205(c), or 206 to the person to the same ex-
tent and in the same manner as if the person 
were designated under subsection (a); 
(B) apply any applicable special measures 
described in section 5318A of title 31, United 
States Code; 
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(C) prohibit any transactions in foreign ex-
change— 
(i) that are subject to the jurisdiction 
of the United States; and 
(ii) in which such person has any in-
terest; and 
(D) prohibit any transfers of credit or pay-
ments between financial institutions or by, 
through, or to any financial institution, to the 
extent that such transfers or payments— 
(i) are subject to the jurisdiction of the 
United States; and 
(ii) involve any interest of such person. 
(c) ASSET BLOCKING.—The President shall exercise all 
of the powers granted to the President under the Inter-
national 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 a des-
ignated person, the Government of North Korea, or the 
Workers’ Party of Korea, 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. 
(d) APPLICATION TO SUBSIDIARIES AND AGENTS.— 
The designation of a person under subsection (a) or (b) and 
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the blocking of property and interests in property under 
subsection (c) shall apply with respect to a person who is 
determined to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted 
or purported to have acted for or on behalf of, directly or 
indirectly, any person whose property and interests in 
property are blocked pursuant to this section. 
(e) TRANSACTION LICENSING.—The President shall 
deny or revoke any license for any transaction that the 
President determines to lack sufficient financial controls to 
ensure that such transaction will not facilitate any activity 
described in subsection (a) or (b). 
(f) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 
apply to any person who violates, attempts to violate, con-
spires to violate, or causes a violation of any prohibition 
of this section, or an order or regulation prescribed under 
this section, to the same extent that such penalties apply 
to a person that commits an unlawful act described in sec-
tion 206(a) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1705(a)). 
SEC. 105. FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO PROPERTY SUBJECT TO FOR-
FEITURE.—Section 981(a)(1) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(I) Any property, real or personal, that is in-
volved in a violation or attempted violation, or which 
constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to a 
prohibition imposed pursuant to section 104(a) of the 
North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act 
of 2016.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT
TO DEFINITION
OF CIVIL FOR-
FEITURE
STATUTE.—Section 983(i)(2)(D) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(D) the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 
U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.), or the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement 
Act of 2016; or’’. 
(c) AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION OF SPECIFIED UN-
LAWFUL ACTIVITY.—Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or section 92 of’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 92 of’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘, or sec-
tion 104(a) of the North Korea Sanctions Enforce-
ment Act of 2016 (relating to prohibited activities 
with respect to North Korea);’’. 
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TITLE II—SANCTIONS AGAINST 
NORTH KOREAN PROLIFERA-
TION, 
HUMAN 
RIGHTS 
ABUSES, AND ILLICIT ACTIVI-
TIES 
SEC. 201. DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO NORTH 
KOREA AS A JURISDICTION OF PRIMARY 
MONEY LAUNDERING CONCERN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Under Secretary of the Treasury for Ter-
rorism and Financial Intelligence, who is responsible 
for safeguarding the financial system against illicit 
use, money laundering, terrorist financing, and the 
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and has 
repeatedly expressed concern about North Korea’s 
misuse of the international financial system— 
(A) in 2006— 
(i) stated, ‘‘Given [North Korea’s] 
counterfeiting of U.S. currency, narcotics 
trafficking and use of accounts world-wide 
to 
conduct 
proliferation-related 
trans-
actions, the line between illicit and licit 
North Korean money is nearly invisible.’’; 
and 
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(ii) urged financial institutions world-
wide to ‘‘think carefully about the risks of 
doing any North Korea-related business’’; 
(B) in 2011, stated that North Korea— 
(i) ‘‘remains intent on engaging in 
proliferation, selling arms as well as bring-
ing in material’’; and 
(ii) was ‘‘aggressively pursuing the ef-
fort to establish front companies.’’; and 
(C) in 2013, stated— 
(i) in reference to North Korea’s dis-
tribution of high-quality counterfeit United 
States currency, that ‘‘North Korea is con-
tinuing to try to pass a supernote into the 
international financial system’’; and 
(ii) the Department of the Treasury 
would soon introduce new currency with 
improved 
security 
features 
to 
protect 
against counterfeiting by the Government of 
North Korea. 
(2) The Financial Action Task Force, an inter-
governmental body whose purpose is to develop and 
promote national and international policies to com-
bat money laundering and terrorist financing, has re-
peatedly— 
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(A) expressed concern at deficiencies in 
North Korea’s regimes to combat money laun-
dering and terrorist financing; 
(B) urged North Korea to adopt a plan of 
action to address significant deficiencies in those 
regimes and the serious threat those deficiencies 
pose to the integrity of the international finan-
cial system; 
(C) urged all jurisdictions to apply counter-
measures to protect the international financial 
system from ongoing and substantial money 
laundering and terrorist financing risks ema-
nating from North Korea; 
(D) urged all jurisdictions to advise their 
financial institutions to give special attention to 
business relationships and transactions with 
North Korea, including North Korean companies 
and financial institutions; and 
(E) called on all jurisdictions— 
(i) to protect against correspondent re-
lationships being used to bypass or evade 
countermeasures and risk mitigation prac-
tices; and 
(ii) to take into account money laun-
dering and terrorist financing risks when 
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considering requests by North Korean finan-
cial institutions to open branches and sub-
sidiaries in their respective jurisdictions. 
(3) On March 7, 2013, the United Nations Secu-
rity Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2094, 
which— 
(A) welcomed the Financial Action Task 
Force’s— 
(i) recommendation on financial sanc-
tions related to proliferation; and 
(ii) guidance on the implementation of 
such sanctions; 
(B) decided that United Nations member 
states should apply enhanced monitoring and 
other legal measures to prevent the provision of 
financial services or the transfer of property that 
could contribute to activities prohibited by appli-
cable United Nations Security Council resolu-
tions; and 
(C) called upon United Nations member 
states to prohibit North Korean financial insti-
tutions from establishing or maintaining cor-
respondent relationships with financial institu-
tions in their respective jurisdictions to prevent 
the provision of financial services if such member 
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states have information that provides reasonable 
grounds to believe that such activities could con-
tribute to— 
(i) activities prohibited by an applica-
ble United Nations Security Council resolu-
tion; or 
(ii) the evasion of such prohibitions. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE DESIGNA-
TION OF NORTH KOREA AS A JURISDICTION OF PRIMARY 
MONEY LAUNDERING CONCERN.—Congress— 
(1) acknowledges the efforts of the United Na-
tions Security Council to impose limitations on, and 
to require the enhanced monitoring of, transactions 
involving North Korean financial institutions that 
could contribute to sanctioned activities; 
(2) urges the President, in the strongest terms— 
(A) to immediately designate North Korea 
as a jurisdiction of primary money laundering 
concern; and 
(B) to adopt stringent special measures to 
safeguard the financial system against the risks 
posed by North Korea’s willful evasion of sanc-
tions and its illicit activities; and 
(3) urges the President to seek the prompt imple-
mentation by other countries of enhanced monitoring 
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and due diligence to prevent North Korea’s misuse of 
the international financial system, including by shar-
ing information about activities, transactions, and 
property that could contribute to— 
(A) activities sanctioned by applicable 
United Nations Security Council resolutions; or 
(B) the evasion of such sanctions. 
(c) DETERMINATIONS REGARDING NORTH KOREA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State and the Attorney General, and in accordance 
with section 5318A of title 31, United States Code, 
shall determine whether reasonable grounds exist for 
concluding that North Korea is a jurisdiction of pri-
mary money laundering concern. 
(2) ENHANCED DUE DILIGENCE AND REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS.—If the Secretary of the Treasury de-
termines under paragraph (1) that reasonable 
grounds exist for concluding that North Korea is a ju-
risdiction of primary money laundering concern, the 
Secretary, in consultation with the Federal functional 
regulators (as defined in section 509 of the Gramm- 
Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. 6809)), shall impose 1 or 
more of the special measures described in section 
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5318A(b) of title 31, United States Code, with respect 
to the jurisdiction of North Korea. 
(3) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date on which the Secretary of the 
Treasury makes a determination under para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report that 
contains the reasons for such determination. 
(B) FORM.—The report submitted under 
subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclassi-
fied form, but may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 202. ENSURING THE CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT OF 
UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESO-
LUTIONS AND FINANCIAL RESTRICTIONS ON 
NORTH KOREA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) All member states of the United Nations are 
obligated to implement and enforce applicable United 
Nations Security Council resolutions fully and 
promptly, including by blocking the property of, and 
ensuring that any property is prevented from being 
made available to, persons designated for the blocking 
of property by the Security Council under applicable 
United Nations Security Council resolutions. 
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(2) As of May 2015, 158 of the 193 member 
states of the United Nations had not submitted re-
ports on measures taken to implement North Korea- 
specific United Nations Security Council resolutions 
1718, 1874, and 2094. 
(3) A recent report by the Government Account-
ability Office (GAO–15–485)— 
(A) finds that officials of the United States 
and representatives of the United Nations Panel 
of Experts established pursuant to United Na-
tions Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009), 
which monitors and facilitates implementation 
of United Nations sanctions on North Korea, 
‘‘agree that the lack of detailed reports from all 
member states is an impediment to the UN’s ef-
fective implementation of its sanctions’’; and 
(B) notes that ‘‘many member states lack 
the technical capacity to enforce sanctions and 
prepare reports’’ on the implementation of 
United Nations sanctions on North Korea. 
(4) All member states share a common interest 
in protecting the international financial system from 
the risks of money laundering and illicit transactions 
emanating from North Korea. 
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(5) The United States dollar and the euro are the 
world’s principal reserve currencies, and the United 
States and the European Union are primarily re-
sponsible for the protection of the international finan-
cial system from the risks described in paragraph (4). 
(6) The cooperation of the People’s Republic of 
China, as North Korea’s principal trading partner, is 
essential to— 
(A) the enforcement of applicable United 
Nations Security Council resolutions; and 
(B) the protection of the international fi-
nancial system. 
(7) The report of the Panel of Experts expressed 
concern about the ability of banks to detect and pre-
vent illicit transfers involving North Korea if such 
banks are located in member states with less effective 
regulators or member states that are unable to afford 
effective compliance. 
(8) North Korea has historically exploited incon-
sistencies between jurisdictions in the interpretation 
and enforcement of financial regulations and applica-
ble United Nations Security Council resolutions to 
circumvent sanctions and launder the proceeds of il-
licit activities. 
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(9) Amroggang Development Bank, Bank of East 
Land, and Tanchon Commercial Bank have been des-
ignated by the Secretary of the Treasury, the United 
Nations Security Council, and the European Union 
as having materially contributed to the proliferation 
of weapons of mass destruction. 
(10) Korea Daesong Bank and Korea Kwangson 
Banking Corporation have been designated by the 
Secretary of the Treasury and the European Union as 
having materially contributed to the proliferation of 
weapons of mass destruction. 
(11) The Foreign Trade Bank of North Korea 
has been designated by the Secretary of the Treasury 
for facilitating transactions on behalf of persons 
linked to its proliferation network and for serving as 
‘‘a key financial node’’. 
(12) Daedong Credit Bank has been designated 
by the Secretary of the Treasury for activities prohib-
ited by applicable United Nations Security Council 
resolutions, including the use of deceptive financial 
practices to facilitate transactions on behalf of per-
sons linked to North Korea’s proliferation network. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the President should intensify diplomatic efforts in ap-
propriate international fora, such as the United Nations, 
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and bilaterally, to develop and implement a coordinated, 
consistent, multilateral strategy for protecting the global fi-
nancial system against risks emanating from North Korea, 
including— 
(1) the cessation of any financial services the 
continuation of which is inconsistent with applicable 
United Nations Security Council resolutions; 
(2) the cessation of any financial services to per-
sons, including financial institutions, that present 
unacceptable risks of facilitating money laundering 
and illicit activity by the Government of North 
Korea; 
(3) the blocking by all member states, in accord-
ance with the legal process of the state in which the 
property is held, of any property required to be 
blocked under applicable United Nations Security 
Council resolutions; 
(4) the blocking of any property derived from il-
licit activity, or from the misappropriation, theft, or 
embezzlement of public funds by, or for the benefit of, 
officials of the Government of North Korea; 
(5) the blocking of any property involved in sig-
nificant activities undermining cybersecurity by the 
Government of North Korea, directly or indirectly, 
against United States persons, or the theft of intellec-
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tual property by the Government of North Korea, di-
rectly or indirectly from United States persons; and 
(6) the blocking of any property of persons di-
rectly or indirectly involved in censorship or human 
rights abuses by the Government of North Korea. 
(c) STRATEGY TO IMPROVE INTERNATIONAL IMPLE-
MENTATION
AND
ENFORCEMENT
OF
UNITED
NATIONS 
NORTH KOREA-SPECIFIC SANCTIONS.—The President shall 
direct the Secretary of State, in coordination with other 
Federal departments and agencies, as appropriate, to de-
velop a strategy to improve international implementation 
and enforcement of United Nations North Korea-specific 
sanctions. The strategy should include elements— 
(1) to increase the number of countries submit-
ting reports to the United Nations Panel of Experts 
established pursuant to United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 1874 (2009), including developing 
a list of targeted countries where effective implemen-
tation and enforcement of United Nations sanctions 
would reduce the threat from North Korea; 
(2) to encourage member states of the United Na-
tions to cooperate and share information with the 
panel in order to help facilitate investigations; 
(3) to expand cooperation with the Panel of Ex-
perts; 
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(4) to provide technical assistance to member 
states to implement United Nations sanctions, includ-
ing developing the capacity to enforce sanctions 
through improved export control regulations, border 
security, and customs systems; 
(5) to harness existing United States Govern-
ment initiatives and assistance programs, as appro-
priate, to improve sanctions implementation and en-
forcement; and 
(6) to increase outreach to the people of North 
Korea, and to support the engagement of independent, 
non-governmental journalistic, humanitarian, and 
other institutions in North Korea. 
(d) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there-
after, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report that describes the actions 
undertaken to implement the strategy required by sub-
section (c). 
SEC. 203. PROLIFERATION PREVENTION SANCTIONS. 
(a) EXPORT OF CERTAIN GOODS OR TECHNOLOGY.— 
A validated license shall be required for the export to North 
Korea of any goods or technology otherwise covered under 
section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 
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U.S.C. 4605(j)). No defense exports may be approved for 
the Government of North Korea. 
(b) TRANSACTIONS
IN LETHAL MILITARY EQUIP-
MENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall withhold 
assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) to the government of any 
country that provides lethal military equipment to 
the Government of North Korea. 
(2) 
APPLICABILITY.—The 
prohibition 
under 
paragraph (1) with respect to a government shall ter-
minate on the date that is 1 year after the date on 
which the prohibition under paragraph (1) is applied 
to that government. 
(c) WAIVER.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of State may waive the prohibitions 
under this section with respect to a country if the Sec-
retary— 
(1) determines that such waiver is in the na-
tional interest of the United States; and 
(2) submits a written report to the appropriate 
congressional committees that describes— 
(A) the steps that the relevant agencies are 
taking to curtail the trade described in sub-
section (b)(1); and 
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(B) why such waiver is in the national in-
terest of the United States. 
(d) EXCEPTION.—The prohibitions under this section 
shall not apply to the provision of assistance for human 
rights, democracy, rule of law, or emergency humanitarian 
purposes. 
SEC. 204. PROCUREMENT SANCTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in this section, 
the head of an executive agency may not procure, or enter 
into any contract for the procurement of, any goods or serv-
ices from any person designated under section 104(a). 
(b) FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Acquisition Reg-
ulation issued pursuant to section 1303(a)(1) of title 
41, United States Code, shall be revised to require 
that each person that is a prospective contractor sub-
mit a certification that such person does not engage 
in any activity described in section 104(a). 
(2) 
APPLICABILITY.—The 
revision 
required 
under paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to con-
tracts for which solicitations are issued on or after the 
date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(c) REMEDIES.— 
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(1) INCLUSION ON LIST.—The Administrator of 
General Services shall include, on the List of Parties 
Excluded from Federal Procurement and Nonprocure-
ment Programs maintained by the Administrator 
under part 9 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, 
each person that is debarred, suspended, or proposed 
for debarment or suspension by the head of an execu-
tive agency on the basis of a determination of a false 
certification under subsection (b). 
(2) CONTRACT
TERMINATION; SUSPENSION.—If 
the head of an executive agency determines that a per-
son has submitted a false certification under sub-
section (b) after the date on which the Federal Acqui-
sition Regulation is revised to implement the require-
ments of this section, the head of such executive agen-
cy shall— 
(A) terminate any contract with such per-
son; and 
(B) debar or suspend such person from eli-
gibility for Federal contracts for a period of not 
longer than 2 years. 
(3) APPLICABLE PROCEDURES.—Any debarment 
or suspension under paragraph (2)(B) shall be subject 
to the procedures that apply to debarment and sus-
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pension under subpart 9.4 of the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation. 
(d) CLARIFICATION
REGARDING
CERTAIN
PROD-
UCTS.—The remedies specified in subsection (c) shall not 
apply with respect to the procurement of any eligible prod-
uct (as defined in section 308(4) of the Trade Agreements 
Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2518(4)) of any foreign country or 
instrumentality designated under section 301(b) of such Act 
(19 U.S.C. 2511(b)). 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sub-
section may be construed to limit the use of other remedies 
available to the head of an executive agency or any other 
official of the Federal Government on the basis of a deter-
mination of a false certification under subsection (b). 
(f) EXECUTIVE AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 133 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 205. ENHANCED INSPECTION AUTHORITIES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report that identifies foreign 
ports and airports at which inspections of ships, aircraft, 
and conveyances originating in North Korea, carrying 
North Korean property, or operated by the Government of 
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North Korea are not sufficient to effectively prevent the fa-
cilitation of any of the activities described in section 104(a). 
(b) ENHANCED
CUSTOMS
INSPECTION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The Secretary of Homeland Security may require 
enhanced inspections of any goods entering the United 
States that have been transported through a port or airport 
identified by the President under subsection (a). 
(c) SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE.—A vessel, aircraft, or 
conveyance used to facilitate any of the activities described 
in section 104(a) under the jurisdiction of the United States 
may be seized and forfeited under— 
(1) chapter 46 of title 18, United States Code; or 
(2) title V of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1501 et seq.). 
SEC. 206. TRAVEL SANCTIONS. 
The Secretary of State may deny a visa to, and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security may deny entry into the 
United States of, any alien who is— 
(1) a designated person; 
(2) a corporate officer of a designated person; or 
(3) a principal shareholder with a controlling 
interest in a designated person. 
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SEC. 
207. 
TRAVEL 
RECOMMENDATIONS 
FOR 
UNITED 
STATES CITIZENS TO NORTH KOREA. 
The Secretary of State shall expand the scope and fre-
quency of issuance of travel warnings for all United States 
citizens to North Korea. The expanded travel warnings, 
which should be issued or updated not less frequently than 
every 90 days, should include— 
(1) publicly released or credible open source in-
formation regarding the detention of United States 
citizens by North Korean authorities, including avail-
able information on circumstances of arrest and de-
tention, duration, legal proceedings, and conditions 
under which a United States citizen has been, or con-
tinues to be, detained by North Korean authorities, 
including present-day cases and cases occurring dur-
ing the 10-year period ending on the date of the en-
actment of this Act; 
(2) publicly released or credible open source in-
formation on the past and present detention and ab-
duction or alleged abduction of citizens of the United 
States, South Korea, or Japan by North Korean au-
thorities; 
(3) unclassified information about the nature of 
the North Korean regime, as described in congression-
ally mandated reports and annual reports issued by 
the Department of State and the United Nations, in-
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cluding information about North Korea’s weapons of 
mass destruction programs, illicit activities, inter-
national sanctions violations, and human rights situ-
ation; and 
(4) any other information that the Secretary 
deems useful to provide United States citizens with a 
comprehensive picture of the nature of the North Ko-
rean regime. 
SEC. 208. EXEMPTIONS, WAIVERS, AND REMOVALS OF DES-
IGNATION. 
(a) EXEMPTIONS.—The following activities shall be ex-
empt from sanctions under sections 104, 206, 209, and 304: 
(1) Activities subject to the reporting require-
ments under title V of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), or to any authorized 
intelligence activities of the United States. 
(2) Any transaction necessary to comply with 
United States obligations under the Agreement be-
tween the United Nations and the United States of 
America regarding the Headquarters of the United 
Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 
entered into force November 21, 1947, or under the 
Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna 
April 24, 1963, and entered into force March 19, 
1967, or under other international agreements. 
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(3) Any activities incidental to the POW/MIA 
accounting mission in North Korea, including activi-
ties by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and 
other governmental or nongovernmental organizations 
tasked with identifying or recovering the remains of 
members of the United States Armed Forces in North 
Korea. 
(b) HUMANITARIAN WAIVER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive, for 
renewable periods of between 30 days and 1 year, the 
application of the sanctions authorized under section 
104, 204, 205, 206, 209(b), or 304(b) if the President 
submits to the appropriate congressional committees a 
written determination that the waiver is necessary for 
humanitarian assistance or to carry out the humani-
tarian purposes set forth section 4 of the North Ko-
rean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7802). 
(2) CONTENT OF WRITTEN DETERMINATION.—A 
written determination submitted under paragraph (1) 
with respect to a waiver shall include a description 
of all notification and accountability controls that 
have been employed in order to ensure that the activi-
ties covered by the waiver are humanitarian assist-
ance or are carried out for the purposes set forth in 
section 4 of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 
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2004 (22 U.S.C. 7802) and do not entail any activi-
ties in North Korea or dealings with the Government 
of North Korea not reasonably related to humani-
tarian assistance or such purposes. 
(3) CLARIFICATION
OF
PERMITTED
ACTIVITIES 
UNDER WAIVER.—An internationally recognized hu-
manitarian organization shall not be subject to sanc-
tions under section 104, 204, 205, 206, 209(b), or 
304(b) for— 
(A) engaging in a financial transaction re-
lating to humanitarian assistance or for human-
itarian purposes pursuant to a waiver issued 
under paragraph (1); 
(B) transporting goods or services that are 
necessary to carry out operations relating to hu-
manitarian assistance or humanitarian purposes 
pursuant to such a waiver; or 
(C) having merely incidental contact, in the 
course of providing humanitarian assistance or 
aid for humanitarian purposes pursuant to such 
a waiver, with individuals who are under the 
control of a foreign person subject to sanctions 
under this Act. 
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive, on a case-by- 
case basis, for renewable periods of between 30 days and 
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1 year, the application of the sanctions authorized under 
section 104, 201(c)(2), 204, 205, 206, 209(b), or 304(b) if 
the President submits to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a written determination that the waiver— 
(1) is important to the national security inter-
ests of the United States; or 
(2) will further the enforcement of this Act or is 
for an important law enforcement purpose. 
(d) FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR HUMANITARIAN AND 
CONSULAR ACTIVITIES.—The President may promulgate 
such regulations, rules, and policies as may be necessary 
to facilitate the provision of financial services by a foreign 
financial institution that is not a North Korean financial 
institution in support of activities conducted pursuant to 
an exemption or waiver under this section. 
SEC. 209. REPORT ON AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS TO 
ADDRESS 
PERSONS 
RESPONSIBLE 
FOR 
KNOWINGLY ENGAGING IN SIGNIFICANT AC-
TIVITIES UNDERMINING CYBERSECURITY. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report 
that describes significant activities undermining cy-
bersecurity aimed against the United States Govern-
ment or any United States person and conducted by 
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the Government of North Korea, or a person owned or 
controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Government 
of North Korea or any person acting for or on behalf 
of that Government. 
(2) INFORMATION.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) the identity and nationality of persons 
that have knowingly engaged in, directed, or pro-
vided material support to conduct significant ac-
tivities undermining cybersecurity described in 
paragraph (1); 
(B) a description of the conduct engaged in 
by each person identified; 
(C) an assessment of the extent to which a 
foreign government has provided material sup-
port to the Government of North Korea or any 
person acting for or on behalf of that Govern-
ment to conduct significant activities under-
mining cybersecurity; and 
(D) a United States strategy to counter 
North Korea’s efforts to conduct significant ac-
tivities undermining cybersecurity against the 
United States, that includes efforts to engage for-
eign governments to halt the capability of the 
Government of North Korea and persons acting 
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for or on behalf of that Government to conduct 
significant activities undermining cybersecurity. 
(3) SUBMISSION AND FORM.— 
(A) 
SUBMISSION.—The 
report 
required 
under paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, and every 180 days thereafter. 
(B) FORM.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in an unclassi-
fied form, but may include a classified annex. 
(b) DESIGNATION OF PERSONS.—The President shall 
designate under section 104(a) any person identified in the 
report required under subsection (a)(1) that knowingly en-
gages in significant activities undermining cybersecurity 
through the use of computer networks or systems against 
foreign persons, governments, or other entities on behalf of 
the Government of North Korea. 
SEC. 210. CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
NORTH KOREAN ACTIVITIES UNDERMINING 
CYBERSECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—United States sanctions with re-
spect to activities of the Government of North Korea, per-
sons acting for or on behalf of that Government, or persons 
located in North Korea that undermine cybersecurity pro-
vided for in Executive Order 13687 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 
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relating to imposing additional sanctions with respect to 
North Korea) or Executive Order 13694 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
note; relating to blocking the property of certain persons 
engaging in significant malicious cyber-enabled activities), 
as such Executive Orders are in effect on the day before 
the date of the enactment of this Act, shall remain in effect 
until the date that is 30 days after the date on which the 
President submits to Congress a certification that the Gov-
ernment of North Korea, persons acting for or on behalf 
of that Government, and persons owned or controlled, di-
rectly or indirectly, by that Government or persons acting 
for or on behalf of that Government, are no longer engaged 
in the illicit activities described in such Executive Orders, 
including actions in violation of United Nations Security 
Council Resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 
and 2094 (2013). 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to limit the authority of the President 
pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
SEC. 211. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TRILATERAL COOPERA-
TION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES, SOUTH 
KOREA, AND JAPAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Congress that the 
President— 
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(1) should seek to strengthen high-level trilateral 
mechanisms for discussion and coordination of policy 
toward North Korea between the Government of the 
United States, the Government of South Korea, and 
the Government of Japan; 
(2) should ensure that the mechanisms specifi-
cally address North Korea’s nuclear, ballistic, and 
conventional weapons programs, its human rights 
record, and cybersecurity threats posed by North 
Korea; 
(3) should ensure that representatives of the 
United States, South Korea, and Japan meet on a 
regular basis and include representatives of the 
United States Department of State, the United States 
Department of Defense, the United States intelligence 
community, and representatives of counterpart agen-
cies in South Korea and Japan; and 
(4) should continue to brief the relevant congres-
sional committees regularly on the status of such dis-
cussions. 
(b) RELEVANT COMMITTEES.—The relevant commit-
tees referred to in subsection (a)(4) shall include— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
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