,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dgi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ab1        
#bjag,mr4 ,poe of ,texas 7for himself   
and ,mr4 ,sherman7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require a report on the     
designation of the ,democratic ,people's
 ,republic of ,korea as a state sponsor 
of terrorism1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,north ,korea ,state ,sponsor of
 ,terrorism ,designation ,act of #bjag4 
#b4 ,report on designation of           
,government of ,north ,korea as a state 
sponsor of terrorism  7a7 ,findings     
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,the ,government of ,north ,korea was   
designated a state sponsor of terrorism 
on ,january #bj1 #aihh1 for repeatedly  
providing support of acts of            
international terrorism4  7#b7 ,however1
 on ,october #aa1 #bjjh1 ,north ,korea's
 designation as a state sponsor of      

terrorism was rescinded1 following      
commitments by the ,government of ,north
 ,korea to completely1 verifiably1 and  
irreversibly dismantle its nuclear      
weapons program1 yet ,north ,korea has  
failed to live up to these commitments  
and is continuing to produce ever       
greater quantities of fissile material  
for nuclear weapons and periodically    
conduct testing of nuclear explosive    
devices4  7#c7 ,consequences of a state 
sponsors of terrorism designation       
include a ban on arms-related exports   
and sales2 restrictions on exports of   
dual-use items2 restrictions on foreign 
assistance2 financial sanctions against 
transactions with the designated        
government2 imposition of miscellaneous 
trade and other restrictions2 and       
potential liability in ,united ,states  
courts for acts that fall within the    
terrorism exception of the ,foreign     
,sovereign ,immunities ,act4 ,the       
criminal code also prohibits financial  
transactions by ,united ,states persons 

with any government designated as a     
state sponsor of terrorism4 ,issuers of 
securities must disclose in their public
 filings any investments in states whose
 governments sponsor terrorism4         
,finally1 a designation requires ,united
 ,states representatives to oppose any  
benefits or extensions of credit to any 
designated government by international  
financial institutions4  7#d7 ,on       
,october #bb1 #bjae1 ,ambassador ,sung  
,kim1 ,special ,representative for      
,north ,korea ,policy with the ,u4,s4   
,department of ,state1 testified before 
the ,house ,foreign ,affairs            
,subcommittee on ,terrorism1            
,nonproliferation1 and ,trade that      
,north ,korea's conduct poses a growing 
threat to the ,united ,states1 our      
friends in the region1 and the global   
nonproliferation regime and ,ms4 ,hilary
 ,batjer ,johnson1 ,deputy ,coordinator 
for ,homeland ,security1 ,screening1 and
 ,designations with the ,u4,s4          
,department of ,state noted that weapons

 transfers that violate nonproliferation
 or missile control regimes could be a  
relevant factor for consideration1      
depending on the circumstances1         
consistent with the statutory criteria  
for designation as a state sponsor of   
terrorism4  7#e7 ,the ,government of    
,north ,korea has harbored members of   
the ,japanese ,red ,army since a #aigj  
hijacking and continues to harbor the   
surviving hijackers to this day4  7#f7  
,on ,july #af1 #bjaj1 in the case of    
,calderon-,cardona v4 ,democratic       
,people's ,republic of ,korea 7case     
number #jh-jacfg71 the ,united ,states  
,district ,court for the ,district of   
,puerto ,rico found that the ,government
 of ,north ,korea provided material     
support to the ,japanese ,red ,army1    
designated as a foreign terrorist       
organization between #aiig and #bjja1 in
 furtherance of a #aigb terrorist attack
 at ,lod ,airport1 ,israel that killed  
#bf people1 including #ag ,americans4   
7#g7 ,on ,april #ah1 #bjac1 ,michael    

,flynn1 the ,director of the ,defense   
,intelligence ,agency testified that    
,syria's liquid-propellant missile      
program depends on essential foreign    
equipment and assistance1 primarily from
 ,north ,korean entities4 ,further      
statements by ,united ,states           
,government officials report that ,north
 ,korea helped ,syria build the ,al     
,kibar nuclear reactor1 which ,israel   
reportedly destroyed in #bjjg1 and could
 have been used to produce plutonium for
 nuclear weapons4  7#h7 ,of the three   
foreign governments currently designated
 as state sponsors of terrorism1 the    
governments of ,iran and ,syria are     
designated as state sponsors of         
terrorism for their support of ,hamas   
and ,hezbollah4 ,the ,department of     
,state's #bjje1 #bjjg1 #bjaj1 #bjab1 and
 #bjac ,country ,reports all cited ,iran
 and ,syria for supplying weapons to    
,hezbollah through ,syrian territory1   
and most of them also cited ,iran's     
training of ,hezbollah4  7#i7 ,in the   

case of ,chaim ,kaplan v4 ,hezbollah    
7case number #ji-fdf71 a ,united ,states
 district court found in #bjad that     
,north ,korea materially supported      
terrorist attacks by ,hezbollah1 a      
designated foreign terrorist            
organization1 against ,israel in #bjjf4 
7#aj7 ,in ,december #bjji1 a ,north     
,korean arms shipment aboard an         
,ilyushin ,il-#gf cargo plane was       
discovered and seized by authorities of 
the ,government of ,thailand4 ,the      
cargo1 which was marked as consisting of
 oil-drilling equipment1 contained #ce  
tons of rockets1 surface-to-air missiles
 7,,manpads71 explosives1               
rocket-propelled grenades1 and other    
weaponry4 ,a similar shipment was       
impounded in the ,united ,arab ,emirates
 a few months earlier in ,july #bjji4 ,a
 third shipment was intercepted by the  
,israeli government in the ,eastern     
,mediterranean in ,november #bjji4      
,according to published media reports1  
,united ,states and ,israeli            

intelligence agencies concluded that the
 shipments were destined for            
,iranian-backed terrorists1 including   
,hezbollah1 ,hamas1 and the ,quds       
,force4 ,another large quantity of      
shipments to both ,hamas and ,hezbollah1
 is believed to have been transferred   
unnoticed4  7#aa7 ,in ,june #bjaj1      
,major ,kim ,myong-ho and ,major ,dong  
,myong-gwan of ,north ,korea's          
,reconnaissance ,general ,bureau pled   
guilty in a ,south ,korean court to     
attempting to assassinate ,hwang        
,jang-yop1 a ,north ,korean dissident in
 exile1 on the orders of ,lieutenant    
,general ,kim ,yong-chol1 the head of   
,north ,korea's ,reconnaissance ,general
 ,bureau4 ,the court sentenced each     
defendant to #aj years in prison4  7#ab7
 ,in ,july #bjad1 press reports         
indicated that militants from ,hamas1 a 
designated foreign terrorist            
organization1 attempted to negotiate a  
new arms deal with ,north ,korea for    
missiles and communications equipment   

that would have allowed the militants to
 maintain their armed terrorist attacks 
against ,israel4 ,security officials    
announced that the deal between ,hamas  
and ,north ,korea was worth hundreds of 
thousands of dollars and was handled by 
a ,lebanese-based trading company4      
7#ac7 ,on ,november #bd1 #bjad1 a hacker
 group that identified itself as the    
,guardians of ,peace leaked confidential
 data from the film studio ,sony        
,pictures ,entertainment4 ,the data     
included personal information about     
,sony ,pictures employees1 e-mails      
between employees1 information about    
executive salaries at the company1      
copies of then-unreleased ,sony films1  
and other information4  7#ad7 ,on       
,december #af1 #bjae1 the ,guardians of 
,peace sent a message to ,sony          
,pictures1 to clearly show it to you at 
the very time and places ,the ,interview
 be shown 4 4 4 how bitter fate those   
who seek fun in terror should be doomed 
to4 ,the message further stated1 ,the   

world will be full of fear1 4 4 4       
,remember the #aath of ,september #bjja1
 and ,we recommend you to keep yourself 
distant from the places at that time44  
,the threat caused theaters across the  
,united ,states to cancel showings of   
,the ,interview and caused ,sony        
,pictures to cancel the release of the  
film in theaters4  7#ae7 ,on ,december  
#ai1 #bjae1 the ,federal ,bureau of     
,investigation concluded that ,north    
,korea was responsible for the cyber    
attack on ,sony ,pictures ,entertainment
 and the threat against the movie       
theaters1 and that the ,guardians of    
,peace was a unit of ,north ,korea's    
,reconnaissance ,general ,bureau1 its   
foreign intelligence service4  7#af7 ,in
 ,march #bjae1 the ,south ,korean       
government publicly accused ,north      
,korea of responsibility for a ,december
 #bjad cyber attack against multiple    
nuclear power plants in ,south ,korea1  
stated that the attacks were intended to
 cause a malfunction at the plants'     

reactors1 and described the attacks as  
acts of cyber-terror targeting our      
country4  7b7 ,sense of congress ,it is 
the sense of the ,congress that the     
,government of ,north ,korea likely     
meets the criteria for designation as a 
state sponsor of terrorism and1 if so1  
should be so designated4 ,north ,korea  
has failed to live up to its #bjjh      
commitments to verifiably dismantle its 
nuclear weapons program and appears to  
have continued to support acts of       
international terrorism after its       
removal from the list of state sponsors 
of terrorism in ,october #bjjh4  7c7    
,report2 determination or justification 
7#a7 ,in general ,not later than #ij    
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,state     
shall submit to the appropriate         
congressional committees a report that  
finds whether--  7,a7  7i7 with respect 
to each of the acts described in        
paragraphs 7#e7 through 7#af7 of        
subsection 7a71 the ,government of      

,north ,korea1 including any agents or  
instrumentalities of the ,government of 
,north ,korea1 directly or indirectly1  
committed1 conspired to commit1         
attempted1 aided1 or abetted such act2  
and  7ii7 since ,october #bjjh1 the     
,government of ,north ,korea1 including 
any agents or instrumentalities of the  
,government of ,north ,korea1 directly  
or indirectly1 committed1 conspired to  
commit1 attempted1 aided1 or abetted any
 other act of international terrorism1  
including through--  7,i7 support for   
any organization designated as a foreign
 terrorist organization1 any entity     
designated pursuant to ,executive ,order
 #acbbd1 or any entity that otherwise   
supports acts of international          
terrorism2  7,,ii7 direct sponsorship of
 acts of international terrorism2 or    
7,,iii7 the provision of armaments or   
other controlled goods1 services1 or    
technology to any country the government
 of which is designated as a state      
sponsor of terrorism2 and  7,b7 such act

 constitutes support for international  
terrorism4  7#b7 ,determination or      
justification ,if the ,secretary of     
,state finds that the ,government of    
,north ,korea1 including any agents or  
instrumentalities of the ,government of 
,north ,korea1 directly or indirectly1  
committed1 conspired to commit1         
attempted1 aided1 or abetted any act    
described in clause 7i7 or 7ii7 of      
paragraph 7#a77;,a7 and such act        
constitutes support for international   
terrorism under paragraph 7#a77;,b71 the
 ,secretary shall make a determination  
of whether1 based on the information in 
the report and all other relevant       
sources1 the ,government of ,north      
,korea meets the criteria for           
designation as a state sponsor or       
terrorism1 and in the event the         
,secretary does not decide to designate 
the ,government of ,north ,korea a state
 sponsor of terrorism1 the ,secretary   
shall provide a detailed justification  
for why the ,government of ,north ,korea

 should not be designated a state       
sponsor of terrorism4  7d7 ,form ,the   
report required by subsection 7c77#a7   
shall be submitted in unclassified form1
 but may include a classified annex1 if 
appropriate4  #c4 ,definitions ,in this 
,act3 7#a7 ,appropriate congressional   
committees ,the term appropriate        
congressional committees means--  7,a7  
the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations of
 the ,senate2 and  7,b7 the ,committee  
on ,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of   
,representatives4  7#b7 ,foreign        
terrorist organization ,the term foreign
 terrorist organization means an        
organization designated by the          
,secretary of ,state as a foreign       
terrorist organization under section    
#bai of the ,immigration and            
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahi74 
7#c7 ,north korea ,the term ,north      
,korea means the ,democratic ,people's  
,republic of ,korea4  7#d7 ,state       
sponsor of terrorism ,the term state    
sponsor of terrorism means a country the

 government of which the ,secretary of  
,state has determined1 for purposes of  
section #f7;j7 of the ,export           
,administration ,act of #aigi 7#ej      
,u4,s4,c4 #dfje7;j77 7as in effect      
pursuant to the ,international          
,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act71     
section #fbj;,a of the ,foreign         
,assistance ,act of #aifa 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4
 #bcga71 section #dj of the ,arms       
,export ,control ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4    
#bghj71 or any other provision of law1  
is a government that has repeatedly     
provided support for acts of            
international terrorism4