North Korea Refugee Relief and Reconstruction Act of 2006
Latest action · Nov 15, 2006 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10965-10966)
Progress
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- IntroducedNov 15, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
North Korea Refugee Relief and Reconstruction Act of 2006 - States that purpose of this Act is to help the people of North Korea gain freedom from political oppression.
Establishes in the Treasury the North Korea Refugee Relief and Reconstruction Fund.
Authorizes the President to use Fund amounts for: (1) refugee relief, relocation, and resettlement assistance; and (2) Korean reunification and reconstruction assistance.
Expresses the sense of Congress that the governments of South Korea, Japan, China, and Russia and other concerned governments should make commensurate commitments to: (1) assist refugees fleeing political oppression in North Korea; and (2) meet humanitarian and reconstruction needs arising in connection with the reunification of North Korea with South Korea, or the emergence in North Korea of a national government committed to respect for human rights, nonproliferation, and peaceful relations with the United States and the other countries in the region.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 15, 2006Introduced in Senate
- Nov 15, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10965-10966)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- China
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- East Asia
- Economic assistance
- Human rights
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- Japan
- Korean reunification
- North Korea
- Nuclear nonproliferation
- Political persecution
- Refugees
- Relocation
- Russia
- South Korea
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 15, 2006Introduced in Senate
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