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Directs the Secretary of State to build a private, internal registry of Korean American families divided from relatives in North Korea and to press for reunions in any direct U.S.-North Korea talks.
Official title: Korean American Divided Families National Registry Act
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Senate
Introduced
12-FEB-2025
Referred
12-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
27-MAR-2025
Reported
28-APR-2025
On the calendar
28-APR-2025
- Requires the Secretary of State, to the extent practicable, to engage Korean American families who wish to reunite with relatives in North Korea.
- Establishes a private, internal registry of those families and their relatives, and allows information to be shared only with consent and confidentiality safeguards.
- Directs the Secretary to ensure that any direct U.S.-North Korea dialogue includes progress toward reunions, and to consult the Government of the Republic of Korea.
- Requires the annual report under section 107(d) of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 to cover the registry's status, the number of families reunited or still waiting, and North Korea's responses to reunion requests.
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