Loading chat...
CA SJR28
Joint Resolution
AI Summary
- Recognizes President Trump's efforts to secure the release of three American hostages detained by North Korea in early May 2018
- Identifies the freed detainees as Kim Dong-chul, Kim Sang-duk (Tony Kim), and Kim Hak-song, all naturalized U.S. citizens of ethnic Korean descent
- Notes that Kim Sang-duk is a 1990 University of California, Riverside graduate who worked as a professor teaching at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology
- States the detainees were conducting humanitarian and educational work near the China-North Korea border before their detention in labor camps
- Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit copies of the resolution to the author for distribution
Legislative Description
North Korea: American hostages.
Last Action
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
5/30/2018
Committee Referrals
Rules5/22/2018
Full Bill Text
No bill text available