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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5532 
To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to North Korea’s 
support for Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 
Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and 
Means, Financial Services, and Oversight and Accountability, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to 
North Korea’s support for Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Russia-North Korea 
Cooperation Sanctions Act’’. 
SEC. 4. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
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(1) On February 24, 2022, the Government of 
the Russian Federation, led by Vladimir Putin, 
launched an unprovoked, full-scale invasion of 
Ukraine. 
(2) On September 13, 2023, the Supreme 
Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of 
Korea (North Korea), Kim Jong Un, met with Rus-
sian Federation President Vladimir Putin to discuss 
the transfer or sale of conventional arms to Russia 
to be used in invasion of Ukraine’s sovereign terri-
tory in exchange for economic assistance and sup-
port for North Korea’s space, nuclear, and missile 
programs. 
(3) Kim Jong Un’s trip to Russia will be his 
first known travel outside North Korea since the 
Covid–19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown of 
North Korea in early 2020. 
(4) North Korea maintains an arsenal of artil-
lery shells, rockets, and other conventional military 
equipment that it may provide to Russia. 
(5) If Russia or Russian State-backed entities 
are acquiring arms and related materiel from North 
Korea, such actions would violate United Nations 
Security Council resolutions, which were supported 
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by Russia to prohibit North Korea from exporting 
such items. 
(6) On August 16, 2023, the Department of the 
Treasury imposed sanctions on three entities tied to 
a sanctions evasion network attempting to support 
arms deals between Russia and North Korea. 
SEC. 5. SANCTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanc-
tions described in subsection (b) with respect to the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Any foreign person that is responsible for or 
facilitates the transfer or sale of arms or material 
support from North Korea to be used in Russia’s il-
legal war in Ukraine. 
(2) Any foreign person that knowingly, directly 
or indirectly, imports, exports, or reexports to, into, 
or from North Korea any goods services or tech-
nology for weapons that may be used by Russian 
forces or their proxies in Russia’s illegal war in 
Ukraine. 
(3) Any foreign financial institution that know-
ingly facilitates a significant transaction or provides 
significant financial services for a foreign person de-
scribed in paragraph (1) or (2). 
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(4) Any foreign person that engages in a sig-
nificant transaction related to the transfer or sale of 
arms or material support with a foreign person de-
scribed in paragraph (1) or (2) or foreign financial 
institution described in paragraph (3). 
(5) Any foreign person assisting in the logistical 
supply and movement of North Korean arms or ma-
terial support to be used in Russia’s illegal war in 
Ukraine. 
(b) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
(1) 
BLOCKING
OF
PROPERTY.—Notwith-
standing the requirements of section 202 of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701), the President may exercise of all pow-
ers granted to the President by that Act to the ex-
tent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions 
in all property and interests in property of the for-
eign person if such property and interests in prop-
erty 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) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An alien who the Sec-
retary of State or the Secretary of Homeland 
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Security (or a designee of one of such Secre-
taries) knows, or has reason to believe, is de-
scribed in subsection (a) is— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible for a visa or other docu-
mentation 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.—The issuing con-
sular officer, the Secretary of State, or the 
Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des-
ignee of one of such Secretaries) shall, in 
accordance with section 221(i) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1201(i)), revoke any visa or other entry 
documentation issued to an alien described 
in subparagraph (A) regardless of when 
the visa or other entry documentation is 
issued. 
(ii) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A rev-
ocation under clause (i)— 
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(I) shall take effect immediately; 
and 
(II) shall automatically cancel 
any other valid visa or entry docu-
mentation that is in the alien’s pos-
session. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise all authorities provided to the President under 
sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 
1704) to carry out this section. 
(2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 
subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 
attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of regulations promulgated to carry out 
this section to the same extent that such penalties 
apply to a person that commits an unlawful act de-
scribed in section 206(a) of that Act. 
(d) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica-
tion of sanctions imposed with respect to a foreign person 
or foreign financial institution under this section if the 
President certifies to the appropriate congressional com-
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mittees not later than 15 days before such waiver is to 
take effect that the waiver is vital to the national security 
interests of the United States. 
(e) EXCEPTION FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.— 
An internationally recognized humanitarian organization 
shall not be subject to sanctions under this section with 
respect to— 
(1) engaging in a financial transaction relating 
to humanitarian assistance or for humanitarian pur-
poses pursuant to a waiver issued under subsection 
(d); 
(2) transporting goods or services that are nec-
essary to carry out operations relating to humani-
tarian assistance or humanitarian purposes pursuant 
to such a waiver issued under subsection (d); or 
(3) having merely incidental contact, in the 
course of providing humanitarian assistance or aid 
for humanitarian purposes pursuant to a waiver 
issued under subsection (d) with individuals who are 
under the control of a foreign person subject to 
sanctions under this section. 
SEC. 6. EXPANSION OF NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS AND 
POLICY ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2016. 
The North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement 
Act of 2016 is amended as follows: 
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(1) In section 401(a) (22 U.S.C. 9251(a))— 
(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) halting material support (as such term is 
defined in section 6 of the Stopping the Transfer of 
Pyongyang’s Proliferation to Enhance Russia Act) 
for Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine.’’. 
(2) In section 402(2) (22 U.S.C. 9252(2))— 
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) halting material support (as such 
term is defined in section 6 of the Stopping the 
Transfer of Pyongyang’s Proliferation to En-
hance Russia Act) for Russia’s illegal war in 
Ukraine.’’. 
SEC. 7. REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
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thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report that describes signifi-
cant activities by the Democratic People’s Republic of 
Korea to support the Russian Federation and its proxies 
in Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired by this section shall include the following: 
(1) The identity and nationality of foreign per-
sons and foreign financial institutions that are sub-
ject to sanctions under section 3. 
(2) A description of the conduct engaged in by 
such persons and institutions. 
(3) An assessment of the extent to which a for-
eign government has provided material support to 
the Government of North Korea or any person act-
ing for or on behalf of that Government to conduct 
significant activities to materially support Russia’s 
illegal war in Ukraine. 
(4) A United States strategy to counter North 
Korea’s efforts to conduct significant activities to 
support Russia’s war in Ukraine, that includes ef-
forts to engage foreign governments to halt the ca-
pability of the Government of North Korea and per-
sons acting for or on behalf of that Government to 
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conduct significant activities supporting Russia’s il-
legal war in Ukraine. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by this section shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a clas-
sified annex. 
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(2) FOREIGN
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘‘foreign financial institution’’— 
(A) has the meaning given that term in 
section 1010.605 of title 31, Code of Federal 
Regulations; and 
(B) includes a foreign central bank. 
(3) MATERIAL SUPPORT.—The term ‘‘material 
support’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘material 
support or resources’’ in section 2339A of title 18, 
United States Code. 
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