Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§9211 Statement of Policy

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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Push all U.N. member countries to fully and quickly carry out United Nations Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013). The law calls for punishing people and groups, including banks, that help North Korea make or buy weapons, run illegal schemes, traffic arms, carry out cyberattacks, import luxury goods, commit serious human rights abuses, smuggle cash, or censor information. It also lets the President sanction people who fail to take steps to stop banks or countries from aiding weapons, arms trafficking, corruption (kleptocracy), or luxury imports. The goal is to block North Korea from getting money it uses to develop or buy nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, cyberwarfare tools, and luxury items instead of meeting the needs of its people. Sanctions must be carried out so they do not significantly slow or stop legitimate U.S. or foreign humanitarian groups from providing food, health care, shelter, and clean drinking water to civilians in crisis.

Full Legal Text

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 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60