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Title III — Promotion of human rights

S. 3012 · 113th Congress · Dec 12, 2014 · Lineage

III Promotion of human rights

Sec. 301 Information technology

Section 104 of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7814) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(d) Information technology study—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2014, the President shall submit a classified report to the appropriate congressional committees that sets forth a detailed plan for making unrestricted, unmonitored, and inexpensive electronic mass communications available to the people of North Korea.”

Sec. 302 Report on North Korean prison camps

(a)
In general— The Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes, with respect to each political prison camp in North Korea, to the extent information is available—
(1)
the camp’s estimated prisoner population;
(2)
the camp’s geographical coordinates;
(3)
the reasons for the confinement of the prisoners;
(4)
the camp’s primary industries and products, and the end users of any goods produced in such camp;
(5)
the natural persons and agencies responsible for conditions in the camp;
(6)
the conditions under which prisoners are confined, with respect to the adequacy of food, shelter, medical care, working conditions, and reports of ill-treatment of prisoners; and
(7)
imagery, to include satellite imagery of each such camp, in a format that, if published, would not compromise the sources and methods used by the intelligence agencies of the United States to capture geospatial imagery.
(b)
Form— The report required under subsection (a) may be included in the first report required to be submitted to Congress after the date of the enactment of this Act under sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d) and 2304(b)) (relating to the annual human rights report).

Sec. 303 Briefing on serious human rights abuses or censorship in North Korea

(a)
In general— Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall providing a briefing, which may be classified, to the appropriate congressional committees that describes serious human rights abuses or serious censorship undertaken by the North Korean government in the most recent year.
(b)
Designation of responsible persons— The President may designate under section 104(a) any person described in the briefing required under subsection (a) as responsible for serious human rights abuses or censorship in North Korea.
(c)
Sense of Congress— It is the sense of Congress that the President should—
(1)
seek the prompt adoption by the United Nations Security Council of a resolution calling for the blocking of the assets of all persons responsible for severe human rights abuses or censorship in North Korea; and
(2)
fully cooperate with the prosecution of any natural person listed in the report required under subsection (a) before any international tribunal that may be established to prosecute persons responsible for severe human rights abuses or censorship in North Korea.