Sec. 3. Definitions
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In this Act: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate ; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. The terms artisanal and small-scale mining and ASM refer to a form of mining common in the developing world that— typically employs rudimentary, simple, and low-cost extractive technologies and manual labor-intensive techniques; is frequently subject to limited regulation; and often features harsh and dangerous working conditions.
The term illicit actors includes— any person included on any list of— United States-designated foreign terrorist organizations; specially designated global terrorists (as defined in section 594.310 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations); significant foreign narcotics traffickers (as defined in section 808 of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act ( 21 U.S.C. 1907 ); or blocked persons, as maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury; and drug trafficking organizations.
The term key stakeholders means private sector organizations, industry representatives, and civil society representatives that are committed to the implementation of the Legal Gold and Mining Partnership Strategy. The terms Legal Gold and Mining Partnership Strategy and Strategy mean the strategy developed pursuant to section 4. The term relevant Federal departments and agencies means— the Department of State; the Department of the Treasury; the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S.
Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration; the Department of the Interior; the United States Agency for International Development; and other Federal agencies designated by the President.
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