A resolution commemorating Otto Frederick Warmbier and condemning the North Korean regime for their continued human rights abuses.

III 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. RES. 623 Commemorating Otto Frederick Warmbier and condemning the North Korean regime for their continued human rights abuses. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 16, 2020 Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. BROWN, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. KAINE, Mrs. LOEFFLER, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. CRUZ, and Mr. RUBIO) submitted the following resolu- tion; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations JUNE 18, 2020 Committee discharged; considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Commemorating Otto Frederick Warmbier and condemning the North Korean regime for their continued human rights abuses. Whereas Otto Frederick Warmbier was born on December 12, 1994, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to parents Fred and Cindy Warmbier; Whereas, upon his graduation as Salutatorian from Wyoming High School in 2013, Otto attended the University of Virginia; Whereas, on December 29, 2015, Otto flew to North Korea as part of a guided tour; VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:18 Jun 18, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR623.ATS SR623 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 SRES 623 ATS Whereas, on January 2, 2016, the Government of the Demo- cratic People’s Republic of Korea arrested Otto Warmbier on false charges of ‘‘subversion’’ and commit- ting a ‘‘hostile act’’; Whereas, on March 16, 2016, Otto Warmbier was convicted and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor; Whereas, as a result of his mistreatment at the hands of North Korean authorities, Otto Warmbier suffered a seri- ous medical emergency which placed him into a comatose state, and the North Korean authorities failed to report the deterioration of Otto Warmbier’s physical condition to United States authorities; Whereas, on June 13, 2017, after 17 months in captivity, the United States Department of State announced that it had secured the release of Otto Warmbier, whereupon he was medically evacuated from North Korea in a comatose state to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center; Whereas, on June 19, 2017, Otto Warmbier died in the hos- pital as a result of his mistreatment at the hands of the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; Whereas, on December 24, 2018, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia concluded that the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was responsible for the ‘‘torture, hostage taking, and extrajudicial killing’’ of Otto Warmbier; Whereas, on December 18, 2019, in an annual resolution, the United Nations General Assembly condemned ‘‘the long- standing and ongoing systematic, widespread and gross violations of human rights in and by’’ North Korea; and VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:18 Jun 18, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR623.ATS SR623 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 SRES 623 ATS Whereas, on December 20, 2019, the Otto Warmbier North Korea Nuclear Sanctions and Enforcement Act of 2019 (title LXXI of Public Law 116–92), was enacted: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That, in recognition of the 3rd anniversary 1 of Otto Warmbier’s passing on June 19, 2020, the Sen- 2 ate— 3 (1) remembers and celebrates the life of Otto 4 Frederick Warmbier, a young man with great poten- 5 tial; 6 (2) condemns the Government of the Demo- 7 cratic People’s Republic of Korea, which is respon- 8 sible for the unjustified arrest, mistreatment, and 9 death of Otto Warmbier; 10 (3) calls for the United States Government to 11 continue to use its voice and vote in the United Na- 12 tions to condemn systematic human rights violations 13 in North Korea; and 14 (4) calls for the sanctions enacted in the Otto 15 Warmbier North Korea Nuclear Sanctions and En- 16 forcement Act of 2019 (title LXXI of Public Law 17 116–92) to remain fully implemented until such time 18 that the Government of the Democratic People’s Re- 19 public of Korea commits to the verifiable suspension 20 of its proliferation and testing of weapons of mass 21 destruction, and has agreed to multilateral talks, in- 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:18 Jun 18, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR623.ATS SR623 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 SRES 623 ATS cluding the United States Government, with the goal 1 of permanently and verifiably limiting North Korea’s 2 weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile 3 programs. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:18 Jun 18, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SR623.ATS SR623 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS