3.0.0 891 2023-01-11T13:19:22Z 2023-01-11T13:19:22Z Senate S S 2009-04-23 111 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-04-24T00:53:19Z 2009-04-23 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2009-04-23 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4696-4697) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-04-23 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. 2009-04-23 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2009-04-23 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2009-04-30 False B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2009-05-20 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2009-06-03 False B001266 Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL] Roland Burris D IL 2009-06-08 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2009-06-15 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2009-07-10 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-09-23 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2009-10-26 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2009-12-14 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-12-22 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2009-12-23 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2009-12-24 False B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2010-01-20 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2010-01-20 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2010-02-02 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2010-03-03 False S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA] ARLEN SPECTER D PA 2010-04-14 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2010-04-19 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2010-04-27 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2010-05-10 False International Affairs Administrative law and regulatory procedures Africa Agricultural trade Conflicts and wars Congressional oversight Crime victims Crimes against women Democratic Republic of the Congo Employment discrimination and employee rights Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Foreign aid and international relief Government studies and investigations Human rights International organizations and cooperation Metals Mining Securities Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Sex offenses Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status Trade restrictions United Nations Women's rights International Affairs 00 2009-04-23 Introduced in Senate 2009-06-29T21:22:11Z Congo Conflict Minerals Act of 2009 - Declares it is U.S. policy to promote peace and security in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by supporting the efforts of the DRC, other governments in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, and the international community to: (1) monitor and stop commercial activities involving the natural resources of the DRC (the minerals columbite-tantalite [coltan], cassiterite, wolframite, and gold) that contribute to illegal armed groups and human rights violations in the eastern region of the DRC; and (2) develop stronger governance and economic institutions that can facilitate and improve transparency in the cross-border trade involving such natural resources in order to reduce exploitation by illegal armed groups and promote local and regional development.

Directs the President, acting through the Secretary of State, the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), and other appropriate U.S. officials to use the voice of the United States at the UN Security Council to renew the mandate and strengthen the capacity of the UN Group of Experts on the DRC to investigate links between such minerals and the financing of illegal armed groups.

Directs the Secretary to work with UN member states and local and international organizations to: (1) produce, and make public, a map of mineral-rich zones and illegal armed groups in the eastern region of the DRC; and (2) provide guidance to commercial entities to ensure that the raw materials used in their products do not finance armed conflict, result in labor or human rights violations, or damage the environment.

Requires the Secretary, working with the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), to report to Congress on a strategy to address the links that exist between human rights abuses, armed groups, and the mining of the minerals in the DRC.

Requires specified annual reports to cover such links.

Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to promulgate rules to require certain persons who engage in the trade or use of coltan, cassiterite, and wolframite to disclose annually to the SEC the country of origin and mine of origin of such minerals.

Expresses the sense of Congress on assistance to communities in the eastern DRC that depend economically on the mineral trade, particularly those affected by sexual and gender-based violence, as well as individuals displaced by violence.

]]> Congo Conflict Minerals Act of 2009 Display Title Congo Conflict Minerals Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require annual disclosure to the Securities and Exchange Commission of activities involving columbite-tantalite, cassiterite, and wolframite from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Congo Conflict Minerals Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s891is/xml/BILLS-111s891is.xml 2009-04-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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.