The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has introduced a bill calling for strengthening sanctions on North Korea in a symbolic move that suggests such legislation can be pursued in the incoming Congress, diplomatic sources said Wednesday.
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) introduced the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2014 (S. 3012) on Dec. 12, according to the sources. The legislation followed a similar bill (H.R. 1771) that passed the House earlier this year.