[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 65 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 65

Condemning the Government of North Korea for its flagrant and repeated 
violations of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions, for 
    its repeated provocations that threaten international peace and 
  stability, and for its February 12, 2013, test of a nuclear device.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2013

     Mr. Royce (for himself and Mr. Engel) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Condemning the Government of North Korea for its flagrant and repeated 
violations of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions, for 
    its repeated provocations that threaten international peace and 
  stability, and for its February 12, 2013, test of a nuclear device.

Whereas, on February 12, 2013, North Korea exploded a nuclear device;
Whereas reports indicate that the nuclear test was apparently more powerful than 
        North Korea's previous tests in 2006 and 2009;
Whereas North Korea's nuclear test, and its recent ballistic missile test, are 
        violations of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 (2006), 
        Resolution 1718 (2006), Resolution 1874 (2009), and Resolution 2087 
        (2013);
Whereas North Korea's ballistic missile program poses a threat to United States 
        allies and interests in the Asia Pacific region;
Whereas North Korea's ballistic missile program has demonstrated an increasing 
        ability to reach the United States, and could constitute a grave threat 
        to the security of the American people;
Whereas North Korea has violated the July 10, 1953, Armistice Agreement that 
        ended the Korean War, and has since committed unprovoked acts of war 
        against South Korea by sinking the warship Cheonan, killing 46 of her 
        crew, and by attacking civilian targets on the island of Yeongpyeong, 
        killing four residents, among many other willful violations and 
        outrages;
Whereas the Government of North Korea has been implicated repeatedly in the 
        illicit laundering of monetary instruments, in international narcotics 
        trafficking, and in the counterfeiting of United States currency and 
        intellectual property;
Whereas North Korea has demonstrated a willingness and ability to proliferate 
        its ballistic and nuclear technology to a variety of countries, 
        including Iran and Syria, both United States designated state sponsors 
        of terrorism;
Whereas the Government of North Korea commits gross human rights violations 
        against the North Korean people, including maintaining a system of 
        gulags that imprison thousands of citizens, and policies that have 
        resulted in starvation deaths of over 2,000,000 people; and
Whereas the Government of North Korea has repeatedly violated its commitments to 
        the complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement of its nuclear 
        weapons program, including the Agreed Framework of 1994, the Joint 
        Statement of September 19, 2005, and the agreement of February 13, 2007: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) condemns the Government of North Korea for its flagrant 
        and repeated violations of multiple United Nations Security 
        Council resolutions, for its repeated provocations that 
        threaten international peace and stability, and for its 
        February 12, 2013, test of a nuclear device;
            (2) expresses solidarity with the people of North Korea who 
        suffer severe oppression, denial of basic human rights and 
        political liberties, and material deprivation;
            (3) reaffirms the commitment of the United States to its 
        alliances with Japan and South Korea, which are critical for 
        the preservation of peace and stability in Northeast Asia and 
        throughout the region;
            (4) calls upon the People's Republic of China, North 
        Korea's closest ally and trading partner, to pressure North 
        Korean leaders to curtail their provocative behavior, abandon 
        and dismantle their nuclear and missile programs through the 
        curtailing of vital economic support and trade to North Korea 
        that support the Government of North Korea, and comply with all 
        relevant international agreements and United Nations Security 
        Council and International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions;
            (5) calls on the People's Republic of China to take 
        immediate actions to prevent the transshipment of illicit 
        technology, military equipment, and dual-use items through its 
        territory, waters, and airspace that could be used in North 
        Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs; and
            (6) calls on the United States Government--
                    (A) to apply all available sanctions on North 
                Korea, cooperate with United States allies and other 
                countries to impose additional sanctions on North 
                Korea, and secure a new United Nations Security Council 
                resolution imposing stronger sanctions;
                    (B) to utilize aggressively the range of available 
                legal authorities and resources to defend United States 
                interests against North Korean illicit activities; and
                    (C) to support the President's commitment to 
                strengthen the United States ballistic missile defense 
                system to protect the United States.
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