Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§7831 Report on United States Humanitarian Assistance

Title 22 › CHAPTER 85 — NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS › SUBCHAPTER II — ASSISTING NORTH KOREANS IN NEED › § 7831

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Requires the USAID Administrator, working with the Secretary of State, to send Congress a report within 180 days after October 18, 2004, and then yearly through 2022. The report must list U.S.-funded humanitarian aid inside North Korea and to North Koreans abroad; describe year-to-year changes in transparency, monitoring, and access (including progress on the conditions in section 7832(b)(1)(A)–(D)); and summarize U.S. and U.S.-grantee efforts, including the World Food Program. It must include a needs assessment; some information may be classified.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §7831

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(a)Report
Not later than 180 days after October 18, 2004, and annually thereafter through 2022, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, in conjunction with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that describes—
(1)all activities to provide humanitarian assistance inside North Korea, and to North Koreans outside of North Korea, that receive United States funding;
(2)any improvements in humanitarian transparency, monitoring, and access inside North Korea during the previous 1-year period, including progress toward meeting the conditions identified in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 7832(b)(1) of this title; and
(3)specific efforts to secure improved humanitarian transparency, monitoring, and access inside North Korea made by the United States and United States grantees, including the World Food Program, during the previous 1-year period.
(b)Needs assessment
The report shall include a needs assessment to inform the distribution of humanitarian assistance inside North Korea.
(c)Form
The information required by subsection (a)(1) may be provided in classified form if necessary.

Legislative History

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Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–198, § 7(d)(1), substituted “2022” for “2017” in introductory provisions. Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 115–198, § 7(d)(2), (3), added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c). 2012—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–172 substituted “2017” for “2012” in introductory provisions. 2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–346 substituted “annually thereafter through 2012” for “in each of the 2 years thereafter” in introductory provisions. 2004—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 108–447 substituted “subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 7832(b)(1) of this title” for “paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 7832(b) of this title”.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 7831

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110