To prohibit lifting of United States sanctions imposed with respect to North Korea.
Latest action · Jun 13, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 13, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 13, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Jun 13, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2018Introduced in House
- Jun 13, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Arms control and nonproliferation
- Asia
- Congressional oversight
- Detention of persons
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- North Korea
- Nuclear weapons
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Rule of law and government transparency
- Sanctions
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2018Introduced in House
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