[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4052 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4052

  To authorize refugee relief and reconstruction assistance for North 
                                 Korea.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 15, 2006

   Mr. Frist introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL



  To authorize refugee relief and reconstruction assistance for 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 Refugee Relief and 
Reconstruction Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to help the people of North Korea gain 
freedom from political oppression.

SEC. 3. NORTH KOREA REFUGEE RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the 
United States a fund to be known as the ``North Korea Refugee Relief 
and Reconstruction Fund'' (in this Act referred to as the ``Fund''), 
consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated to the Fund pursuant 
to subsection (b) and such articles and services as may be made 
available to the Fund pursuant to subsection (c). The resources of the 
Fund shall be available to carry out the programs and activities 
identified in section 4.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated for contributions to the Fund such sums as may be 
necessary, not to exceed $10,000,000,000. Amounts appropriated for the 
Fund shall remain available until expended.
    (c) Drawdown Authority.--
            (1) In general.--The President may, pursuant to section 
        506(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
        2318(a)(2)), draw down articles and services from the inventory 
        and resources of any agency of the United States Government for 
        the Fund to carry out the programs and activities identified in 
        section 4.
            (2) Authority to acquire by contract or otherwise.--The 
        assistance authorized under paragraph (1) may include the 
        supply of articles and services that are acquired by contract 
        or otherwise.
            (3) Amount of assistance.--
                    (A) Limit.--The aggregate value of assistance 
                provided under this subsection, as defined under 
                section 644(m) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
                (22 U.S.C. 2403(m)), may not exceed $1,000,000,000.
                    (B) Assistance not counted toward special authority 
                limit.--Assistance provided under this subsection shall 
                not count toward any limitation under section 506 of 
                the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318).
            (4) Reimbursement.--
                    (A) In general.--Articles and services provided 
                under this subsection shall be made available to the 
                Fund without reimbursement to the applicable 
                appropriation, fund, or account except to the extent 
                that funds are appropriated pursuant to subparagraph 
                (B).
                    (B) Authorization of appropriations.--
                            (i) In general.--There are authorized to be 
                        appropriated to the President such sums as may 
                        be necessary to reimburse the applicable 
                        appropriation, fund, or account for the value 
                        of articles and services provided under this 
                        subsection, as defined under section 644(m) of 
                        the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
                        2403(m)).
                            (ii) Offset.--The maximum amount authorized 
                        to be appropriated for the Fund under 
                        subsection (b) shall be reduced by an amount 
                        equal to the aggregate value of the articles 
                        and services made available under paragraph 
                        (1).

SEC. 4. PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE FUND.

    (a) Refugee Relief, Relocation and Resettlement Assistance.--The 
President may use amounts in the Fund to provide relief to refugees 
that have escaped from North Korea, to relocate such refugees to South 
Korea or other countries prepared to accept them, and to assist in the 
resettlement of such refugees in any country willing to accept their 
resettlement. These activities may be carried out pursuant to the 
authorities provided in the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 
1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.).
    (b) Reunification and Reconstruction Assistance.--The President may 
use amounts in the Fund to provide for the benefit of persons living in 
the territory of North Korea the types of assistance authorized for the 
Independent States of the former Soviet Union under section 498 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2295) and for the countries 
of the South Caucasus and Central Asia under sections 499A, 499B, 499C, 
and 499D of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2296a, 2296b, 2296c, and 2296d) in the 
event of--
            (1) the reunification of North Korea with South Korea; or
            (2) the emergence in North Korea of a new national 
        government committed to respect for human rights, 
        nonproliferation, and peaceful relations with the United States 
        and the other countries of the region.

SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS.

    It is the sense of Congress that the Governments of South Korea, 
Japan, China, and Russia and other concerned governments should make 
commitments commensurate to those that the United States is offering 
under this Act--
            (1) to assist refugees fleeing political oppression in 
        North Korea; and
            (2) to meet humanitarian and reconstruction needs arising 
        in connection with--
                    (A) the reunification of North Korea with South 
                Korea; or
                    (B) the emergence in North Korea of a new national 
                government committed to respect for human rights, 
                nonproliferation, and peaceful relations with the 
                United States and the other countries in the region.
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