North Korea Sanctions and Diplomatic Nonrecognition Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-204
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2015-01-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Burma
Computer security and identity theft
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Currency
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
International law and treaties
Iran
Japan
Middle East
News media and reporting
North Korea
Nuclear weapons
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sanctions
South Korea
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Syria
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-08
text: 

North Korea Sanctions and Diplomatic Nonrecognition Act of 2015

 
Continues diplomatic, economic, and military sanctions against the government of North Korea as a supporter of international terrorism until the President certifies to Congress that North Korea: 
 
 
is no longer engaged in the illegal transfer of missile or nuclear technology, particularly to Iran, Syria, or Burma; 
 
is not assisting foreign terrorist organizations, engaged in counterfeiting U.S. currency, or engaged in illicit narcotics traffic; 
 
has returned the last remains of Reverend Kim Dong-shik to the United States; 
 
has released abducted Japanese nationals and surviving Korean War prisoners of war; 
 
has undertaken specified actions regarding family reunification, penal reforms, refugee access, and religious organization communications; and 
 
 is no longer engaged in cyber-attacks against the United States, its government, infrastructure, entities, or citizens, or those of its allies. 
 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should redesignate North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism.
 
Finds that the United States did not grant diplomatic recognition to North Korea upon its establishment as a client regime of the former Soviet Union in 1948.
 
Continues diplomatic nonrecognition of North Korea until such benchmarks have been met.
 
Directs the President, given North Korea's third nuclear weapons test on February 12, 2013, in violation of U.N. Security Council Resolutions 1695, 1718, 1874, and 2087 to instruct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use U.S. influence to secure adoption of a Security Council resolution condemning North Korea's action as a violation of such Resolutions and requiring implementation of comprehensive sanctions and an inspection regime against North Korea.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2015-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
action_date: 2015-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-08
text: Introduced in House