[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4251 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4251

   To amend the North Korea Threat Reduction Act of 1999 to enhance 
 congressional oversight of nuclear transfers to North Korea, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 12, 2000

 Mr. Gilman (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
 Cox, Mr. Spence, and Mr. Knollenberg) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in 
  addition to the Committee on Rules, 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 amend the North Korea Threat Reduction Act of 1999 to enhance 
 congressional oversight of nuclear transfers to North Korea, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Congressional Oversight of Nuclear 
Transfers to North Korea Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF NUCLEAR TRANSFERS TO 
              NORTH KOREA.

    (a) Establishing Requirement for Congressional Action by Joint 
Resolution.--The North Korea Threat Reduction Act of 1999 (subtitle B 
of title VIII of division A of H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by 
section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106-113, and as contained in appendix 
G to such Public Law) is amended in section 822(a)--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (7) as 
        subparagraphs (A) through (G), respectively, and by indenting 
        each such subparagraph 2 ems to the right;
            (2) by striking ``until the President'' and inserting 
        ``until--
            ``(1) the President''; and
            (3) at the end of subparagraph (G) (as redesignated in 
        paragraph (1)) by striking the period and inserting ``; and
            ``(2) a joint resolution described in section 823 is 
        enacted into law pursuant to the provisions of such section.''.
    (b) Description and Procedures for Joint Resolution.--The North 
Korea Threat Reduction Act of 1999 is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 823 as section 824; and
            (2) by inserting after section 822 the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 823. JOINT RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 822(A)(2).

    ``(a) In General.--For purposes of section 822(a)(2), the term 
`joint resolution' means only a joint resolution of the 2 Houses of 
Congress--
            ``(1) the matter after the resolving clause of which is as 
        follows: `That the Congress hereby concurs in the determination 
        and report of the President relating to compliance by North 
        Korea with certain international obligations transmitted 
        pursuant to section 822(a)(1) of the North Korea Threat 
        Reduction Act of 1999.';
            ``(2) which does not have a preamble; and
            ``(3) the title of which is as follows: `Joint Resolution 
        relating to compliance by North Korea with certain 
        international obligations pursuant to the North Korea Threat 
        Reduction Act of 1999.'.
    ``(b) Congressional Review Procedures.--Any joint resolution 
described in subsection (a) shall be considered in the House of 
Representatives and the Senate in accordance with the provisions of 
subsections a. through h. of section 130 of the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954, except that--
            ``(1) the forty-five days of continuous session of Congress 
        referred to in subsection a. of section 130 of the Atomic 
        Energy Act of 1954 shall commence on the date on which the 
        President transmits to the Committee on International Relations 
        of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
        Relations of the Senate the determination and report referred 
        to in section 822(a)(1);
            ``(2) paragraph (3) of subsection d. of such section shall 
        not apply;
            ``(3) the term `resolution' or `concurrent resolution' in 
        subsections a. through h. of such section shall be deemed to 
        refer to a joint resolution described in subsection (a);
            ``(4) notwithstanding subsection f. of such section, the 
        text of the resolution described in subsection f. of such 
        section shall be deemed to be the text of the resolution 
        described in subsection (a); and
            ``(5) if, before the passage by one House of a resolution 
        described in subsection (a) of that House, that House receives 
        from the other House a resolution described in subsection (a), 
        then the following procedures shall apply:
                    ``(A) The resolution of the other House shall not 
                be referred to a committee and may not be considered in 
                the House receiving it except in the case of final 
                passage as provided in subparagraph (B)(ii).
                    ``(B) With respect to a resolution described in 
                subsection (a) of the House receiving the resolution--
                            ``(i) the procedure in that House shall be 
                        the same as if no resolution had been received 
                        from the other House; but
                            ``(ii) the vote on final passage shall be 
                        on the resolution of the other House.
        Upon disposition of the resolution received from the other 
        House, it shall no longer be in order to consider the 
        resolution that originated in the receiving House.''.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF RESTRICTIONS ON NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH NORTH 
              KOREA.

    Section 822(a) of the North Korea Threat Reduction Act of 1999 is 
amended by striking ``such agreement,'' both places it appears and 
inserting in both places ``such agreement (or that are controlled under 
the Export Trigger List of the Nuclear Suppliers Group),''.
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