S.Amdt. 858

SA 858. Mr. DONNELLY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. NORTH KOREA STRATEGY.

(a) Report on Strategy Required.--Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President
shall submit to Congress a report that sets forth a strategy
of the United States with respect to North Korea.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following elements:
(1) A description and assessment of the primary threats to
United States national security interests from North Korea.
(2) A description of support from foreign nations for North
Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
(3) A description of known foreign nation, foreign entity,
or individual violations of existing United Nations sanctions
against North Korea, together with parameters for determining
whether and on what timeline it serves United States
interests to target those violators with unilateral secondary
sanctions.
(4) A description of the economic, political, and trade
relationships between China and North Korea and Russia and
North Korea, including trends in those relationships and
their impact on the Government of North Korea.
(5) A description of the economic, political, and trade
relationships between other countries and North Korea, and an
identification of countries that may be undermining United
States objectives identified in paragraph (7).
(6) A description of the channels North Korea is using to
access the United States and international financial systems,
the degree to which those channels have been targeted by
United States and multilateral sanctions thus far, and a
roadmap for determining whether, how, and on what timeline
the United States may take action to cut off access in the
future.
(7) The desired end state in North Korea and current United
States objectives relative to security threats emanating from
North Korea.
(8) A description of existing unilateral and multilateral
levers the United States has to exert coercive pressure on
North Korea, together with an assessment of the degree to
which those levers have been utilized thus far, the degree to
which those actions have imposed costs on North Korea,
remaining options for increasing those costs, and parameters
the President will use to determine when and to what degree
increasing those costs is necessary.
(9) A detailed roadmap to reach the end state and
objectives identified in paragraph (7) through unilateral and
multilateral diplomatic and economic means, including
timelines for each element of the roadmap.
(10) An identification of the resources and authorities
necessary to carry out the roadmap described in paragraph
(9).
(11) A description of the number and types of United States
civilian personnel supporting the roadmap described in
paragraph (9), including an identification of appointed
positions relevant to the roadmap and the current status of
such positions as vacant or filled.
(12) A description of operational plans and associated
military requirements for the protection of United States
national security interests relative to threats from North
Korea.
(13) An identification of any military or civilian
personnel, capability, and resource gaps that would impact
the execution of the roadmap described in paragraph (9) or
any associated operational plan, and a mitigation plan to
address such gaps.
(14) An assessment of current and desired partner nation
contributions to countering threats from North Korea and a
plan to enhance diplomatic, economic, and military
cooperation with nations that have shared security interests.
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(d) Quarterly Updates Required.--The President shall
provide Congress with a quarterly written progress report on
the implementation of the strategy required pursuant to
subsection (a) in unclassified form.
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