Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 118.djvu/1324

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118 STAT. 1294 PUBLIC LAW 108–333—OCT. 18, 2004 (D) be made available to all vulnerable groups in North Korea, no matter where in the country they may be located; and (2) United States nonhumanitarian assistance to North Korea shall be contingent on North Korea’s substantial progress toward— (A) respect for the basic human rights of the people of North Korea, including freedom of religion; (B) providing for family reunification between North Koreans and their descendants and relatives in the United States; (C) fully disclosing all information regarding citizens of Japan and the Republic of Korea abducted by the Government of North Korea; (D) allowing such abductees, along with their families, complete and genuine freedom to leave North Korea and return to the abductees’ original home countries; (E) reforming the North Korean prison and labor camp system, and subjecting such reforms to independent inter national monitoring; and (F) decriminalizing political expression and activity. (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Agency for Inter national Development shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing compliance with this section. SEC. 203. ASSISTANCE PROVIDED OUTSIDE OF NORTH KOREA. (a) ASSISTANCE.—The President is authorized to provide assist ance to support organizations or persons that provide humanitarian assistance to North Koreans who are outside of North Korea without the permission of the Government of North Korea. (b) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance provided under sub section (a) should be used to provide— (1) humanitarian assistance to North Korean refugees, defectors, migrants, and orphans outside of North Korea, which may include support for refugee camps or temporary settle ments; and (2) humanitarian assistance to North Korean women out side of North Korea who are victims of trafficking, as defined in section 103(14) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(14)), or are in danger of being traf ficked. (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, there are authorized to be appropriated to the President $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2005 through 2008 to carry out this section. (2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under paragraph (1) are author ized to remain available until expended. President. 22 USC 7833.