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Enhancing North Korea Humanitarian Assistance Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Senator Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would expedite humanitarian aid to North Korea by cutting sanctions paperwork and easing export and travel rules so NGOs can move food, medical care, and equipment faster.
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- Families and children in North Korea: Aims to make it easier for NGOs to reach the roughly 11.8 million people needing food assistance and the 10.4 million who need nutrition support and basic services.
- NGOs and aid workers: Would eliminate pre-activity reporting, allow post-activity reporting, and reclassify personal computers and related peripherals so humanitarian teams can bring essential equipment without export licenses.
- Financial, shipping, and international processes: Directs the Treasury and Commerce Departments to issue clearer guidance and rule changes within 90 to 120 days and pushes the U.N. 1718 Sanctions Committee to extend humanitarian exemptions to one year and remove per-organization annual limits.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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Faster humanitarian aid to North Korea
If enacted, this bill would speed humanitarian aid to people in North Korea by cutting regulatory and procedural delays. It would direct the Secretary of State to press the U.N. sanctions committee to make humanitarian exemptions last one year and remove per-organization yearly limits. Within 90 days, Commerce and Treasury would change rules so personal computers and related peripherals used by NGOs are not treated as luxury goods and would end pre-activity reporting in favor of post-activity reports. OFAC would have to publish plain English guidance for banks, shippers, and customs within 120 days to clarify the humanitarian exception.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
MA • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
MA • D
Sponsored 8/5/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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