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19 U.S.C. § 3911 — Reports
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**(a) Annual reports** Not later than 1 year after April 25, 2003, and every 12 months thereafter for such period as this chapter is in effect, the President shall transmit to the Congress a report—
(1) describing actions taken by countries that have exported rough diamonds to the United States during the preceding 12-month period to control the exportation of the diamonds through the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme;
(2) describing whether there is statistical information or other evidence that would indicate efforts to circumvent the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, including cutting rough diamonds for the purpose of circumventing the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme;
(3) identifying each country that, during the preceding 12-month period, exported rough diamonds to the United States and was exporting rough diamonds not controlled through the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, if the failure to do so has significantly increased the likelihood that those diamonds not so controlled are being imported into the United States; and
(4) identifying any problems or obstacles encountered in the implementation of this chapter or the Kimberly 11 So in original. Probably should be “Kimberley”. Process Certification Scheme.
**(b) Semiannual reports** For each country identified in subsection (a)(3), the President, during such period as this chapter is in effect, shall, every 6 months after the initial report in which the country was identified, transmit to the Congress a report that explains what actions have been taken by the United States or such country since the previous report to ensure that diamonds the exportation of which was not controlled through the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme are not being imported from that country into the Unit
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**(a) Annual reports** Not later than 1 year after April 25, 2003, and every 12 months thereafter for such period as this chapter is in effect, the President shall transmit to the Congress a report—
(1) describing actions taken by countries that have exported rough diamonds to the United States during the preceding 12-month period to control the exportation of the diamonds through the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme;
(2) describing whether there is statistical information or other evidence that would indicate efforts to circumvent the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, including cutting rough diamonds for the purpose of circumventing the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme;
(3) identifying each country that, during the preceding 12-month period, exported rough diamonds to the United States and was exporting rough diamonds not controlled through the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, if the failure to do so has significantly increased the likelihood that those diamonds not so controlled are being imported into the United States; and
(4) identifying any problems or obstacles encountered in the implementation of this chapter or the Kimberly 11 So in original. Probably should be “Kimberley”. Process Certification Scheme.
**(b) Semiannual reports** For each country identified in subsection (a)(3), the President, during such period as this chapter is in effect, shall, every 6 months after the initial report in which the country was identified, transmit to the Congress a report that explains what actions have been taken by the United States or such country since the previous report to ensure that diamonds the exportation of which was not controlled through the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme are not being imported from that country into the United States. The requirement to issue a semiannual report with respect to a country under this subsection shall remain in effect until such time as the country is controlling the importation and exportation of rough diamonds through the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.
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Congress finds the following:
(1) Funds derived from the sale of rough diamonds are being used by rebels and state actors to finance military activities, overthrow legitimate governments, subvert international efforts to promote peace and stability, and commit horrifying atrocities against unarmed civilians. During the past decade, more than 6,500,000 people from Sierra Leone, Angola, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been driven from their homes by wars waged in large part for control of diamond mining areas. A million of these are refugees eking out a miserable existence in neighboring countries, and tens of thousands have fled to the United States. Approximately 3,700,000 people have died during these wars.
(2) The countries caught in this fighting are home to nearly 70,000,000 people whose societies have been torn apart not only by fighting but also by terrible human rights violations.
(3) Human rights and humanitarian advocates, the diamond trade as represented by the World Diamond Council, and the United States Government have been working to block the trade in conflict diamonds. Their efforts have helped to build a consensus that action is urgently needed to end the trade in conflict diamonds.
(4) The United Nations Security Council has acted at various times under chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations to address threats to international peace and security posed by conflicts linked to diamonds. Through these actions, it has prohibited all states from exporting weapons to certain countries affected by such conflicts. It has further required all states to prohibit the direct and indirect import of rough diamonds from Sierra Leone unless the diamonds are controlled under specified certificate of origin regimes and to prohibit absolutely th
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 3908
Immigration and Customs Enforcement are au-
thorized, as appropriate, to enforce the provi-
sions of subsection (a) and to enforce the laws
and regulations governing exports of rough dia-
monds, including with respect to the validation
of the Kimberley Process Certificate by the ex-
porting authority.
(Pub. L. 108–19, § 8, Apr. 25, 2003, 117 Stat. 634.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
For effective date of this section, see section 15 of
Pub. L. 108–19, set out as a note under section 3901 of
this title.
§ 3908. Technical assistance
The President may direct the appropriate
agencies of the United States Government to
make available technical assistance to countries
seeking to implement the Kimberley Process
Certification Scheme.
(Pub. L. 108–19, § 9, Apr. 25, 2003, 117 Stat. 635.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
For effective date of this section, see section 15 of
Pub. L. 108–19, set out as a note under section 3901 of
this title.
§ 3909. Sense of Congress
(a) Ongoing process
It is the sense of the Congress that the Kim-
berley Process Certification Scheme, officially
launched on January 1, 2003, is an ongoing proc-
ess. The President should work with Partici-
pants to strengthen the Kimberley Process Cer-
tification Scheme through the adoption of meas-
ures for the sharing of statistics on the produc-
tion of and trade in rough diamonds, and for
monitoring the effectiveness of the Kimberley
Process Certification Scheme in stemming trade
in diamonds the importation or exportation of
which is not controlled through the Kimberley
Process Certification Scheme.
(b) Statistics and reporting
It is the sense of the Congress that under
Annex III to the Kimberle
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