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22 U.S.C. § 9253 — Report on and imposition of sanctions with respect to serious human rights abuses or censorship in North Korea
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**(a) Report required**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that—
(A) identifies each person the Secretary determines to be responsible for serious human rights abuses or censorship in North Korea and describes the conduct of that person; and
(B) describes serious human rights abuses or censorship undertaken by the Government of North Korea or any person acting for or on behalf of that Government in the most recent year ending before the submission of the report.
(2) **Consideration** — In preparing the report required under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall—
(A) give due consideration to the findings of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea; and
(B) make specific findings with respect to the responsibility of Kim Jong Un, and of each individual who is a member of the National Defense Commission of North Korea or the Organization and Guidance Department of the Workers’ Party of Korea, for serious human rights abuses and censorship.
(3) **Submission and form**
(A) *Submission* — The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later than 120 days after February 18, 2016, and every 180 days thereafter for a period not to exceed 3 years, and shall be included in each human rights report required under sections 2151n(d) and 2304(b) of this title.
(B) *Form* — The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(C) *Public availability* — The Secretary of State shall publish the unclassified part of the report required under paragraph (1) on the website of the Department of State.
**(b) Designation of persons** The President shall designate under [section 9
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**(a) Report required**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that—
(A) identifies each person the Secretary determines to be responsible for serious human rights abuses or censorship in North Korea and describes the conduct of that person; and
(B) describes serious human rights abuses or censorship undertaken by the Government of North Korea or any person acting for or on behalf of that Government in the most recent year ending before the submission of the report.
(2) **Consideration** — In preparing the report required under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall—
(A) give due consideration to the findings of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea; and
(B) make specific findings with respect to the responsibility of Kim Jong Un, and of each individual who is a member of the National Defense Commission of North Korea or the Organization and Guidance Department of the Workers’ Party of Korea, for serious human rights abuses and censorship.
(3) **Submission and form**
(A) *Submission* — The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later than 120 days after February 18, 2016, and every 180 days thereafter for a period not to exceed 3 years, and shall be included in each human rights report required under sections 2151n(d) and 2304(b) of this title.
(B) *Form* — The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(C) *Public availability* — The Secretary of State shall publish the unclassified part of the report required under paragraph (1) on the website of the Department of State.
**(b) Designation of persons** The President shall designate under [section 9214(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section9214/a&num=0&edition=prelim) any person listed in the report required under subsection (a)(1) that—
(1) knowingly engages in, is responsible for, or facilitates censorship by the Government of North Korea; or
(2) knowingly engages in, is responsible for, or facilitates serious human rights abuses by the Government of North Korea.
**(c) Sense of Congress** It is the sense of Congress that the President should—
(1) seek the prompt adoption by the United Nations Security Council of a resolution calling for the blocking of the assets of all persons responsible for severe human rights abuses or censorship in North Korea; and
(2) fully cooperate with the prosecution of any individual listed in the report required under subsection (a)(1) before any international tribunal that may be established to prosecute persons responsible for severe human rights abuses or censorship in North Korea.
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In this chapter:
(1) **Applicable Executive order** — The term “applicable Executive order” means—
(A) Executive Order 13382 ([50 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) note; relating to blocking property of weapons of mass destruction proliferators and their supporters), Executive Order 13466 ([50 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) note; relating to continuing certain restrictions with respect to North Korea and North Korean nationals), Executive Order 13551 ([50 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) note; relating to blocking property of certain persons with respect to North Korea), Executive Order 13570 ([50 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) note; relating to prohibiting certain transactions with respect to North Korea), Executive Order 13619 ([50 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) note; relating to blocking property of persons threatening the peace, security, or stability of Burma), Executive Order 13687 ([50 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) note; relating to imposing additional sanctions with respect to North Korea), Executive Order No. 13694 ([50 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) note; relating to blocking the property of certain persons engaging in significant malicious cyber-enabled activities), or Execut
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Congress makes the following findings:
(1) According to the Department of State, the Government of North Korea is “a dictatorship under the absolute rule of Kim Jong Il” that continues to commit numerous, serious human rights abuses.
(2) The Government of North Korea attempts to control all information, artistic expression, academic works, and media activity inside North Korea and strictly curtails freedom of speech and access to foreign broadcasts.
(3) The Government of North Korea subjects all its citizens to systematic, intensive political and ideological indoctrination in support of the cult of personality glorifying Kim Jong Il and the late Kim Il Sung that approaches the level of a state religion.
(4) The Government of North Korea divides its population into categories, based on perceived loyalty to the leadership, which determines access to food, employment, higher education, place of residence, medical facilities, and other resources.
(5) According to the Department of State, “[t]he [North Korean] Penal Code is [d]raconian, stipulating capital punishment and confiscation of assets for a wide variety of ‘crimes against the revolution,’ including defection, attempted defection, slander of the policies of the Party or State, listening to foreign broadcasts, writing ‘reactionary’ letters, and possessing reactionary printed matter”.
(6) The Government of North Korea executes political prisoners, opponents of the regime, some repatriated defectors, some members of underground churches, and others, sometimes at public meetings attended by workers, students, and schoolchildren.
(7) The Government of North Korea holds an estimated 200,000 political prisoners in camps that its State Security Agency manages through the use of forced labor, beatings, torture, and exe
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**(a) Actions**
(1) **In general** — The President is authorized to take such actions as may be necessary to increase the availability of information inside North Korea by increasing the availability of sources of information not controlled by the Government of North Korea, including sources such as radios capable of receiving broadcasting from outside North Korea, USB drives, micro SD cards, audio players, video players, cell phones, wi-fi, wireless internet, web pages, internet, wireless telecommunications, and other electronic media that shares information.
(2) **Distribution** — In accordance with the sense of Congress described in [section 7813 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section7813&num=0&edition=prelim), the President, acting through the Secretary of State, is authorized to distribute or provide grants to distribute information receiving devices, electronically readable devices, and other informational sources into North Korea, including devices and informational sources specified in paragraph (1). To carry out this paragraph, the President is authorized to issue regulations to facilitate the free-flow of information into North Korea.
(3) **Research and development grant program** — In accordance with the authorization described in paragraphs (1) and (2) to increase the availability and distribution of sources of information inside North Korea, the President, acting through the Secretary of State, is authorized to establish a grant program to make grants to eligible entities to develop or distribute (or both) new products or methods to allow North Koreans easier access to outside information. Such program may involve public-private partnerships.
(4) **Culture** — In accordance with the sense of Congress
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 9261
1 See References in Text note below.
(i) abducted or unlawfully held captive
by the Government of North Korea; or
(ii) detained in violation of the Agree-
ment Concerning a Military Armistice in
Korea, signed at Panmunjom July 27, 1953
(commonly referred to as the ‘‘Korean War
Armistice Agreement’’).
(Pub. L. 114–122, title IV, § 402, Feb. 18, 2016, 130
Stat. 115.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Subchapter I, II, or III (or any amendment made by
such subchapters), referred to in subsec. (a), was in the
original ‘‘title I, II, or III (or any amendment made by
such titles)’’, meaning titles I, II, and III of Pub. L.
114–122, Feb. 18, 2016, 130 Stat. 98, 101, 112. Titles I and
III are classified principally to subchapters I and III,
respectively, of this chapter. Title II is classified gen-
erally to subchapter II of this chapter. For complete
classification of titles I, II, and III of Pub. L. 114–122 to
the Code, see Tables.
Executive Documents
DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS
Functions and authorities of President under this
section delegated to Secretary of State, to be executed
in consultation with Secretary of the Treasury when
appropriate, by Memorandum of President of the
United States, May 18, 2016, 81 F.R. 37479, set out as a
note under section 9212 of this title.
§ 9253. Repealed. Pub. L. 115–198, § 9, July 20,
2018, 132 Stat. 1525
Section, Pub. L. 114–122, title IV, § 403, Feb. 18, 2016,
130 Stat. 115, authorized appropriations for fiscal years
2017 through 2021 to carry out provisions in chapter 85
of this title.
§ 9254. Rulemaking
(a) In general
The President is authorized to promulgate
such rules and regulations as may be necessary
to carry out the provisions of this cha
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