,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgcb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #be1 #bjag,mr4  
,schiff 7for himself and ,mr4 ,wilson of
 ,south ,carolina7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a 
,,bill  ,to prohibit travel-related     
transactions to1 from1 and within ,north
 ,korea by persons subject to the       
jurisdiction of the ,united ,states1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,north   
,korea ,travel ,control ,act4  #b4      
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,in recent years1 there has been 
an increase in tourist travel to ,north 
,korea by citizens of ,western          
countries1 including the ,united        
,states4  7#b7 ,in the last ten years1  
at least #ag ,united ,states citizens   
have been detained in ,north ,korea1 and
 at least four citizens remain          
imprisoned in ,north ,korea as of ,may  
#bjag4 ,these ,americans traveled to    

,north ,korea for a variety of reasons1 
including tourism travel1 lured in part 
by its secrecy and decades of closure to
 the ,west4  7#c7 ,the ,government of   
,north ,korea has repeatedly detained   
,united ,states citizens to be used as  
bargaining chips in negotiations over a 
variety of issues1 including ,north     
,korea's illegal nuclear weapons program
 and ballistic missile development1 and 
as a way to extract diplomatic          
concessions4  7#d7 ,the ,united ,states 
has undertaken great diplomatic efforts 
to secure the release of ,americans     
detained in ,north ,korea1 including    
through visits by former ,united ,states
 ,presidents and cabinet level          
officials4  7#e7 ,the ,department of    
,state strongly discourages travel to   
,north ,korea1 stating in a travel      
warning that ,united ,states citizens   
are at serious risk of arrest and       
long-term detention under ,north        
,korea's system of law enforcement4     
7#f7 ,travel to ,north ,korea is a      

source of foreign capital for the most  
self-isolated nation in the world1      
helping to perpetuate an authoritarian  
regime which brutally represses dissent4
  #c4 ,regulations prohibiting          
travel-related transactions to1 from1   
and within ,north ,korea by persons     
subject to the jurisdiction of the      
,united ,states  7a7 ,in general ,not   
later than #ij days after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of the ,treasury shall issue 
regulations prohibiting transactions    
related to travel to1 from1 or within   
,north ,korea by any person subject to  
the jurisdiction of the ,united ,states 
unless authorized either by a general   
license issued by the ,secretary of the 
,treasury or on a case-by-case basis by 
a specific license issued by the        
,secretary of the ,treasury4  7b7       
,prohibition on travel for tourist      
activities ,notwithstanding any other   
provision of law1 the ,secretary of the 
,treasury may not issue a general       

license or a specific license for       
travel-related transactions for travel  
to1 from1 or within ,north ,korea by any
 person subject to the jurisdiction of  
the ,united ,states if the primary      
purpose of such travel is to engage in  
tourist activities4  7c7 ,penalties ,the
 penalties provided for in section      
#bjf7;b7 of the ,international          
,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej  
,u4,s4,c4 #agje7;b77 shall apply to a   
person that violates1 attempts to       
violate1 conspires to violate1 or causes
 a violation of regulations promulgated 
under this section to the same extent   
that such penalties apply to a person   
that commits an unlawful act described  
in section #bjf7;a7 of that ,act4  7d7  
,person subject to the jurisdiction of  
the ,united ,states ,in this section1   
the term person subject to the          
jurisdiction of the ,united ,states has 
the meaning given such term in section  
#eae4cbi of title #ca1 ,code of ,federal
 ,regulations4  7e7 ,sunset ,this       

section shall cease to be effective     
beginning on the date that is #e years  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4