3.0.0 797 2025-12-06T00:54:59Z 2025-12-06T00:54:59Z Senate S S 2023-03-14 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/797 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Reported By 2023-05-04T19:27:14Z Markup By 2023-05-03T14:00:04Z Referred To 2023-03-14T22:36:37Z 118 5570 HR 2023-09-19 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2023-05-04 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 57. Calendars 2023-05-04 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2023-05-04 Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee 2023-05-03 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2023-03-14 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2023-03-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL N M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2023-03-14 True 2023-05-16T12:45:00Z https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59153 As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on May 4, 2023 International Affairs Colombia 2023-05-18T19:30:26Z Crime prevention 2023-05-18T19:30:26Z Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad 2023-05-18T19:30:27Z Drug trafficking and controlled substances 2023-05-18T19:30:27Z Economic development 2023-05-18T19:30:27Z Ecuador 2023-05-18T19:30:27Z Environmental health 2023-05-18T19:30:27Z Fraud offenses and financial crimes 2023-05-18T19:30:27Z Hazardous wastes and toxic substances 2023-05-18T19:30:27Z International organizations and cooperation 2023-05-18T19:30:27Z Latin America 2023-05-18T19:30:27Z Law enforcement administration and funding 2023-05-18T19:30:27Z Metals 2023-05-18T19:30:27Z Mining 2023-05-18T19:30:27Z Nicaragua 2023-05-18T19:30:27Z Peru 2023-05-18T19:30:27Z Public-private cooperation 2023-05-18T19:30:27Z Terrorism 2023-05-18T19:30:27Z Venezuela 2023-05-18T19:30:27Z Wildlife conservation and habitat protection 2023-05-18T19:30:26Z International Affairs 2023-03-31T14:00:18Z

00 2023-03-14 Introduced in Senate 2023-12-04T21:36:15Z <p><b>United States Legal Gold and Mining Partnership Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of State to develop a comprehensive strategy to combat illicit gold mining in the Western Hemisphere, with a focus on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), a form of mining typified by labor-intensive techniques, dangerous working conditions, and limited regulation.</p> <p>The required strategy shall include policies, programs, and initiatives to (1) interrupt the linkages between ASM and illicit actors such as drug traffickers and foreign terrorist organizations; (2) deter ASM in environmentally protected areas; (3) build the capacity of foreign civilian law enforcement to counter linkages between illicit gold mining and money laundering, forced labor, sex work, child labor, and trafficking; and (4) support efforts by foreign governments to increase regulation of the ASM sector. </p> <p>This bill also requires the U.S. Agency for International Development to coordinate with democratically elected governments in the region to establish a public-private partnership to improve transparency and traceability in the international gold trade.</p>

25 2023-05-04 Reported to Senate 2024-01-02T23:12:37Z <p><b>United States Legal Gold and Mining Partnership Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of State to develop a comprehensive strategy to combat illicit gold mining in the Western Hemisphere, with a focus on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), a form of mining typified by labor-intensive techniques, dangerous working conditions, and limited regulation.</p> <p>The required strategy shall include policies, programs, and initiatives to (1) interrupt the linkages between ASM and illicit actors such as drug traffickers and foreign terrorist organizations; (2) deter ASM in environmentally protected areas; (3) build the capacity of foreign civilian law enforcement to counter linkages between illicit gold mining and money laundering, forced labor, sex work, child labor, and trafficking; (4) support efforts by foreign governments to increase regulation of the ASM sector; and (5) interrupt the illicit gold trade in Nicaragua. The strategy must also include policy recommendations for responding to linkages between the government of Venezuela and the illicit mining, trafficking, and commercialization of precious metals and stones. </p> <p>Additionally, the bill requires the U.S. Agency for International Development to coordinate with democratically elected governments in the region to establish a public-private partnership to improve transparency and traceability in the international gold trade.</p>

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