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On the recordDecember 8, 2022
I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to immediate consideration of Calendar No. 457, S. 4216. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 4216) to reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill which had been reported from the Committee on Foreign Relations, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2022''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) The North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-333; 22 U.S.C. 7801 et seq.) and subsequent reauthorizations of such Act were the product of broad, bipartisan consensus regarding the promotion of human rights, documentation of human rights violations, transparency in the delivery of humanitarian assistance, and the importance of refugee protection. (2) The human rights and humanitarian conditions within North Korea remain deplorable and have been intentionally perpetuated against the people of North Korea through policies endorsed and implemented by Kim Jong-un and the Workers' Party of Korea.…
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland
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Dec 8, 2022

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