Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act
Latest action · May 20, 2021 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.
- IntroducedMay 20, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act
This bill requires the Department of State to report to Congress on various issues relating to North Korea.
Specifically, the State Department must report to Congress a review of the restrictions on travel by U.S. nationals to North Korea, including whether such restrictions should be adjusted to allow travel to North Korea to attend a commemoration of a relative.
The State Department must also report to Congress a clear roadmap for achieving permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Cosponsors 45
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 20, 2021 to Dec 13, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Original | May 20, 2021 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | May 20, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | May 20, 2021 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | May 25, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | May 25, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Jun 25, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Jul 29, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Aug 10, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Aug 31, 2021 | |
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Aug 31, 2021 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Aug 31, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Sep 21, 2021 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Carolyn Bourdeaux | Sep 29, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Oct 12, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Kaiali'i Kahele | Oct 20, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Oct 25, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Oct 28, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Oct 28, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Nov 4, 2021 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Nov 9, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Feb 3, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Mar 1, 2022 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 17, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Mar 18, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Apr 26, 2022 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Jun 13, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Aug 19, 2022 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Dec 13, 2022 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Dec 13, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred May 20, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 20, 2021Introduced in House
- May 20, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 88, May 20, 2021, page H2654.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41481 | U.S.-South Korea Relations | Report | Feb 24, 2022 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1369 | Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 3, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To review current restrictions on travel to North Korea, call for a formal end to the Korean War, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 20, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
