I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1835
To impose conditions on assistance authorized for North Korea, to impose
restrictions on nuclear cooperation and other transactions with North
Korea, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 18, 1999
Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. COX, Mr. KASICH, Mr.
KNOLLENBERG, Mr. SANFORD, and Mr. MCINTOSH) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Rela-
tions
A BILL
To impose conditions on assistance authorized for North
Korea, to impose restrictions on nuclear cooperation and
other transactions with North Korea, and for other pur-
poses.
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 ‘‘North Korea Threat
Reduction Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Under the Agreed Framework of October
21, 1994, the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea (North Korea) committed to freeze and even-
tually dismantle its nuclear program, in exchange for
annual deliveries of 500,000 tons of heavy fuel oil,
and the construction of two 1,000 megawatt light
water nuclear power reactors costing approximately
$5,000,000,000.
(2) The discovery of an apparent underground
nuclear-related facility at Kumchang-ri, North Korea
brought into question North Korea’s commitment to
abide by the conditions of the 1994 Geneva Agreed
Framework.
(3) North Korea’s ongoing development, pro-
duction, testing, deployment, and proliferation of
ballistic missiles presents a clear and present danger
to forward-deployed United States Armed Forces in
Asia, United States friends and allies, and the
United States.
(4) North Korea has become the largest recipi-
ent of United States foreign assistance in East Asia,
valued at over $225,000,000 in 1998 alone.
(5) North Korea is a major producer of opium
and increasingly is involved in illicit narcotics traf-
ficking.
SEC. 3. ASSISTANCE FOR THE KOREAN PENINSULA ENERGY
DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 2000 $55,000,000 for
assistance to the Korean Peninsula Energy Develop-
ment Organization (KEDO).
(2) ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENT.—Assistance
under paragraph (1) may be provided notwith-
standing any other provision of law (other than sub-
sections (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this section).
(b) PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO NUCLEAR RE-
ACTOR CONSTRUCTION.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, none of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by subsection (a), or made available under any
other provision of law, may be used to assist the construc-
tion of nuclear reactors in North Korea.
(c) CONDITIONS FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a), or made
available under any other provision of law, may be made
available to KEDO, or for assistance to North Korea for
purposes related to the Agreed Framework, until the
President determines and reports to the Committees on
International Relations and Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Committees on Foreign Rela-
tions and Appropriations of the Senate that—
(1) the parties to the Agreed Framework have
taken and continue to take demonstrable steps to
implement 
the 
Joint 
Declaration 
on
Denuclearization in which the Government of North
Korea has committed not to test, manufacture,
produce, receive, possess, store, deploy, or use nu-
clear weapons, and not to possess nuclear reprocess-
ing or uranium enrichment facilities;
(2) the parties to the Agreed Framework have
taken and continue to take demonstrable steps to
pursue the North-South dialogue;
(3) North Korea is complying with all provi-
sions of the Agreed Framework;
(4) the effort to can and safely store all spent
fuel from North Korea’s graphite-moderated nuclear
reactors has been successfully concluded;
(5) North Korea has not diverted assistance
provided by the United States for purposes for
which it was not intended;
(6) the United States has reached agreement
with North Korea satisfying United States concerns
regarding suspect underground construction, and
North Korea has complied with its obligations under
that agreement;
(7) North Korea is not seeking to develop or ac-
quire the capability to enrich uranium, or any addi-
tional capability to reprocess spent nuclear fuel; and
(8) the United States has made and is con-
tinuing to make significant progress on eliminating
the North Korean ballistic missile threat, including
its ballistic missile exports.
(d) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS PENDING SOLICITA-
TION
OF ALL POTENTIAL DONOR GOVERNMENTS
TO
KEDO.—Amounts appropriated in excess of $35,000,000
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under sub-
section (a) may not be made available to KEDO until the
President determines and reports to the Committees on
International Relations and Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Committees on Foreign Rela-
tions and Appropriations of the Senate that—
(1) the United States has asked all potential
donor governments, including Taiwan, to contribute
to KEDO;
(2) no contributions offered unconditionally by
such governments to KEDO have been declined; and
(3) even after such contributions are received,
KEDO will have financial requirements in fiscal year