A bill introduced by Republican and Democratic U.S. congressmen aims to ban Americans from traveling to North Korea as tourists.
 
It will also require them to obtain special permission by the Treasury Department for other types of visits.
 
Democrat Adam Schiff and Republican Joe Wilson said they proposed the North Korea Travel Control Act following the detention of at least 17 Americans in North Korea in the past decade.
 
They added that travel to North Korea merely resulted in providing money for the dictatorial regime.
 
They noted that North Korea has a record of using detained Americans as bargaining chips to extract high-profile visits from the United States.

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