Please Support the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2015
Support legislation that will impose tough financial sanctions to target the North Korea's regime's egregious human rights abuses, arms trade, weapons of mass destruction development, cyberattacks and more.
I support the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2015 (H.R. 757) and encourage the U.S. Congress to pass meaningful sanctions against the North Korea regime as recommended by the United Nations' Commission of Inquiry to address the regime's Crimes Against Humanity. As your constituent, I ask that you confirm receipt of my request to you.
The North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act will strengthen the enforcement of tough financial sanctions to target the North Korea regime's egregious human rights abuses, censorship, arms trade, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) development, illegal activity, and cyberattacks. It doesn?t just target the North Korean entities that engage in this conduct, but also the third-country banks, smugglers, and arms dealers that buy North Korea?s weapons, move its weapons and drugs, and help it launder and spend the profits.
The bill also includes new authorities to sanction those who assist Kim Jong Un break U.N. sanctions, and authorizes the Treasury Department to freeze the billions of dollars in offshore deposits that Kim Jong Un spends on himself and his military, instead of food for his starving people.
Because most of these transactions still flow through the U.S. financial system, the Treasury Department has the power to block them. Sanctions like these are similar to those that forced Iran back to the bargaining table, and were devastating to Kim Jong-il when the U.S. briefly applied them in the past when he was dictator before his son, Kim Jong Eun, took power. This time, the sanctions cannot be relaxed or lifted unless North Korea takes important steps toward disarming, ending its crimes against humanity, and reforming the totalitarian system that starves and isolates its people.
I respectfully request your support for the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act.
The North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act will strengthen the enforcement of tough financial sanctions to target the North Korea regime's egregious human rights abuses, censorship, arms trade, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) development, illegal activity, and cyberattacks. It doesn?t just target the North Korean entities that engage in this conduct, but also the third-country banks, smugglers, and arms dealers that buy North Korea?s weapons, move its weapons and drugs, and help it launder and spend the profits.
The bill also includes new authorities to sanction those who assist Kim Jong Un break U.N. sanctions, and authorizes the Treasury Department to freeze the billions of dollars in offshore deposits that Kim Jong Un spends on himself and his military, instead of food for his starving people.
Because most of these transactions still flow through the U.S. financial system, the Treasury Department has the power to block them. Sanctions like these are similar to those that forced Iran back to the bargaining table, and were devastating to Kim Jong-il when the U.S. briefly applied them in the past when he was dictator before his son, Kim Jong Eun, took power. This time, the sanctions cannot be relaxed or lifted unless North Korea takes important steps toward disarming, ending its crimes against humanity, and reforming the totalitarian system that starves and isolates its people.
I respectfully request your support for the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act.
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