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HRES 976 115th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that complete, verifiable, and irreversible human rights improvements in the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea should be part of a…

Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that complete, verifiable, and irreversible human rights improvements in the Democratic People's Republic … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that complete, verifiable, and irreversible human rights improvements in the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea should be part of a United States strategy for a nuclear-free Korean peninsula and a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

Introduced: June 28, 2018 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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 Latest action June 28, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requests that the President include complete and verifiable human rights improvements in North Korea as part of the U.S. negotiating strategy with North Korea, China, and regional allies.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 976: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that complete, verifiable, and irreversible human rights improvements in the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea should be part of a United States strategy for a nuclear-free Korean peninsula and a free and open Indo-Pacific region.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-976/
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"H. Res. 976: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that complete, verifiable, and irreversible human rights improvements in the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea should be part of a United States strategy for a nuclear-free Korean peninsula and a free and open Indo-Pacific region.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-976/.
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H. Res. 976, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-976/.
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[H. Res. 976: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that complete, verifiable, and irreversible human rights improvements in the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea should be part of a United States strategy for a nuclear-free Korean peninsula and a free and open Indo-Pacific region.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-976/)
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