,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #acfi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bf1       
#bjai,mr4 ,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of        
,pennsylvania introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a     
,,bill  ,to prohibit lifting of ,united 
,states sanctions imposed with respect  
to ,north ,korea4  #a4 ,prohibition on  
lifting of ,united ,states sanctions    
imposed with respect to ,north ,korea   
7a7 ,findings ,congress finds the       
following3 7#a7 ,the ,democratic        
,people's ,republic of ,korea 7,north   
,korea7 has a history of cheating on    
nuclear accords4  7#b7 ,the ,united     
,nations ,commission of ,inquiry on     
,human ,rights in ,north ,korea         
concluded in #bjad that ,kim ,jong ,un  
and the ,north ,korean leadership was   
perpetrating unspeakable atrocities     
against its own people on a vast scale  
and committed widespread1 systematic1   
and gross violations that amount to     

crimes against humanity4  7#c7 ,the     
chair of the ,united ,nations           
,commission of ,inquiry on ,human       
,rights in ,north ,korea called these   
atrocities strikingly similar to crimes 
committed by ,nazi ,germany in ,world   
,war ,,ii1 including execution1         
enslavement1 starvation1 rape1 and      
forced abortion1 and warned ,kim ,jong  
,un of his own personal culpability in a
 special letter attached to the report4 
7#d7 ,under ,kim ,jong ,un's leadership1
 there are reports of newborn babies in 
prison being fed to guard dogs1         
punishment and possible execution of    
starving prisoners caught digging for   
edible plants1 and forced abortions4    
7#e7 ,kim ,jong ,un1 after taking over  
the leadership of ,north ,korea1        
launched political purges1 encompassing 
relatives1 including his uncle and      
half-brother1 who was murdered by a     
chemical weapon in ,malaysia in #bjag4  
7#f7 ,otto ,warmbier1 a #bb-year-old    
,american college student1 was brutally 

tortured by the ,north ,korean regime   
under ,kim ,jong ,un and died shortly   
after his release from ,north ,korea4   
7b7 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense
 of ,congress that-- 7#a7 any           
negotiation with ,north ,korea regarding
 denuclearization should include an     
equivalent demand for transparency      
regarding ,north ,korea's human rights  
situation2  7#b7 the ,united ,states    
should not trust ,kim ,jong ,un and the 
leadership of ,north ,korea to          
voluntarily and peacefully end its      
nuclear program as long as they continue
 to commit mass atrocities against the  
,north ,korean people2 and  7#c7 no     
sanctions relief should be provided to  
,north ,korea until the ,president      
certifies to the appropriate            
congressional committees that the lives 
of ordinary ,north ,koreans are         
improving and the ,kim family has made  
progress on ,north ,korea's deplorable  
human rights situation4  7c7 ,limitation
 on waiver of sanctions ,the ,president 

may not waive1 suspend1 reduce1 provide 
relief from1 or otherwise limit the     
application of ,united ,states sanctions
 imposed with respect to ,north ,korea  
until the ,president certifies to the   
appropriate congressional committees    
that ,north ,korea--  7#a7 has          
repudiated and ceased engaging in gross 
human rights abuses1 including operation
 of slave-labor and political prisoner  
camps2  7#b7 has established a          
disclosure and transparency process to  
identify crimes committed by the ,north 
,korean regime against its people2 and  
7#c7 has issued a formal apology to the 
family of ,otto ,warmbier for the       
unlawful detention1 torture1 and murder 
of ,otto ,warmbier4  7d7 ,appropriate   
congressional committees ,in this       
section1 the term appropriate           
congressional committees means-- 7#a7   
the congressional defense committees 7as
 such term is defined in section #aja of
 title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code72 and 
7#b7 the ,committee on ,foreign         

,relations of the ,senate and the       
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of the  
,house of ,representatives4