SEC. 6. DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY TO ADDRESS CHILD LABOR 
AND FORCED LABOR IN THE DRC. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—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 Fed-
eral departments and agencies, shall submit to the appro-
priate 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. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) a plan to enhance bilateral and multilateral 
coordination, including sustained engagement with 
the governments of United States allies and part-
ners, to end child labor and forced labor in the min-
ing industry of the DRC, including artisanal and 
small-scale mining; 
(2) a strategic plan to enhance bilateral and 
multinational coordination, including sustained en-
gagement with the governments of United States al-
lies and partners, to counter child labor and forced 
labor by mining companies in the DRC owned or 
controlled by PRC entities, including China Molyb-
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denum, or financed by PRC state-owned banks or 
institutions; 
(3) a plan based on proven strategies with mon-
itoring 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 enti-
ties, or financed by PRC state-owned banks or insti-
tutions; and 
(4) opportunities to coordinate and collaborate 
with appropriate nongovernmental organizations, in-
cluding, in particular, faith-based entities and pri-
vate sector entities, to raise awareness about covered 
DRC goods. 
(c) ADDITIONAL MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The 
report required by subsection (a) shall also include— 
(1) to the extent practicable, a list of— 
(A) entities that directly or indirectly use 
child labor or forced labor in the production of 
covered DRC goods; and 
(B) 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 
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(2) 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— 
(A) the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 (Public Law 106–386; 22 U.S.C. 7101 
et seq.); 
(B) the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atroc-
ities Prevention Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 
441; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note); and 
(C) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights 
Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 
(d) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex, if necessary. 
(e) UPDATES.—The Secretary of State shall include 
any updates to the strategy required by subsection (a) in 
the annual Trafficking in Persons report required by sec-
tion 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)). 
(f) SUNSET.—This section shall cease to have effect 
the earlier of— 
(1) the date that is 8 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act; or 
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(2) the date on which the President submits to 
the appropriate congressional committees a deter-
mination that the Government of the DRC has 
ended child labor and forced labor in the mining in-
dustry of the DRC, including artisanal and small- 
scale mining. 
SEC. 7. IMPOSITIONS OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO CHILD 
LABOR AND FORCED LABOR IN THE DRC. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not 
less frequently than annually thereafter, the Presi-
dent shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report that identifies each foreign per-
son, including any official of the Government of the 
DRC, that the President determines— 
(A) knowingly engages in, is responsible 
for, or facilitates the child labor and forced 
labor in the mining industry of the DRC, in-
cluding artisanal and small-scale mining; and 
(B) knowingly engages in, contributes to, 
assists, or provides financial, material, or tech-
nological support for efforts to contravene 
United States law regarding the importation of 
covered DRC goods. 
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(2) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may contain a classified annex. 
(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall 
impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with re-
spect to each foreign person identified in the report re-
quired under subsection (a)(1). 
(c) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
(1) ASSET BLOCKING.—The President shall ex-
ercise all of the powers granted to the President 
under the International Emergency Economic Pow-
ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent nec-
essary to block and prohibit all transactions in prop-
erty and interests in property of a foreign person 
identified in the report required under subsection 
(a)(1) if such property and interests in property— 
(A) are in the United States; 
(B) come within the United States; or 
(C) come within the possession or control 
of a United States person. 
(2) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR 
PAROLE.— 
(A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 
alien described in subsection (a)(1) is— 
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(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
documentation to enter the United States; 
and 
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
or paroled into the United States or to re-
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—An alien described 
in subsection (a)(1) is subject to revocation 
of any visa or other entry documentation 
regardless of when the visa or other entry 
documentation is or was issued. 
(ii) IMMEDIATE
EFFECT.—A revoca-
tion under clause (i) shall— 
(I) take effect immediately; and 
(II) automatically cancel any 
other valid visa or entry documenta-
tion that is in the alien’s possession. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 
and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 
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Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 
this section. 
(2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 
subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a foreign person that 
violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or 
causes a violation of paragraph (1) to the same ex-
tent that such penalties apply to a person that com-
mits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of 
such section 206. 
(e) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica-
tion of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a 
foreign person if the President determines and certifies 
to the appropriate congressional committees that such a 
waiver is in the national interest of the United States. 
(f) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) EXCEPTIONS
FOR
INTELLIGENCE
ACTIVI-
TIES.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 
to any activity subject to the reporting requirements 
under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intel-
ligence activities of the United States. 
(2) EXCEPTION
TO
COMPLY
WITH
INTER-
NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND FOR LAW ENFORCE-
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MENT
ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions 
under 
subsection 
(c)(2) shall not apply with respect to an alien if ad-
mitting or paroling the alien into the United States 
is necessary— 
(A) to permit the United States to comply 
with the Agreement regarding the Head-
quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 
Success on June 26, 1947, and entered into 
force November 21, 1947, between the United 
Nations and the United States, or other appli-
cable international obligations; or 
(B) to carry out or assist law enforcement 
activity in the United States. 
(g) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 
may terminate the application of sanctions under this sec-
tion with respect to a foreign person if the President deter-
mines and certifies to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees not less than 15 days before the termination takes 
effect that— 
(1) information exists that the person did not 
engage in the activity for which sanctions were im-
posed; 
(2) the person has been prosecuted appro-
priately for the activity for which sanctions were im-
posed; 
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(3) the person has credibly demonstrated a sig-
nificant change in behavior, has paid appropriate 
recompense for the activity for which sanctions were 
imposed, and has credibly committed to not engage 
in an activity described in subsection (a)(1) in the 
future; or 
(4) the termination of the sanctions is in the 
national security interests of the United States. 
(h) SUNSET.—This section, and any sanctions im-
posed under this section, shall terminate on the date that 
is 8 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 8. USAID EFFORTS TO PREVENT CHILD LABOR AND 
FORCED LABOR IN THE MINING INDUSTRY 
OF THE DRC. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development (‘‘USAID’’), 
in coordination with the Secretary of the Department of 
State and the heads of other relevant Federal departments 
and agencies, shall increase efforts to prevent child labor 
and forced labor in the mining industry of the DRC, in-
cluding artisanal and small-scale mining, including by en-
couraging efforts— 
(1) to expand citizens’ participation in local de-
cision making; 
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(2) to enhance transparency and accountability 
of governmental decisions on the local, provincial, 
and national levels in the DRC, on the expenditure 
of public funds, and the entry into contracts and 
other agreements in the mining industry of the 
DRC, in particular contracts or other agreements 
entered into with PRC entities, including China Mo-
lybdenum, or PRC state-owned banks or financial 
institutions; 
(3) to strengthen social infrastructure to en-
hance oversight of the mining industry of the DRC, 
including artisanal and small-scale mining; 
(4) to provide basic protective equipment, in-
cluding gloves, work-appropriate clothes, and masks; 
(5) to develop the technical and business capac-
ity of artisanal and small-scale miners, helping them 
comply with environmental, safety, and business reg-
ulations; 
(6) to build entrepreneurial capacity in local 
communities in order to provide economically fea-
sible alternatives to artisanal and small-scale mining; 
and 
(7) to support the ongoing development of 
country-specific policies and implementation of the 
national strategy to combat trafficking in persons in 
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the DRC, especially to prevent child labor and forced 
labor in the DRC. 
(b) COORDINATION.—The USAID Administrator, in 
coordination with the Secretary of State and heads of 
other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall co-
ordinate with bilateral and multilateral donors; the Inter-
national Monetary Fund; the government of the DRC at 
national, provincial, and local levels; United Nations agen-
cies; civil society and nongovernmental organizations, in-
cluding faith-based organizations; and the private sector 
to combat trafficking in persons in the DRC, including 
by— 
(1) supporting efforts by local and civil society 
organizations, including faith-based organizations, 
and the government of the DRC at national, provin-
cial, and local levels to ensure the end of child labor 
and forced labor; 
(2) promoting transparency and accountability 
of national, provincial, or local level government de-
cisions in the DRC with respect to public funds and 
contracts and other agreements related to the min-
ing industry of the DRC, in particular contracts or 
other agreements entered into with PRC entities, in-
cluding China Molybdenum, or PRC state-owned 
banks or financial institutions; and 
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