§9243 Report on and Imposition of Sanctions with Respect to Serious Human Rights Abuses or Censorship in North Korea

Summary

The Secretary of State must send the appropriate congressional committees a report that names people the Secretary finds responsible for serious human rights abuses or censorship in North Korea and explains what they did. The Secretary must consider the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on North Korea and make specific findings about Kim Jong Un and each person who is a member of the National Defense Commission or the Organization and Guidance Department of the Workers’ Party of Korea. The first report is due no later than 120 days after February 18, 2016, and then every 180 days for up to 3 years. The report must be unclassified (it can have a classified annex) and the unclassified part must be posted on the State Department website and included in the human rights reports required under sections 2151n(d) and 2304(b). The President must designate under section 9214(a) anyone on the report who knowingly takes part in, is responsible for, or helps North Korean government censorship or serious human rights abuses. Congress urges the President to ask the United Nations Security Council to block the assets of those responsible and to cooperate with any international prosecutions of people listed in the report.