Condemning North Korea's development of multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hres-92
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-06
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances

Arms control and nonproliferation

Asia

China

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Japan

Military assistance, sales, and agreements

Military operations and strategy

North Korea

Nuclear weapons

Sanctions

South Korea

Trade restrictions

United Nations
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Condemns North Korea's development of multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles. Urges the prompt deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in South Korea to counter North Korea's nuclear missile threat.</p> <p>Reaffirms: (1) U.S. support of a layered, interoperable, multi-tier missile defense system to protect Americans and allies on the Korean Peninsula; and (2) the U.S. commitment to its alliances and trilateral missile defense cooperation agreements with South Korea and Japan.</p> <p>Expresses support for: (1) continued U.S.-South Korea bilateral security cooperation and the consideration of additional measures to strengthen the alliance, including expanded foreign military sales, technology development, and joint exercises; and (2) the intelligence sharing agreement between Japan and South Korea signed on November 23, 2016, concerning the direct exchange of intelligence on North Korea threats.</p> <p>Calls upon: (1) China to pressure North Korean leaders to cease their provocative behavior, abandon and dismantle their nuclear and missile programs through the curtailing of vital economic support and trade that support the North Korean government, and comply with all relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions; and (2) the United States to apply all available economic sanctions, and cooperate with allies and other countries to impose additional sanctions, on North Korea.</p>

action_date: 2017-04-03
action_desc: Passed House amended
text: <p>Condemns North Korea's development of multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles. </p> <p>Welcomes the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea to counter North Korea's missile threat.</p> <p>Urges the government of the People's Republic of China to immediately cease its diplomatic intimidation and economic coercion against South Korea in an attempt to block the THAAD deployment.</p> <p>Reaffirms: (1) U.S. support for a layered, integrated, multi-tier missile defense system to protect Americans and allies in Northeast Asia; and (2) the U.S. commitment to its alliances and to trilateral cooperation&nbsp;with South Korea and Japan.</p> <p>Expresses support for: (1) continued U.S.-South Korea bilateral security cooperation and the consideration of additional measures to strengthen the alliance, including expanded foreign military sales and joint exercises; and (2) the intelligence sharing agreement between Japan and South Korea signed on November 23, 2016, concerning the direct exchange of intelligence on North Korean threats, and urges its full implementation.</p> <p>Calls upon: (1) China to use its considerable leverage to pressure North Korean leaders to cease their provocative behavior, abandon and dismantle their nuclear and missile programs, and comply with all relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions; (2) the United States to fully enforce all existing economic sanctions on North Korea and to seek to continuously adapt the sanctions regime to address evasive techniques employed by such regime; and (3) the Department of State to undertake a comprehensive and rigorous diplomatic effort to urge allies and other countries to fully enforce, and build upon, existing international sanctions on North Korea.</p>

tv_txt: IV 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 92 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 6, 2017 Mr. Wilson of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Rogers of Alabama , Mr. Moulton , Mr. Yoho , and Mr. Sherman ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs , and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services , 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 RESOLUTION Condemning North Korea’s development of multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles, and for other purposes.

Whereas the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), also known as North Korea, possesses a ballistic missile and nuclear weapons development program that poses grave threats to the United States, South Korea, United States allies, and global security; Whereas North Korea’s ballistic missile program has demonstrated an increasing ability to reach the United States, and constitutes a credible threat to the security of the American people; Whereas North Korea has demonstrated a willingness and ability to proliferate its ballistic missile and nuclear weapons technology to a variety of countries, including the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Syrian Arab Republic, which the United States designated as state sponsors of terrorism; Whereas, on January 6, 2016, North Korea detonated a nuclear device, marking its fourth nuclear test to date; Whereas, on February 7, 2016, North Korea, utilizing a modified version of the Taepodong-2 ballistic missile, launched a satellite into space; Whereas, on April 14, 2016, Admiral William Gortney, Commander of U.S. Northern Command, in a hearing before the Armed Services Committee of the House of Representatives, stated they [North Korea] have the ability on the KN–O8 to I assess that he has the ability to miniaturize a nuclear weapon and range the homeland with that warhead ; Whereas, on April 28, 2016, Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a hearing before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, testified the benefits of [the trilateral] relationship are crystal clear in the face of the region’s most acute challenge—the challenge from North Korea and its provocative acts in the nuclear missile domain ; Whereas, on August 24, 2016, North Korea successfully tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile, firing the missile over 300 miles from a submerged submarine; Whereas, on September 9, 2016, North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear test, which it said was a warhead that could be standardized for its ballistic missiles; Whereas, on September 15, 2016, Admiral Harry Harris, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, stated Combining nuclear warheads with ballistic missile technology in the hands of a volatile leader like Kim Jong-un, is a recipe for disaster. ; Whereas, on September 16, 2016, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter stated Everyone can see that North Korea is determined to try to expand its missile threat to the peninsula, to the region, and to the United States. ; Whereas in 2016 North Korea willfully violated multiple United Nations Security Council Resolutions over 20 times, through its nuclear tests, missile tests, and satellite launch; Whereas, on January 6, 2017, Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that North Korea had conducted 24 missile tests in the past year, as well as two nuclear tests and in our assessment, we have a qualitative improvement in their capabilities in the past year as a result of this unprecedented level of activity ; Whereas, on January 8, 2017, North Korea declared that it is ready to test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM); and Whereas the threat of a nuclear North Korea with a functional and operational intercontinental ballistic missile program with nuclear warheads poses a direct threat to the United States: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1) condemns North Korea’s development of multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs); (2) urges the prompt deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea to counter North Korea’s nuclear missile threat, which supports an alliance security decision; (3) reaffirms the United States support of a layered, interoperable, multi-tier missile defense system to protect Americans and allies on the Korean Peninsula; (4) supports continued bilateral security cooperation between the United States and South Korea and the consideration of additional measures to strengthen the alliance, including expanded foreign military sales, technology development, and joint exercises, and other actions as appropriate; (5) reaffirms, in view of the ICBM threat by North Korea, the commitment of the United States to its alliances and trilateral missile defense cooperation agreements with South Korea and Japan, which are critical for the preservation of peace and stability in Northeast Asia and throughout the world; (6) supports the intelligence sharing agreement between Japan and South Korea signed on November 23, 2016, concerning the direct exchange of intelligence on North Korea threats; (7) calls upon the People’s Republic of China to pressure North Korean leaders to cease their provocative behavior, abandon and dismantle their nuclear and missile programs through the curtailing of vital economic support and trade that support the Government of North Korea, and comply with all relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions; and (8) calls on the United States to apply all available economic sanctions on North Korea and cooperate with allies and other countries to impose additional sanctions on North Korea.

tv_txt: IV 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 92 In the House of Representatives, U. S., April 3, 2017 RESOLUTION Condemning North Korea's development of multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles, and for other purposes.

Whereas the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), also known as North Korea, possesses a ballistic missile and nuclear weapons development program that poses a grave threat to the United States, United States allies South Korea and Japan, and to regional and global security; Whereas North Korea’s ballistic missile program has demonstrated an increasing ability to reach the United States, which constitutes a credible and growing threat to the security of the American people; Whereas North Korea has demonstrated a willingness and ability to proliferate its ballistic missile and nuclear weapons technology to a variety of countries, including the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Syrian Arab Republic, which the United States has designated as state sponsors of terrorism; Whereas, on January 6, 2016, North Korea detonated a nuclear device, marking its fourth nuclear test to date; Whereas, on February 7, 2016, North Korea, utilizing a modified version of the Taepodong-2 ballistic missile, launched a satellite into space; Whereas according to the U.S. Intelligence Community’s 2016 Worldwide Threat Assessment, North Korea is committed to developing a long-range, nuclear-armed missile that is capable of posing a direct threat to the United States; it has publicly displayed its KN08 road-mobile ICBM on multiple occasions ; Whereas, on April 28, 2016, Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a hearing before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, testified the benefits of [the trilateral] relationship are crystal clear in the face of the region’s most acute challenge—the challenge from North Korea and its provocative acts in the nuclear missile domain ; Whereas, on August 24, 2016, North Korea successfully tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile, firing the missile over 300 miles from a submerged submarine; Whereas, on September 9, 2016, North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear test, which it claimed was a warhead that could be miniaturized for its ballistic missiles; Whereas, on September 15, 2016, Admiral Harry Harris, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, stated Combining nuclear warheads with ballistic missile technology in the hands of a volatile leader like Kim Jong-un, is a recipe for disaster. ; Whereas, on September 16, 2016, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter stated Everyone can see that North Korea is determined to try to expand its missile threat to the peninsula, to the region, and to the United States. ; Whereas in 2016 North Korea willfully and repeatedly violated multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions, through its nuclear tests, missile tests, and satellite launch; Whereas, on January 6, 2017, Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that North Korea had conducted 24 missile tests in the past year, as well as two nuclear tests and in our assessment, we have a qualitative improvement in their capabilities in the past year as a result of this unprecedented level of activity ; Whereas, on January 8, 2017, North Korea declared that it is ready to test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM); Whereas, on February 11, 2017, North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile off its eastern coast while President Donald Trump hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on an official visit to the United States; Whereas, on February 18, 2017, the People’s Republic of China announced that it would suspend all coal imports from North Korea, a significant source of revenue to the North Korean regime; Whereas, on February 27, 2017, the United Nations Panel of Experts on North Korea determined that The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is flouting sanctions through trade in prohibited goods, with evasion techniques that are increasing in scale, scope and sophistication. ; Whereas, on March 6, 2017, North Korea launched four intermediate range missiles, three of which landed approximately 200 miles off the coast of Japan; Whereas South Korea and the United States have made an alliance decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system as a self-defensive measure to ensure the security of South Korea and its people, and to protect alliance military forces from the growing threat of North Korea’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile program; and Whereas a nuclear North Korea with a functional and operational intercontinental ballistic missile program would pose a direct threat to the United States and United States interests: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1) condemns North Korea’s development of multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs); (2) welcomes the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea to counter North Korea’s missile threat, which supports an alliance security decision; (3) urges the Government of the People’s Republic of China to immediately cease its diplomatic intimidation and economic coercion against South Korea in an attempt to block the THAAD deployment; (4) reaffirms the United States support for a layered, integrated, multi-tier missile defense system to protect Americans and allies in Northeast Asia; (5) supports continued bilateral security cooperation between the United States and South Korea and the consideration of additional measures to strengthen the alliance, including expanded foreign military sales, joint exercises, and other actions as appropriate; (6) reaffirms, in view of the ICBM threat by North Korea, the commitment of the United States to its alliances and to trilateral cooperation with South Korea and Japan, which is critical for the preservation of peace and stability in Northeast Asia and throughout the world; (7) supports and urges the full implementation of the intelligence sharing agreement between Japan and South Korea signed on November 23, 2016, concerning the direct exchange of intelligence on North Korean threats; (8) calls upon the People’s Republic of China to use its considerable leverage to pressure North Korean leaders to cease their provocative behavior and abandon and dismantle their nuclear and missile programs, and comply with all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions; (9) calls on the United States to fully enforce all existing economic sanctions on North Korea and to seek to continuously adapt the sanctions regime to address evasive techniques employed by the North Korean regime; and (10) calls on the Secretary of State to undertake a comprehensive and rigorous diplomatic effort to urge allies and other countries to fully enforce, and build upon, existing international sanctions on North Korea.

Karen L. Haas, Clerk.