Sec. 6. Streamlining humanitarian travel authorizations
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing— detailing the benefits and risks associated with issuing a multi-entry special validation passport to individuals employed by a nongovernmental organization known to be engaged in authorized humanitarian activity in North Korea, with the purpose of reducing costs and delays associated with repeated passport applications; detailing plans to expand eligibility for special validation to travel to North Korea related to repatriation of United States veterans remains from the Korean War and appropriate people-to-people exchanges related to conflict reduction or family reunification; and setting forth a strategy to otherwise expedite and simplify the process to obtain a special travel permit to travel to North Korea on behalf of a humanitarian organization or to travel to North Korea using a United States passport to deliver or oversee humanitarian assistance.