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19 U.S.C. § 3910 — Kimberley Process Implementation Coordinating Committee

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19 U.S.C. § 3910 — Kimberley Process Implementation Coordinating Committee

The President shall establish a Kimberley Process Implementation Coordinating Committee to coordinate the implementation of this chapter. The Committee shall be composed of the following individuals or their designees: (1) The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State, who shall be co-chairpersons. (2) The Secretary of Commerce. (3) The United States Trade Representative. (4) The Secretary of Homeland Security. (5) A representative of any other agency the President deems appropriate.

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19 U.S.C. § 3901 — Findings

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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19 U.S.C. § 3910 — Kimberley Process Implementation Co-

Page 1034 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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