Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§9211 Statement of policy

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 99— - NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS AND POLICY ENHANCEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - INVESTIGATIONS, PROHIBITED CONDUCT, AND PENALTIES › § 9211

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

To help achieve the peaceful disarmament of North Korea, Congress requires several steps. It urges all U.N. members to quickly carry out U.N. Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013). It calls for punishing people and banks that help North Korea get or sell weapons or take part in illegal acts like arms trafficking, cyber attacks, moving luxury goods, stealing cash, serious human rights abuses, or censorship. The President may punish people who fail to take care to stop banks or countries from helping North Korea with weapons, arms trafficking, corrupt theft by leaders, or luxury imports. The goal is to cut off the funds North Korea uses to build or buy nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, cyberwar tools, or luxury items instead of meeting people’s needs. Sanctions must be enforced so they do not significantly slow or stop legitimate U.S. or foreign humanitarian groups from giving civilians food, health care, shelter, and clean drinking water during a crisis.

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Title 22, §9211

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In order to achieve the peaceful disarmament of North Korea, Congress finds that it is necessary—

(1)to encourage all member states of the United Nations to fully and promptly implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013);

(2)to sanction the persons, including financial institutions, that facilitate proliferation, illicit activities, arms trafficking, cyberterrorism, imports of luxury goods, serious human rights abuses, cash smuggling, and censorship by the Government of North Korea;

(3)to authorize the President to sanction persons who fail to exercise due diligence to ensure that such financial institutions and member states do not facilitate proliferation, arms trafficking, kleptocracy, or imports of luxury goods by the Government of North Korea;

(4)to deny the Government of North Korea access to the funds it uses to develop or obtain nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, cyberwarfare capabilities, and luxury goods instead of providing for the needs of the people of North Korea; and

(5)to enforce sanctions in a manner that does not significantly hinder or delay the efforts of legitimate United States or foreign humanitarian organizations from providing assistance to meet the needs of civilians facing humanitarian crisis, including access to food, health care, shelter, and clean drinking water, to prevent or alleviate human suffering.

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22 U.S.C. § 9211

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73