,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #fe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,february #ac1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,royce 7for himself and ,mr4       
,engel7 submitted the following         
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs         
,,resolution  ,condemning the           
,government of ,north ,korea for its    
flagrant and repeated violations of     
multiple ,united ,nations ,security     
,council resolutions1 for its repeated  
provocations that threaten international
 peace and stability1 and for its       
,february #ab1 #bjac1 test of a nuclear 
device4  ,whereas1 on ,february #ab1    
#bjac1 ,north ,korea exploded a nuclear 
device2 ,whereas reports indicate that  
the nuclear test was apparently more    
powerful than ,north ,korea's previous  
tests in #bjjf and #bjji2 ,whereas      
,north ,korea's nuclear test1 and its   
recent ballistic missile test1 are      
violations of ,united ,nations ,security
 ,council ,resolution #afie 7#bjjf71    

,resolution #agah 7#bjjf71 ,resolution  
#ahgd 7#bjji71 and ,resolution #bjhg    
7#bjac72 ,whereas ,north ,korea's       
ballistic missile program poses a threat
 to ,united ,states allies and interests
 in the ,asia ,pacific region2 ,whereas 
,north ,korea's ballistic missile       
program has demonstrated an increasing  
ability to reach the ,united ,states1   
and could constitute a grave threat to  
the security of the ,american people2   
,whereas ,north ,korea has violated the 
,july #aj1 #aiec1 ,armistice ,agreement 
that ended the ,korean ,war1 and has    
since committed unprovoked acts of war  
against ,south ,korea by sinking the    
warship ,cheonan1 killing #df of her    
crew1 and by attacking civilian targets 
on the island of ,yeongpyeong1 killing  
four residents1 among many other willful
 violations and outrages2 ,whereas the  
,government of ,north ,korea has been   
implicated repeatedly in the illicit    
laundering of monetary instruments1 in  
international narcotics trafficking1 and

 in the counterfeiting of ,united       
,states currency and intellectual       
property2 ,whereas ,north ,korea has    
demonstrated a willingness and ability  
to proliferate its ballistic and nuclear
 technology to a variety of countries1  
including ,iran and ,syria1 both ,united
 ,states designated state sponsors of   
terrorism2 ,whereas the ,government of  
,north ,korea commits gross human rights
 violations against the ,north ,korean  
people1 including maintaining a system  
of gulags that imprison thousands of    
citizens1 and policies that have        
resulted in starvation deaths of over   
#b1jjj1jjj people2 and ,whereas the     
,government of ,north ,korea has        
repeatedly violated its commitments to  
the complete1 verifiable1 and           
irreversible dismantlement of its       
nuclear weapons program1 including the  
,agreed ,framework of #aiid1 the ,joint 
,statement of ,september #ai1 #bjje1 and
 the agreement of ,february #ac1 #bjjg3 
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house

 of ,representatives--  7#a7 condemns   
the ,government of ,north ,korea for its
 flagrant and repeated violations of    
multiple ,united ,nations ,security     
,council resolutions1 for its repeated  
provocations that threaten international
 peace and stability1 and for its       
,february #ab1 #bjac1 test of a nuclear 
device2  7#b7 expresses solidarity with 
the people of ,north ,korea who suffer  
severe oppression1 denial of basic human
 rights and political liberties1 and    
material deprivation2  7#c7 reaffirms   
the commitment of the ,united ,states to
 its alliances with ,japan and ,south   
,korea1 which are critical for the      
preservation of peace and stability in  
,northeast ,asia and throughout the     
region2  7#d7 calls upon the ,people's  
,republic of ,china1 ,north ,korea's    
closest ally and trading partner1 to    
pressure ,north ,korean leaders to      
curtail their provocative behavior1     
abandon and dismantle their nuclear and 
missile programs through the curtailing 

of vital economic support and trade to  
,north ,korea that support the          
,government of ,north ,korea1 and comply
 with all relevant international        
agreements and ,united ,nations         
,security ,council and ,international   
,atomic ,energy ,agency resolutions2    
7#e7 calls on the ,people's ,republic of
 ,china to take immediate actions to    
prevent the transshipment of illicit    
technology1 military equipment1 and     
dual-use items through its territory1   
waters1 and airspace that could be used 
in ,north ,korea's nuclear weapons and  
ballistic missile programs2 and  7#f7   
calls on the ,united ,states            
,government--  7,a7 to apply all        
available sanctions on ,north ,korea1   
cooperate with ,united ,states allies   
and other countries to impose additional
 sanctions on ,north ,korea1 and secure 
a new ,united ,nations ,security        
,council resolution imposing stronger   
sanctions2  7,b7 to utilize aggressively
 the range of available legal           

authorities and resources to defend     
,united ,states interests against ,north
 ,korean illicit activities2 and  7,c7  
to support the ,president's commitment  
to strengthen the ,united ,states       
ballistic missile defense system to     
protect the ,united ,states4