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LEED Act

USA115th CongressS-1901| Senate 
| Updated: 12/7/2017
Cory Gardner

Cory Gardner

Republican Senator

Colorado

Cosponsors (7)
Edward J. Markey (Democratic)James E. Risch (Republican)Todd Young (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)John Cornyn (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)Rob Portman (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Leverage to Enhance Effective Diplomacy Act of 2017 or the LEED Act This bill directs the President to: (1) impose property-blocking sanctions against the North Korean government, business entities that trade with North Korea, including specified Chinese entities, and affiliated persons or entities; (2) prohibit the opening, and strictly control the maintaining in the United States, of correspondent or payable-through accounts by a foreign financial institution that assisted in the importation, sale, or transfer of North Korean goods or services; and (3) impose specified sanctions against a person that imports, purchases, or transfers goods or services from the North Korean government or from such entities or affiliates. The North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 is amended to extend assistance for human rights and democracy programs. The bill prescribes reporting requirements with respect to North Korea's ballistic missile and missile fuel program. The Department of State shall: (1) brief Congress on the status of U.S. diplomatic engagement with North Korea and of detained U.S. citizens, and (2) develop a diplomatic strategy to end the transfer of rocket fuels and chemical precursors to North Korea. The State Department may reduce its diplomatic presence in, and terminate or reduce foreign assistance to, countries that are not cooperating with diplomatic and economic efforts to isolate North Korea.

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Timeline
Oct 2, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Oct 2, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Dec 5, 2017
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Dec 7, 2017
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Dec 7, 2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 279.
  • October 2, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • October 2, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.


  • December 5, 2017
    Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.


  • December 7, 2017
    Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.


  • December 7, 2017
    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 279.

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • S 115-1562: A bill to impose sanctions with respect to the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and any enablers of the activities of that Government, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-4027: To require global economic and political pressure to support diplomatic denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, including through the imposition of sanctions with respect to the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and any enablers of the activities of that Government, and to reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004, and for other purposes.
Arms control and nonproliferationAsiaBank accounts, deposits, capitalChinaComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightDetention of personsDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadForeign aid and international reliefForeign and international bankingForeign and international corporationsForeign laborForeign propertyFreedom of informationHuman rightsIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationInternational exchange and broadcastingInternational organizations and cooperationMilitary assistance, sales, and agreementsMilitary education and trainingNorth KoreaNuclear weaponsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsSanctionsTechnology transfer and commercializationTrade restrictionsTrade secrets and economic espionageUnited NationsWar and emergency powers

LEED Act

USA115th CongressS-1901| Senate 
| Updated: 12/7/2017
Leverage to Enhance Effective Diplomacy Act of 2017 or the LEED Act This bill directs the President to: (1) impose property-blocking sanctions against the North Korean government, business entities that trade with North Korea, including specified Chinese entities, and affiliated persons or entities; (2) prohibit the opening, and strictly control the maintaining in the United States, of correspondent or payable-through accounts by a foreign financial institution that assisted in the importation, sale, or transfer of North Korean goods or services; and (3) impose specified sanctions against a person that imports, purchases, or transfers goods or services from the North Korean government or from such entities or affiliates. The North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 is amended to extend assistance for human rights and democracy programs. The bill prescribes reporting requirements with respect to North Korea's ballistic missile and missile fuel program. The Department of State shall: (1) brief Congress on the status of U.S. diplomatic engagement with North Korea and of detained U.S. citizens, and (2) develop a diplomatic strategy to end the transfer of rocket fuels and chemical precursors to North Korea. The State Department may reduce its diplomatic presence in, and terminate or reduce foreign assistance to, countries that are not cooperating with diplomatic and economic efforts to isolate North Korea.

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Timeline
Oct 2, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Oct 2, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Dec 5, 2017
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Dec 7, 2017
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Dec 7, 2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 279.
  • October 2, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • October 2, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.


  • December 5, 2017
    Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.


  • December 7, 2017
    Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.


  • December 7, 2017
    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 279.
Cory Gardner

Cory Gardner

Republican Senator

Colorado

Cosponsors (7)
Edward J. Markey (Democratic)James E. Risch (Republican)Todd Young (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)John Cornyn (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)Rob Portman (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • S 115-1562: A bill to impose sanctions with respect to the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and any enablers of the activities of that Government, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-4027: To require global economic and political pressure to support diplomatic denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, including through the imposition of sanctions with respect to the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and any enablers of the activities of that Government, and to reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004, and for other purposes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Arms control and nonproliferationAsiaBank accounts, deposits, capitalChinaComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightDetention of personsDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadForeign aid and international reliefForeign and international bankingForeign and international corporationsForeign laborForeign propertyFreedom of informationHuman rightsIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationInternational exchange and broadcastingInternational organizations and cooperationMilitary assistance, sales, and agreementsMilitary education and trainingNorth KoreaNuclear weaponsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsSanctionsTechnology transfer and commercializationTrade restrictionsTrade secrets and economic espionageUnited NationsWar and emergency powers