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19 U.S.C. § 3912 — GAO report

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19 U.S.C. § 3912 — GAO report

Not later than 24 months after the effective date of this chapter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall transmit a report to the Congress on the effectiveness of the provisions of this chapter in preventing the importation or exportation of rough diamonds that is prohibited under [section 3903 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3903&num=0&edition=prelim). The Comptroller General shall include in the report any recommendations on any modifications to this chapter that may be necessary.

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19 U.S.C. § 3903 — Measures for the importation and exportation of rough diamonds

**(a) Prohibition** The President shall prohibit the importation into, or exportation from, the United States of any rough diamond, from whatever source, that has not been controlled through the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. **(b) Waiver** The President may waive the requirements set forth in subsection (a) with respect to a particular country for periods of not more than 1 year each, if, with respect to each such waiver— (1) the President determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that such country is taking effective steps to implement the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme; or (2) the President determines that the waiver is in the national interests of the United States, and reports such determination to the appropriate congressional committees, together with the reasons therefor.

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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. § 3912 — GAO report

Page 1035 TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES § 3913 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘Kimberley’’. if the failure to do so has significantly in- creased the likelihood that those diamonds not so controlled are being imported into the United States; and (4) identifying any problems or obstacles en- countered in the implementation of this chap- ter or the Kimberly 1 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 iden- tified, transmit to the Congress a report that ex- plains 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 Kim- berley Process Certification Scheme are not being imported from that country into the United States. The requirement to issue a semi- annual report with respect to a country under this subsection shall remain in effect until such time as the country is controlling the importa- tion and exportation of rough diamonds through the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. (Pub. L. 108–19, § 12, Apr. 25, 2003, 117 Stat. 636.) 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. Executive Documents DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS For assignment of functions of President under this section, see section 2 of Ex. Ord. No. 13312, July 29, 2003, 68 F.R. 45151, set out as a note under section 3901 of this title. § 3912. GAO report Not later than 24 months after the effective date of this chapter, the Comptroller G

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