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Encouraging reunions of divided Korean-American families.

H. Res. 410 · 116th Congress · Mar 9, 2020 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives—
(1)
calls on the United States and North Korea to begin the process of reuniting Korean-American divided family members with their immediate relatives through ways such as—
(A)
identifying divided families in the United States and North Korea who are willing and able to participate in a pilot program for family reunions;
(B)
finding matches for members of such families through organizations such as the Red Cross; and
(C)
working with the Government of South Korea to include American citizens in inter-Korean video reunions;
(2)
reconfirms the institution of family as inalienable and, accordingly, urges the restoration of contact between divided families physically, literarily, or virtually; and
(3)
calls on the United States and North Korea to pursue reunions as a humanitarian priority of immediate concern.