HOUSE 1369116th CongressReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
To prohibit lifting of United States sanctions imposed with respect to North Korea.
- Last Action
- 2/26/2019
Actions
- 2019-02-26Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- 2019-02-26Introduced in House
- 2019-02-26Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-02-26 (00)
This bill prohibits the President from waiving, reducing, or otherwise limiting the application of sanctions on North Korea until the President certifies to Congress that North Korea has
- ceased engaging in gross human rights abuses, including operation of slave-labor and political prisoner camps;
- established a disclosure and transparency process to identify crimes committed by the North Korean regime against its people; and
- issued a formal apology to the family of Otto Warmbier for his unlawful detention, torture, and murder.
Subjects
- Arms control and nonproliferation
- Asia
- Congressional oversight
- Detention of persons
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Human rights
- North Korea
- Nuclear weapons
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Rule of law and government transparency
- Sanctions
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
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