ers and children are granted resident status 
and access to education and other public serv-
ices in accordance with Chinese law and inter-
national standards; 
(3) the United States Government should con-
tinue to promote the effective and transparent deliv-
ery and distribution of any humanitarian aid pro-
vided in North Korea to ensure that such aid 
reaches its intended recipients to the point of con-
sumption or utilization by cooperating closely with 
the Government of the Republic of Korea and inter-
national and nongovernmental organizations; 
(4) the Department of State should continue to 
take steps to increase public awareness about the 
risks and dangers of travel by United States citizens 
to North Korea, including by continuing its policy of 
blocking United States passports from being used to 
travel to North Korea without a special validation 
from the Department of State; 
(5) the United Nations, which has a significant 
role to play in promoting and improving human 
rights in North Korea, should press for access for 
the United Nations Special Rapporteur and the 
United Nations High Commissioner for Human 
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Rights on the situation of human rights in North 
Korea; 
(6) Julie Turner, Nominee for Special Envoy on 
North Korean Human Rights Issues should be con-
firmed without delay— 
(A) to properly promote and coordinate 
North Korean human rights and humanitarian 
issues; and 
(B) to participate in policy planning and 
implementation with respect to refugee issues; 
(7) the United States should urge North Korea 
to repeal the Reactionary Thought and Culture De-
nunciation Law and other draconian laws, regula-
tions, and decrees that manifestly violate the free-
dom of opinion and expression and the freedom of 
thought, conscience, and religion; 
(8) the United States should urge North Korea 
to ensure that any restrictions on addressing the 
COVID–19 pandemic are necessary, proportionate, 
nondiscriminatory, time-bound, transparent, and 
allow international staff to operate inside the North 
Korea to provide international assistance based on 
independent needs assessments; 
(9) the United States should expand the Re-
wards for Justice program to be open to North Ko-
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rean officials who can provide evidence of crimes 
against humanity being committed by North Korean 
officials; 
(10) the United States should continue to seek 
cooperation from all foreign governments— 
(A) to allow the UNHCR access to process 
North Korean refugees overseas for resettle-
ment; and 
(B) to allow United States officials access 
to process refugees for possible resettlement in 
the United States; and 
(11) the Secretary of State, through diplomacy 
by senior officials, including United States ambas-
sadors to Asia-Pacific countries, and in close co-
operation with South Korea, should make every ef-
fort to promote the protection of North Korean refu-
gees, escapees, and defectors. 
SEC. 4. REAUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY 
PROGRAMS.—Section 102(b)(1) of the North Korean 
Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7812(b)(1)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2028’’. 
(b) ACTIONS TO PROMOTE FREEDOM OF INFORMA-
TION.—Section 104 of the North Korean Human Rights 
Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7814) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘2022’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2028’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2022’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2028’’. 
(c) REPORT BY SPECIAL ENVOY ON NORTH KOREAN 
HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES.—Section 107(d) of the North 
Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7817(d)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2028’’. 
(d) REPORT ON UNITED STATES HUMANITARIAN AS-
SISTANCE.—Section 201(a) of the North Korean Human 
Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7831(a)) is amended, in 
the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2022’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2028’’. 
(e) ASSISTANCE PROVIDED OUTSIDE
OF NORTH 
KOREA.—Section 203 of the North Korean Human Rights 
Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7833) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘103(15)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘103(17)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘2018 
through 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 2028’’. 
(f) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Section 305(a) of the North 
Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7845(a)) 
is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2028’’. 
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SEC. 5. ACTIONS TO PROMOTE FREEDOM OF INFORMA-
TION. 
Title I of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 
2004 (22 U.S.C. 7811 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 103(a), by striking ‘‘Broadcasting 
Board of Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States 
Agency for Global Media’’; and 
(2) in section 104(a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of 
Governors’’ each place such term appears and 
inserting ‘‘United States Agency for Global 
Media’’; 
(B) in paragraph (7)(B)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 
years’’; 
(ii) 
by 
redesignating 
clauses 
(i) 
through (iii) as clauses (ii) through (iv), 
respectively; 
(iii) by inserting before clause (ii) the 
following: 
‘‘(i) an update of the plan required 
under subparagraph (A);’’; and 
(iv) in clause (iii), as redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘pursuant to section 403’’ and in-
serting ‘‘to carry out this section’’. 
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SEC. 6. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR NORTH KOREAN HUMAN 
RIGHTS ISSUES. 
Section 107 of the North Korean Human Rights Act 
of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7817) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(e) REPORT
ON
APPOINTMENT
OF
SPECIAL 
ENVOY.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this subsection and annually thereafter 
through 2028 if the position of Special Envoy remains va-
cant, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
appropriate congressional committees that describes the 
efforts being taken to appoint the Special Envoy.’’. 
SEC. 7. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING KOREAN-AMER-
ICAN DIVIDED FAMILIES. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States and North Korea should 
begin the process of reuniting Korean-American di-
vided family members with their immediate relatives 
through ways such as— 
(A) identifying divided families in the 
United States and North Korea who are willing 
and able to participate in a pilot program for 
family reunions; 
(B) finding matches for members of such 
families through organizations such as the Red 
Cross; and 
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(C) working with the Government of South 
Korea to include American citizens in inter-Ko-
rean video reunions; 
(2) the institution of family is inalienable and 
the restoration of contact between divided families 
whether physically, literarily, or virtually is an ur-
gent need; and 
(3) the United States and North Korea should 
pursue reunions as a humanitarian priority of imme-
diate concern. 
Æ 
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