Sec. 4. Statement of policy
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It is the policy of the United States to— support efforts to address conflict and instability in the DRC, including to urge armed actors to comply with their obligations to protect civilians under international humanitarian law and to respect international human rights; use existing sanctions authorities including the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act ( 22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq. ), Executive Order 13413 as amended by Executive Order 13671, and Executive Order 13224 as amended against those perpetrating corruption or human rights violations in the DRC; condemn all actions that suppress press freedom and to reaffirm to the Government of the DRC the centrality of press freedom to efforts of the United States Government to support democracy, mitigate conflict, and promote good governance; ensure that critical minerals are produced, processed, and recycled in a manner that supports the ability of countries to realize the full economic development benefit of their geological endowments and that respects human rights as well as environmental, social, labor, and governance standards; support efforts to accurately oversee, monitor, and prevent labor and human rights abuses in the DRC’s mining industry in order to remove child and forced labor, which occurs in some artisanal mining, from United States and global supply chains, including by encouraging the Government of the DRC to support business and technological skills-training and other capacity-building measures, including legal reforms, to help build the legitimate, responsible, conflict-free, productive and income-generating capacity of the artisanal and small-scale mining sector; engage with the Government of the DRC to address factors, including opaque business and taxation practices, and unpredictable administrative requirements, that limit United States investment and constrain the ability of the United States and the DRC to strengthen economic cooperation; encourage Federal departments and agencies including the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, the United States Development Finance Corporation, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the United States Trade and Development Agency, and the Department of Commerce to identify opportunities to increase the amount of United States investment in the DRC’s critical minerals sector; and recognize that the PRC’s influence over the DRC’s mining sector output and processing is harmful to the Congolese people, in particular the predatory and opaque business tactics and labor rights violations of PRC-linked entities.
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