North Korean Freedom Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3573
Sponsor: Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-2]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Adoption
Agriculture and Food
Alien labor
Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms control negotiations
Arms control verification
Arms sales
Capital punishment
China
Citizenship
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Classified defense information
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Counterfeiting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Defectors
Democracy
Department of Homeland Security
Development credit institutions
Dispute settlement
Dissenters
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Due process of law
East Asia
Economic assistance
Economic growth
Economics and Public Finance
Embassies
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Food relief
Food supply
Forced labor
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign agents
Foreign investments
Foreign leaders
Free enterprise
Freedom of speech
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Human experimentation in medicine
Human rights
Immigrants
Immigration
Informers
Infrastructure
Intellectual property
International agencies
International broadcasting
International cooperation
International relief
Japan
Kidnapping
Korean reunification
Labor and Employment
Law
Malnutrition
Married people
Military posture
Negotiations
Nongovernmental organizations
North Korea
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear weapons
Orphans
Parents
Peace negotiations
Political persecution
Political prisoners
Prisons
Prosecution
Radio
Radio broadcasting
Refugees
Refuse and refuse disposal
Religion
Religious liberty
Repatriation
Residence requirements
Right of asylum
Right to travel
Rockets (Ordnance)
Russia
Sanctions (International law)
Science, Technology, Communications
Slavery
Small business
South Korea
State-sponsored terrorism
Technology transfer
Torture
Treaties
United Nations
United Nations finances
Visas
Water Resources Development
Water supply
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
North Korean Freedom Act of 2003 - Requires reports on: (1) the North Korean prison and labor camp system, focusing on prisons housing political prisoners; (2) U.S. Government policies toward North Korean defectors; (3) measures taken to facilitate access to the U.S. refugee program for individuals who have fled countries for religious freedom violations; and (4) funding for, and use of Federal resources by, entities that provide humanitarian or food aid to North Korea. 
 
Provides for: (1) public interest parole for North Koreans who are victims of North Korean Government malfeasance; (2) adjustment of status of a North Korean alien who has been inspected and admitted or paroled into the United States after July 1, 2003, and who has been present in the United States for a year to alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. Deems extraordinary and temporary conditions to exist that prevent such aliens from returning to North Korea in safety. Expands the S visa classification to include an alien who possesses and is willing to supply critical information concerning activities relating to weapons of mass destruction or delivery systems. Establishes within the Department of Homeland Security a Weapons of Mass Destruction Informant Center. 
 
Authorizes grants: (1) to organizations that provide assistance to persons attempting to escape North Korea, to North Korean orphans, or to North Koreans applying for U.S. admission; and (2) to promote human rights dialogue, programs for democracy, good governance, and the rule of law, and market economies in North Korea.
 
Requires the Broadcasting Board of Governors to report a plan for increasing U.S. broadcasts to North Korea to 24 hours per day. Authorizes appropriations for making available to North Koreans radios for receiving outside broadcasts.
 
Sets forth conditions that must be satisfied by the North Korean Government before U.S. entities may provide humanitarian or non-humanitarian aid.
 
Directs the President to establish an Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat North Korean Criminal Activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House