[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5718]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6194. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1254. CONSULTATIONS ON REUNITING KOREAN AMERICANS WITH 
                   FAMILY MEMBERS IN NORTH KOREA.

       (a) Consultations.--
       (1) Consultations with south korea.--The Secretary of 
     State, or a designee of the Secretary, should consult with 
     officials of South Korea, as appropriate, on potential 
     opportunities to reunite Korean American families with family 
     members in North Korea from which such Korean American 
     families were divided after the signing of the Korean War 
     Armistice Agreement, including potential opportunities for 
     video reunions for Korean Americans with such family members.
       (2) Consultations with korean americans.--The Special Envoy 
     for North Korean Human Rights Issues of the Department of 
     State should regularly consult with representatives of Korean 
     Americans who have family members in North Korea with respect 
     to efforts to reunite families divided after the signing of 
     the Korean War Armistice Agreement, including potential 
     opportunities for video reunions for Korean Americans with 
     such family members.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
     of State, acting through the Special Envoy for North Korean 
     Human Rights Issues, shall submit a report to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives regarding the 
     consultations conducted pursuant to subsection (a) during the 
     preceding year.
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