Title 19 — Customs Duties
Chapter 25 — Clean Diamond Trade
§ 3909. Sense of Congress
Statutory text
Ongoing process
It is the sense of the Congress that the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, officially launched on , is an ongoing process. The President should work with Participants to strengthen the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme through the adoption of measures for the sharing of statistics on the production of and trade in rough diamonds, and for monitoring the effectiveness of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme in stemming trade in diamonds the importation or exportation of which is not controlled through the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.
Statistics and reporting
It is the sense of the Congress that under Annex III to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, Participants recognized that reliable and comparable data on the international trade in rough diamonds are an essential tool for the effective implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. Therefore, the executive branch should continue to—
keep and publish statistics on imports and exports of rough diamonds under subheadings 7102.10.00, 7102.21, and 7102.31.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States;
make these statistics available for analysis by interested parties and by Participants; and
take a leadership role in negotiating a standardized methodology among Participants for reporting statistics on imports and exports of rough diamonds.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Clean Diamond Trade Act
Pub. L. 108–19 § 10 · 117 Stat. 631
Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 3909
(Pub. L. 108–19, § 10, Apr. 25, 2003, 117 Stat. 635.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 108–19, § 10, Apr. 25, 2003, 117 Stat. 635.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 10. SENSE OF CONGRESS. (a) Ongoing Process.— It is the sense of the Congress that the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, officially launched on January 1, 2003, is an ongoing process. The President should work with Participants to strengthen the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme through the adoption of measures for the sharing of statistics on the production of and trade in rough diamonds, and for monitoring the effectiveness of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme in stemming trade in diamonds the importation or exportation of which is not controlled through the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. (b) Statistics and Reporting.— It is the sense of the Congress that under Annex III to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, Participants recognized that reliable and comparable data on the international trade in rough diamonds are an essential tool for the effective implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. Therefore, the executive branch should continue to— (1) keep and publish statistics on imports and exports of rough diamonds under subheadings 7102.10.00, 7102.21, and 7102.31.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States; (2) make these statistics available for analysis by interested parties and by Participants; and (3) take a leadership role in negotiating a standardized methodology among Participants for reporting statistics on imports and exports of rough diamonds.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is not set out in the Code. See Publication of Harmonized Tariff Schedule note set out under section 1202 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
For effective date of this section, see section 15 of Pub. L. 108–19, set out as a note under section 3901 of this title.