[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 477]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS ENFORCEMENT ACT

  (Mr. CASTRO of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Speaker, in the wake of North Korea's 
alleged hydrogen bomb test last week, the House of Representatives 
yesterday passed the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act and sent a 
strong signal that the United States will not tolerate such hostile 
behavior.
  Yesterday's legislation strengthens and expands our existing 
sanctions against North Korea, increases our investigations into 
nefarious activities that support North Korea's weapons programs and 
human rights abuses, and holds bad actors accountable when they engage 
with North Korea to launder money, traffic narcotics, or carry out 
cybersecurity attacks.
  I am glad that the final bill includes a measure I proposed stressing 
the strategic importance of U.S. trilateral cooperation and military 
intelligence-sharing with Japan and South Korea. The United States will 
uphold its commitment to Japan and South Korea, protect their security 
in the face of the North Korean threat, and work to preserve stability 
in the Asia-Pacific region.

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