Sec. 304. Report and strategy relating to use of rocket fuels for ballistic missiles by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence, in conjunction with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the use by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea of unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine and other rocket fuels to power its ballistic missiles. Each report required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: An assessment of each type of rocket fuel the Democratic People's Republic of Korea uses, or potentially may use, to power its ballistic missiles, including the chemical precursors, production process, and required production equipment for each such type of rocket fuel. With respect to each such type of rocket fuel, an assessment of the following: Whether the use of that type of rocket fuel by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is prohibited under United Nations Security Council resolutions, other multilateral sanctions imposed on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or sanctions imposed by the United States with respect to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Whether the Democratic People's Republic of Korea imports that type of rocket fuel as a finished product or imports chemical precursors and manufactures the finished product. The countries from which the Democratic People's Republic of Korea imports that type of rocket fuel as a finished product or from which the Democratic People's Republic of Korea imports the chemical precursors and equipment to manufacture that type of rocket fuel. The size and locations of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's stockpiles, if any, of that type of rocket fuel. Whether that type of rocket fuel can be attributed to its original exporter based on unique chemical signatures or other relevant identifying information. The report required by paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of relevant agencies, shall develop a diplomatic strategy to end the transfer of all rocket fuels and chemical precursors for rocket fuels to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It is the sense of Congress that the United States Ambassador to the United Nations should introduce a resolution to the United Nations Security Council— to request that the Panel of Experts on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874
(2009)investigate the importation and manufacture by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea of rocket and ballistic missile fuels, including unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine and other fuels or their chemical precursors; and to specifically prohibit the exportation to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea of unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine and any other rocket fuels or precursor chemicals to rocket fuels.