,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fgc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #ac1 #bjac 
,ms4 ,ros-,lehtinen 7for herself1 ,mr4  
,chabot1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4 ,lance1   
,mr4 ,franks of ,arizona1 ,mr4 ,wilson  
of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,bilirakis1   
,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 and ,mr4 ,duncan 
of ,south ,carolina7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on ,ways 
and ,means1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to continue restrictions    
against and prohibit diplomatic         
recognition of the ,government of ,north
 ,korea1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,north ,korea ,sanctions and        
,diplomatic ,nonrecognition ,act of     
#bjac4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds   

the following3  7#a7 ,north ,korean     
negotiators in the ,six-,party          
diplomatic process did not act in good  
faith by their refusal to agree to a    
transparent verification process for    
denuclearization consistent with        
international standards1 including      
provisions for nuclear sampling1        
following ,north ,korea's removal on    
,october #aa1 #bjjh1 from the list of   
state sponsors of terrorism maintained  
by the ,department of ,state4  7#b7     
,international press reports indicate   
that ,north ,korea has continued to     
provide support to ,iran in the areas of
 missile technology and nuclear         
development and has provided ,iran's    
surrogates1 ,hezbollah and ,hamas1 with 
both missile technology and training in 
tunneling techniques with which to      
attack ,israel1 an ally of the ,united  
,states4  7#c7 ,international press     
reports indicate that ,north ,korea was 
engaged for a number of years in        
assistance to ,syria in the construction

 of a nuclear reactor in the ,syrian    
desert which was destroyed in a strike  
by ,israeli forces on ,september #f1    
#bjjg4  7#d7 ,north ,korean negotiators 
continue to refuse to address in a      
humane and sincere manner the issue of  
the abduction of civilians of ,japan and
 the ,republic of ,korea1 both allies of
 the ,united ,states1 as well as the    
abductions of citizens from a number of 
other countries1 including ,france1     
,lebanon1 ,romania1 and ,thailand4  7#e7
 ,defectors coming out of ,north ,korea 
have provided testimony that ,united    
,states permanent resident1 ,reverend   
,kim ,dong-shik1 the spouse and father  
of ,united ,states citizens1 was        
tortured and murdered inside ,north     
,korea after his abduction by           
,pyongyang's agents on the ,chinese     
border in ,january #bjjj and that his   
remains are currently being held at a   
military facility inside ,north ,korea4 
7#f7 ,congress authoritatively expressed
 its view1 in section #bjb7;b77#b7 of   

the ,north ,korean ,human ,rights ,act  
of #bjjd 7,public ,law #ajh-ccc2 #bb    
,u4,s4,c4 #ghcb7;b77#b77 that ,united   
,states nonhumanitarian assistance to   
,north ,korea shall be contingent on    
,north ,korea's substantial progress on 
human rights improvements1 release of   
and accounting for abductees1 family    
reunification1 reform of ,north ,korea's
 labor camp system1 and the             
decriminalization of political          
expression1 none of which has occurred4 
7#g7 ,congress further authoritatively  
expressed its view1 in section #b of the
 ,north ,korean ,human ,rights          
,reauthorization ,act of #bjjh 7,public 
,law #aaj-cdf7 that human rights and    
humanitarian conditions inside ,north   
,korea are deplorable and that ,north   
,korean refugees remain acutely         
vulnerable4  7#h7 ,congress has         
determined that any missile test or     
launch conducted by ,north ,korea would 
be in direct violation of ,united       
,nations ,security ,council resolution  

#afie1 adopted on ,july #af1 #bjjf1     
which condemns the multiple launches by 
the ,,dprk 7,north ,korea7 of ballistic 
missiles on ,july #e #bjjf local time1  
and ,united ,nations ,security ,council 
,resolution #agah1 adopted on ,october  
#i1 #bjjf1 which demands that the ,,dprk
 7,north ,korea7 not conduct any further
 nuclear test or launch of a ballistic  
missile and decides that the ,,dprk     
shall suspend all activities related to 
its ballistic missile programme and in  
this context re-establish its           
pre-existing commitments to a moratorium
 on missile launching1 and further      
determines that the resulting sanctions 
imposed under such resolution #agah     
would again come into full effect       
following a missile test or launch4     
7#i7 ,congress has further determined   
that a return by ,north ,korea to the   
,six-,party diplomatic process following
 any missile test or launch by          
,pyongyang must include a firm and      
transparent commitment to the complete1 

verifiable and irreversible             
dismantlement of all of ,north ,korea's 
nuclear programs1 including those       
derived both from plutonium as well as  
highly enriched uranium4  7#aj7         
,japanese press reports have indicated  
that a delegation of approximately      
fifteen ,iranian missile experts arrived
 in ,north ,korea in ,march #bjji to    
help ,pyongyang prepare for a rocket    
launch1 including senior officials with 
the ,iranian rocket and satellite       
producer ,shahid ,hemmat ,industrial    
,group1 and that they brought with them 
a letter from their ,president ,mahmoud 
,ahmadinejad to ,north ,korean leader   
,kim ,jong-,il stressing the importance 
of cooperating on space technology4     
7#aa7 ,north ,korea1 in defiance of the 
international community's efforts to end
 nuclear proliferation and in violation 
of its international obligations1       
conducted a second underground nuclear  
test on ,may #be1 #bjji 7local time71 in
 violation of ,united ,nations ,security

 ,council ,resolution #agah1 which      
resulted in the passage of ,united      
,nations ,security ,council ,resolution 
#ahgd on ,june #ab1 #bjji1 which imposed
 additional sanctions and inspection    
requirements with regard to ,north      
,korea4  7#ab7 ,north ,korea1 according 
to ,western press reports1 transshipped 
missile parts1 used to run ,iran's solid
 fuel ballistic missile program1 to     
,tehran via ,air ,iran flights which    
landed in ,beijing1 ,china in #bjjg4    
7#ac7 ,press reports in ,march #bjaa    
indicated that opposition forces in     
,libya1 when they took positions from   
,qaddafi forces1 discovered ,north      
,korean weapons caches1 including       
rockets and anti-aircraft guns1 unpacked
 from crates labeled 8bulldozer parts10 
which would represent a clear violation 
of ,united ,nations sanctions4  7#ad7   
,on ,august #af1 #bjab1 the ,president  
signed into law the ,ambassador ,james  
,r4 ,lilley and ,congressman ,stephen   
,j4 ,solarz ,north ,korea ,human ,rights

 ,reauthorization ,act of #bjab 7,public
 ,law #aab-agb74  7#ae7 ,congress       
further authoritatively expressed its   
view in section #b of ,public ,law      
#aab-agb that although the transition to
 the leadership of ,kim ,jong-,un after 
the death of ,kim ,jong-,il has         
introduced new uncertainties and        
possibilities1 the fundamental human    
rights and humanitarian conditions      
inside ,north ,korea remain deplorable1 
,north ,korean refugees remain acutely  
vulnerable1 and the findings in the     
#bjjd ,act and #bjjh ,reauthorization   
remain substantially accurate today44   
7#af7 ,notwithstanding the succession of
 ,kim ,jong-,un as supreme leader of    
,north ,korea following the death of his
 father in ,december #bjaa1 ,pyongyang  
has continued a policy of horrendous    
human rights violations1 including the  
issuance of new shoot to kill orders for
 refugees attempting to cross the border
 into ,china and an increased reliance  
on public executions to intimidate the  

,north ,korean populace4  7#ag7 ,the new
 ,kim ,jong-,un regime also displayed   
duplicity in its negotiations with the  
,united ,states and other ,six-,party   
partners by launching a missile in      
,april #bjab in direct violation of its 
,leap ,day ,agreement to carry out a    
moratorium on nuclear and long-range    
missile tests4  7#ah7 ,pyongyang defied 
the international community and relevant
 ,united ,nations ,security ,council    
resolutions by launching a long-range   
missile on ,december #ab1 #bjab1        
resulting in the unanimous passage of   
,united ,nations ,security ,council     
,resolution #bjhg on ,january #bb1      
#bjac4  7#ai7 ,the regime in ,pyongyang 
further defied the international        
community and relevant ,united ,nations 
,security ,council resolutions by       
conducting a nuclear test on ,february  
#ab1 #bjac4  7#bj7 ,according to the    
,united ,states ,geological ,survey1    
seismic activity was detected in ,north 
,korea with an earthquake measuring #d4i

 magnitude1 larger than the #bjjf and   
#bjji explosions1 and the epicenter of  
the quake was close to a ,north ,korean 
nuclear test site4  #c4 ,continuation of
 restrictions against the ,government of
 ,north ,korea  7a7 ,finding ,congress  
finds that subsequent to the decision of
 the ,secretary of ,state on ,october   
#aa1 #bjjh1 to rescind the designation  
of ,north ,korea as a state sponsor of  
terrorism1 ,north ,korea has committed  
acts that can be defined as             
international terrorism or as highly    
provocative1 including--  7#a7 the      
dispatch of a covert team of two ,north 
,korean military-trained agents to      
,south ,korea with orders to assassinate
 the late ,north ,korean defector ,hwang
 ,jang-yop who were apprehended by      
,south ,korean officials in ,april      
#bjaj2  7#b7 complicity in the sinking  
of the ,south ,korean naval vessel      
,cheonan on ,march #bf1 #bjaj1 which    
resulted in the deaths of #df ,south    
,korean naval personnel2  7#c7 the      

shipment of weapons by ,north ,korea1   
seized in ,bangkok in ,december #bjji1  
which were bound for delivery to foreign
 terrorist organizations ,hezbollah and 
,hamas1 according to a statement made by
 ,israeli ,foreign ,minister ,avigdor   
,lieberman in ,tokyo on ,may #ab1 #bjaj2
  7#d7 the sudden and unprovoked        
bombardment by ,north ,korean artillery 
of the civilian-populated ,south ,korean
 island of ,yeonpyeong-do on ,november  
#bc1 #bjaj1 which resulted in the deaths
 of two ,south ,korean civilians and two
 ,republic of ,korea 7,,rok7 marines2   
and  7#e7 the sentencing by ,seoul      
,central ,district ,court in ,january   
#bjaa of ,north ,korean agent ,ri ,dong 
,sam to #aj years in prison for         
impersonating a refugee in ,august #bjaj
 to enter ,south ,korea under orders to 
assassinate leading ,north ,korean      
defector ,hwang ,jang-yop4  7b7         
,continuation of restrictions           
,notwithstanding the decision by the    
,secretary of ,state on ,october #aa1   

#bjjh1 to rescind the designation of    
,north ,korea as a state sponsor of     
terrorism1 and in light of the          
congressional finding described in      
subsection 7a71 restrictions against the
 ,government of ,north ,korea that were 
imposed by reason of a determination of 
the ,secretary of ,state that the       
,government of ,north ,korea is a state 
sponsor of terrorism1 as well as        
sanctions against the ,government of    
,north ,korea 7including sanctions that 
ban the importation into the ,united    
,states of ,north ,korean products and  
goods71 that are in effect as of the    
date of the enactment of this ,act shall
 remain in effect1 and shall not be     
lifted1 unless the ,president makes the 
certification described in subsection   
7c74  7c7 ,certification ,the           
certification referred to in subsection 
7b7 is a certification to ,congress     
containing a determination of the       
,president that the ,government of      
,north ,korea--  7#a7 is no longer      

engaged in the illegal transfer of      
missile or nuclear technology1          
particularly to the governments of      
,iran1 ,syria1 or any other state       
sponsor of terrorism1 or to ,burma2     
7#b7 is no longer engaged in training in
 combat operations or tunneling1 or     
harboring1 supplying1 financing1 or     
supporting in any way--  7,a7 ,hamas1   
,hezbollah1 the ,japanese ,red ,army1 or
 any member of such organizations2  7,b7
 any organization designated by the     
,secretary of ,state as a foreign       
terrorist organization in accordance    
with section #bai7;a7 of the            
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aahi7;a772 and  7,c7 any     
person included on the annex to         
,executive ,order #acbbd 7,september    
#ba1 #bjja7 and any other person        
identified under section #a of that     
,executive ,order whose property and    
interests are blocked by that section   
7commonly known as a specially          
designated global terrorist72  7#c7 is  

no longer engaged in the counterfeiting 
of ,united ,states currency supernotes2 
7#d7 is no longer engaged in the        
international trafficking of illicit    
narcotics into the ,united ,states1     
,japan1 ,australia1 or other allied     
countries of the ,united ,states2  7#e7 
has returned the last remains of ,united
 ,states permanent resident1 ,reverend  
,kim ,dong-shik1 to his ,united ,states 
citizen widow1 family1 and church       
members1 so that he may be provided with
 a proper ,christian burial in ,chicago2
  7#f7 has released the ,japanese       
nationals recognized as abduction       
victims by the ,government of ,japan as 
well as abduction victims recognized by 
the ,government of the ,republic of     
,korea2  7#g7 has released an estimated 
#fjj surviving ,south ,korean ,p,o,ws1  
and any other surviving ,p,o,ws from the
 ,korean ,war1 who have been held in    
,north ,korea against their will and in 
violation of the ,armistice ,agreement  
since hostilities ended in ,july #aiec2 

7#h7 has made concrete provisions for   
unrestricted family reunification       
meetings for those individuals among the
 two-million strong ,korean-,american   
community who maintain family ties with 
relatives inside ,north ,korea2  7#i7   
has opened the ,north ,korean penal     
system1 including the gulag of          
concentration camps holding an estimated
 #bjj1jjj political and religious       
prisoners1 to unrestricted and regular  
visits by representatives of the        
,international ,committee of the ,red   
,cross 7,,icrc72  7#aj7 has made        
provision for unrestricted and regular  
access by representatives of the ,united
 ,national ,high ,commissioner for      
,refugees to refugees forcibly          
repatriated to ,north ,korea to         
determine their general health and      
welfare2  7#aa7 has made concrete       
provisions for unrestricted contact1    
including direct communications and     
meetings1 between representatives of    
international and ,south ,korean        

religious organizations1 including      
,christians and ,buddhists1 and their   
co-believers inside ,north ,korea2 and  
7#ab7 has offered apologies to the      
government and people of the ,republic  
of ,korea for the deaths that ,north    
,korea inflicted due to the unprovoked  
attacks on the ,south ,korean naval     
vessel ,cheonan on ,march #bf1 #bjaj1   
and on the island of ,yeonpyeong-do on  
,november #bc1 #bjaj4  7d7 ,sense of    
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that1 in light of the congressional     
finding described in subsection 7a71 the
 ,secretary of ,state should redesignate
 ,north ,korea as a state sponsor of    
terrorism immediately upon the date of  
the enactment of this ,act4  7e7 ,state 
sponsor of terrorism defined ,in this   
section1 the term state sponsor of      
terrorism means any country the         
government of which the ,secretary of   
,state determines has repeatedly        
provided support for acts of            
international terrorism pursuant to     

section #f7;j7 of the ,export           
,administration ,act of #aigi 7as       
continued in effect pursuant to the     
,international ,emergency ,economic     
,powers ,act71 section #dj of the ,arms 
,export ,control ,act1 section #fbj;,a  
of the ,foreign ,assistance ,act of     
#aifa1 or any other provision of law4   
#d4 ,continuation of diplomatic         
nonrecognition of ,north ,korea  7a7    
,finding ,congress 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 #aidh4 ,the    
,united ,states has consistently        
continued to withhold such formal       
diplomatic recognition during the #fa   
years since the sudden and unprovoked   
attack by ,north ,korean forces on the  
,republic of ,korea on ,june #be1 #aiej1
 an attack which led directly to the    
,korean ,war and the deaths of over     
#cf1jjj ,united ,states military        
personnel as well as at least #b1jjj1jjj

 ,koreans and over #c1jjj soldiers from 
,allied countries4  7b7 ,continuation of
 diplomatic nonrecognition ,no funds may
 be expended for the establishment of a 
,united ,states diplomatic presence in  
,north ,korea1 including an ,embassy1   
,consulate1 or liaison office1 until    
such time as the ,president certifies to
 ,congress that the ,government of      
,north ,korea has met all of the        
benchmarks specified in section #c4  #e4
 ,international response to a ,north    
,korean missile launch or nuclear test  
,given ,north ,korea's third nuclear    
weapons test on ,february #ab1 #bjac1 in
 violation of ,united ,nations ,security
 ,council ,resolutions #afie1 #agah1    
#ahgd1 and #bjhg1 the ,president shall  
instruct the ,united ,states ,permanent 
,representative to the ,united ,nations 
to use the voice1 vote1 and influence of
 the ,united ,states to secure adoption 
of a ,united ,nations ,security ,council
 resolution condemning ,north ,korea's  
action as a violation of ,united        

,nations ,security ,council ,resolutions
 #afie1 #agah1 #ahgd1 and #bjhg and     
requiring the implementation of         
comprehensive sanctions and an          
inspection regime against ,north ,korea4