22 USC § 9242 - Report on North Korean prison camps

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s9242"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 9242 - Report on North Korean prison camps"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "9242"
section_name: "Report on North Korean prison camps"
chapter_number: 99
chapter_name: "NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS AND POLICY ENHANCEMENT"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 114–122, title III, § 303, Feb. 18, 2016, 130 Stat. 113.)"
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# § 9242. Report on North Korean prison camps

**(a)** **In general** The Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that describes, with respect to each political prison camp in North Korea, to the extent information is available—

**(1)** the camp’s estimated prisoner population;

**(2)** the camp’s geographical coordinates;

**(3)** the reasons for the confinement of the prisoners;

**(4)** the camp’s primary industries and products, and the end users of any goods produced in the camp;

**(5)** the individuals and agencies responsible for conditions in the camp;

**(6)** the conditions under which prisoners are confined, with respect to the adequacy of food, shelter, medical care, working conditions, and reports of ill-treatment of prisoners; and

**(7)** imagery, to include satellite imagery of the camp, in a format that, if published, would not compromise the sources and methods used by the United States intelligence community to capture geospatial imagery.

**(b)** **Form** February 18, 2016

The report required under subsection (a) may be included in the first human rights report required to be submitted to Congress after , under sections 2151n(d) and 2304(b) of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 114–122, title III, § 303, Feb. 18, 2016, 130 Stat. 113.)