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Norma Torres: I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is…

On the recordJuly 12, 2018
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 102, after line 13, insert the following: SEC. 2509. NORTH KOREA FOLLOW THE MONEY ACT. (a) Assessment Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research and the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis, shall produce an intelligence assessment of the revenue sources of the North Korean regime. Such assessment shall include revenue from the following sources: (1) Trade in coal, iron, and iron ore. (2) The provision of fishing rights to North Korean territorial waters. (3) Trade in gold, titanium ore, vanadium ore, copper, silver, nickel, zinc, or rare earth minerals, and other stores of value. (4) Trade in textiles. (5) Sales of conventional defense articles and services. (6) Sales of controlled goods, ballistic missiles, and other associated purposes. (7) Other types of manufacturing for export, as the Director of National Intelligence considers appropriate. (8) The exportation of workers from North Korea in a manner intended to generate significant revenue, directly or indirectly, for use by the government of North Korea. (9) The provision of non-humanitarian goods (such as food, medicine, and medical devices) and services by other countries.…
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Norma Torres
Democratic · California
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Jul 12, 2018

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