3.0.0 3058 2019-11-15T21:57:54Z 2019-11-15T21:57:54Z Senate S S 2008-05-22 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-05-22T19:44:36Z 2008-05-22 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-05-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2008-05-22 True International Affairs Africa (Sub-Saharan) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional oversight Crime and Law Enforcement Customs administration Democratic Republic of Congo Fines (Penalties) Foreign Trade and International Finance Forfeiture Government Operations and Politics Human rights Import restrictions International law Law Minerals President and foreign policy Public Lands and Natural Resources Searches and seizures International Affairs 00 2008-05-22 Introduced in Senate 2008-08-07T19:53:41Z Conflict Coltan and Cassiterite Act of 2008 - Directs the President to develop, and submit to Congress, a list of groups (including army units) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that commit serious human rights or international humanitarian law violations or crimes under international law.

Prohibits the importation of products from the DRC that contain or are derived from columbite-tantalite or cassiterite, including such products that are mined or produced and benefit such groups, until the President certifies to Congress that such violations and crimes have ceased.

Makes it unlawful for a person to violate such prohibition. Sets forth both civil and criminal penalties for such violations, including seizure and forfeiture for any violations of other U.S. customs laws.

]]> Conflict Coltan and Cassiterite Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Conflict Coltan and Cassiterite Act of 2008 Display Title Conflict Coltan and Cassiterite Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit the importation of certain products that contain or are derived from columbite-tantalite or cassiterite mined or extracted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-05-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3058is/xml/BILLS-110s3058is.xml 2008-05-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.