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The vote was 419
to 1.
Supporters said the legislation was intended to send a strong
message to North Korea, amid international concern over the
escalation of its nuclear program.
The measure would have to be approved by the Senate before it
could be sent to the White House for President Donald Trump to
sign into law.
Although legislation addressing North Korea has been introduced
in the Senate, there was no immediate word on when or if the
Senate might take up a bill.
Any new U.S. sanctions against North Korea would likely affect
China, the North's most important trade partner.
While China has been angered by North Korea's nuclear and
missile tests, it has signed up for increasingly tough U.N.
sanctions against it, and says it is committed to enforcing
them.
Asked about the latest U.S. legislation, Chinese Foreign
Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang reiterated that China opposed
other countries using their own domestic law to impose
unilateral sanctions.
With the situation tense on the Korean Peninsula, all sides need
to exercise restraint and not irritate each other to avoid the
situation worsening, he said.
(Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Additional reporting by Ben
Blanchard in Beijing; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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