Sec. 8. Oversight of agreements with North Korea
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Not later than 5 days after entering into an agreement with North Korea relating to the nuclear and missile program of North Korea, the President shall transmit to the chairmen and ranking members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Speaker, majority leader, and minority leader of the House of Representatives and the majority and minority leader of the Senate— the agreement, including all related materials and annexes; and a verification assessment report prepared by the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph (2).
The Secretary of State shall prepare, with respect to an agreement described in paragraph (1), a report assessing— the extent to which the Secretary will be able to verify that North Korea is complying with its obligations and commitments under the agreement, including how North Korea might attempt to conceal its program; whether North Korea has made a complete, transparent, and verifiable declaration of all facilities and infrastructure materially relevant to North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs; the adequacy of the safeguards and other control mechanisms and other assurances contained in the agreement with respect to North Korean nuclear and missile programs to ensure North Korea activities are limited to the subset of activities permitted under the agreement; and the capacity and capability of the United States and international organizations, such as the International Atomic Energy Agency, to effectively implement the verification regime required by or related to the agreement, including whether the United States or international organizations will have— sufficient access to— all nuclear facilities that span the entire nuclear fuel cycle; facilities associated with the nuclear weaponization program; facilities associated with its missile program; and declared and undeclared sites; and the ability to investigate suspicious sites or allegations of covert nuclear-related activities.
The report required under subparagraph
(A)shall be transmitted in unclassified form, but shall include a classified annex prepared in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, summarizing relevant classified information. It is the sense of Congress that any binding agreement between the United States and North Korea should be submitted to the United States Congress as a treaty and subject to the advice and consent of the Senate in accordance with article II, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States.