[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5805 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5805
To promote nuclear nonproliferation in North Korea.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 13, 2006
Mr. Royce (for himself, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. McCotter,
Mr. Cardoza, Ms. Watson, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Ms. McCollum of
Minnesota, Mr. Issa, and Mr. Berman) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in
addition to the Committee on Science, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To promote nuclear nonproliferation in North Korea.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``North Korea Nonproliferation Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
In view of North Korea's manifest determination to proliferate
missiles, nuclear weapons, and other weapons of mass destruction in
violation of international norms and expectations, it should be the
policy of the United States to impose sanctions on persons who transfer
such weapons, and goods and technology related to such weapons, to and
from North Korea in the same manner as persons who transfer such items
to and from Iran and Syria currently are sanctioned under United States
law.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT.
(a) Reporting Requirements.--Section 2 of the Iran and Syria
Nonproliferation Act (Public Law 106-178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is
amended--
(1) in the heading, by inserting ``, north korea,'' after
``iran''; and
(2) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
(i) by striking ``Iran, or'' and inserting
``Iran,''; and
(ii) by inserting after ``Syria'' the
following: ``, or on or after January 1, 2006,
transferred to or acquired from North Korea''
after ``Iran''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, North
Korea,'' after ``Iran''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Such Act is further amended--
(1) in section 1, by inserting ``, north korea,'' after
``iran'';
(2) in section 5(a), by inserting ``, North Korea,'' after
``Iran'' both places it appears; and
(3) in section 6(b)--
(A) in the heading, by inserting ``, North Korea,''
after ``Iran''; and
(B) by inserting ``, North Korea,'' after ``Iran''
each place it appears.
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.
Congress urges all governments concerned about the threat of
proliferation involving North Korea to impose measures on persons
involved in such proliferation that are similar to those imposed by the
United States Government pursuant to the Iran, North Korea, and Syria
Nonproliferation Act, as amended by this Act.
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