[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 858. Mr. DONNELLY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. NORTH KOREA STRATEGY.

       (a) Report on Strategy Required.--Not later than 90 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
     shall submit to Congress a report that sets forth a strategy 
     of the United States with respect to North Korea.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following elements:
       (1) A description and assessment of the primary threats to 
     United States national security interests from North Korea.
       (2) A description of support from foreign nations for North 
     Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
       (3) A description of known foreign nation, foreign entity, 
     or individual violations of existing United Nations sanctions 
     against North Korea, together with parameters for determining 
     whether and on what timeline it serves United States 
     interests to target those violators with unilateral secondary 
     sanctions.
       (4) A description of the economic, political, and trade 
     relationships between China and North Korea and Russia and 
     North Korea, including trends in those relationships and 
     their impact on the Government of North Korea.
       (5) A description of the economic, political, and trade 
     relationships between other countries and North Korea, and an 
     identification of countries that may be undermining United 
     States objectives identified in paragraph (7).
       (6) A description of the channels North Korea is using to 
     access the United States and international financial systems, 
     the degree to which those channels have been targeted by 
     United States and multilateral sanctions thus far, and a 
     roadmap for determining whether, how, and on what timeline 
     the United States may take action to cut off access in the 
     future.
       (7) The desired end state in North Korea and current United 
     States objectives relative to security threats emanating from 
     North Korea.
       (8) A description of existing unilateral and multilateral 
     levers the United States has to exert coercive pressure on 
     North Korea, together with an assessment of the degree to 
     which those levers have been utilized thus far, the degree to 
     which those actions have imposed costs on North Korea, 
     remaining options for increasing those costs, and parameters 
     the President will use to determine when and to what degree 
     increasing those costs is necessary.
       (9) A detailed roadmap to reach the end state and 
     objectives identified in paragraph (7) through unilateral and 
     multilateral diplomatic and economic means, including 
     timelines for each element of the roadmap.
       (10) An identification of the resources and authorities 
     necessary to carry out the roadmap described in paragraph 
     (9).
       (11) A description of the number and types of United States 
     civilian personnel supporting the roadmap described in 
     paragraph (9), including an identification of appointed 
     positions relevant to the roadmap and the current status of 
     such positions as vacant or filled.
       (12) A description of operational plans and associated 
     military requirements for the protection of United States 
     national security interests relative to threats from North 
     Korea.
       (13) An identification of any military or civilian 
     personnel, capability, and resource gaps that would impact 
     the execution of the roadmap described in paragraph (9) or 
     any associated operational plan, and a mitigation plan to 
     address such gaps.
       (14) An assessment of current and desired partner nation 
     contributions to countering threats from North Korea and a 
     plan to enhance diplomatic, economic, and military 
     cooperation with nations that have shared security interests.
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (d) Quarterly Updates Required.--The President shall 
     provide Congress with a quarterly written progress report on 
     the implementation of the strategy required pursuant to 
     subsection (a) in unclassified form.
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