United States Legal Gold and Mining Partnership Act
- Last Action
- 5/4/2023
Actions
- 2023-05-04Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 57.
- 2023-05-04Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- 2023-05-04Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- 2023-05-03Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 2023-03-14Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- 2023-03-14Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-05-04 (25)
United States Legal Gold and Mining Partnership Act
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.
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.
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.
Cosponsors (1)
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Subjects
- Colombia
- Crime prevention
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Economic development
- Ecuador
- Environmental health
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- International organizations and cooperation
- Latin America
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Metals
- Mining
- Nicaragua
- Peru
- Public-private cooperation
- Supply chain
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