especially Christians. There is effectively no freedom of religion in North Korea, only worship of the Kim family. Christians are subjected to particularly acute persecution. It has been reported that Christians in North Korea have been tortured, forcibly detained, and even executed for possessing a Bible or professing Christianity. (5) North Korea profits from its human rights abuses. One report from the Asan Institute for Policy Studies suggests that there are nearly 50,000 North Korean workers forced to labor overseas, sometimes without compensation, and for as much as 20 hours at a time. Workers that received compensation were not to be paid more than $150 per month, which is between 10 to 20 percent of the value of the labor they performed. Based on this report, the regime may profit as much as $360,000,000 annually from just 50,000 laborers. (6) On July 6, 2016, the United States imposed sanctions on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other senior North Korean officials for human rights violations as required by the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–122 ). This was the first time that the United States had designated North Korean entities for human rights abuses. (7) The North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–122 ) requires the President to impose mandatory penalties under United States law on any person that knowingly engages in, is responsible for, or facilitates serious human rights abuses by the Government of North Korea . (8) Although the United States Refugee Admissions Program remains the largest in the world by far, the United States has resettled only 174 refugees from North Korea between January 2008 and January 2017. Since the enactment of the North Korea Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–346 ), the United States has resettled a total of 212 refugees from the DPRK. 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the United States Government should continue to make it a priority to