7-25-06, Bill Passed Senate by Unanimous Consent
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3728
AN ACT
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.
(1) North Korea's manifest determination to produce missiles, nuclear
weapons, and other weapons of mass destruction and to proliferate missiles,
in violation of international norms and expectations; and
(2) United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695, adopted on July 15,
2006, which requires all Member States, in accordance with their national
legal authorities and consistent with international law, to exercise vigilance
and prevent--
(A) missile and missile-related items, materials, goods, and technology
from being transferred to North Korea's missile or weapons of mass destruction
programs; and
(B) the procurement of missiles or missile-related items, materials,
goods, and technology from North Korea, and the transfer of any financial
resources in relation to North Korea's missile or weapons of mass destruction
programs,
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
(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
(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 to comply promptly with United Nations Security
Council Resolution 1695 and 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 (Public
Law 106-178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), as amended by this Act.
Passed the Senate July 25, 2006.
Attest:
Secretary.
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3728
AN ACT
To promote nuclear nonproliferation in North Korea.
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