Sec. 6. Diplomatic strategy to address child labor and forced labor in the DRC

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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains a United States strategy to promote initiatives to enhance international awareness of and to prevent and mitigate child labor and forced labor in the mining industry of the DRC, including artisanal and small-scale mining. The report required by subsection

(a)shall include— a plan to enhance bilateral and multilateral coordination, including sustained engagement with the governments of United States allies and partners, to end child labor and forced labor in the mining industry of the DRC, including artisanal and small-scale mining; a strategic plan to enhance bilateral and multinational coordination, including sustained engagement with the governments of United States allies and partners, to counter child labor and forced labor by mining companies in the DRC owned or controlled by PRC entities, including China Molybdenum, or financed by PRC state-owned banks or institutions; a plan based on proven strategies with monitoring and evaluation standards applied for public affairs, public diplomacy, and messaging efforts to promote awareness of child labor and forced labor in the DRC, with a special attention to the role of the mining companies owned or controlled by PRC entities, or financed by PRC state-owned banks or institutions; and opportunities to coordinate and collaborate with appropriate nongovernmental organizations, including, in particular, faith-based entities and private sector entities, to raise awareness about covered DRC goods. The report required by subsection

(a)shall also include— to the extent practicable, a list of— entities that directly or indirectly use child labor or forced labor in the production of covered DRC goods; and foreign persons that act as agents of the entities or affiliates of entities described in subparagraph

(A)to import covered DRC goods into the United States; and a description of actions taken by the United States Government to address child labor or forced labor in the mining industry of the DRC, including artisanal and small-scale mining, including under— the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( Public Law 106–386 ; 22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. ); the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–441 ; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note); and the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). The report required by subsection

(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex, if necessary. The Secretary of State shall include any updates to the strategy required by subsection

(a)in the annual Trafficking in Persons report required by section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7107(b) ). This section shall cease to have effect the earlier of— the date that is 8 years after the date of the enactment of this Act; or the date on which the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees a determination that the Government of the DRC has ended child labor and forced labor in the mining industry of the DRC, including artisanal and small-scale mining.

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