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    The President shall establish a Kimberley Process Implementation 
Coordinating Committee to coordinate the implementation of this Act. The 
Committee shall be composed of the following individuals or their 
designees:
            (1) The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of 
        State, who shall be co-chairpersons.
            (2) The Secretary of Commerce.

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            (3) The United States Trade Representative.
            (4) The Secretary of Homeland Security.
            (5) A representative of any other agency the President deems 
        appropriate.

SEC. 12. <<NOTE: Deadlines. President. 19 USC 3911.>> REPORTS.

    (a) Annual Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and every 12 months thereafter for such period as 
this Act is in effect, the President shall transmit to the Congress a 
report--
            (1) describing actions taken by countries that have exported 
        rough diamonds to the United States during the preceding 12-
        month period to control the exportation of the diamonds through 
        the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme;
            (2) describing whether there is statistical information or 
        other evidence that would indicate efforts to circumvent the 
        Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, including cutting rough 
        diamonds for the purpose of circumventing the Kimberley Process 
        Certification Scheme;
            (3) identifying each country that, during the preceding 12-
        month period, exported rough diamonds to the United States and 
        was exporting rough diamonds not controlled through the 
        Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, if the failure to do so 
        has significantly increased the likelihood that those diamonds 
        not so controlled are being imported into the United States; and
            (4) identifying any problems or obstacles encountered in the 
        implementation of this Act or the Kimberly Process Certification 
        Scheme.

    (b) Semiannual Reports.--For each country identified in subsection 
(a)(3), the President, during such period as this Act is in effect, 
shall, every 6 months after the initial report in which the country was 
identified, transmit to the Congress a report that explains what actions 
have been taken by the United States or such country since the previous 
report to ensure that diamonds the exportation of which was not 
controlled through the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme are not 
being imported from that country into the United States. The requirement 
to issue a semiannual report with respect to a country under this 
subsection shall remain in effect until such time as the country is 
controlling the importation and exportation of rough diamonds through 
the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.

SEC. 13. <<NOTE: Deadline. 19 USC 3912.>> GAO REPORT.

    Not later than 24 months after the effective date of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall transmit a report to the 
Congress on the effectiveness of the provisions of this Act in 
preventing the importation or exportation of rough diamonds that is 
prohibited under section 4. The Comptroller General shall include in the 
report any recommendations on any modifications to this Act that may be 
necessary.

SEC. 14. <<NOTE: 19 USC 3913.>> DELEGATION OF AUTHORITIES.

    The President may delegate the duties and authorities under this Act 
to such officers, officials, departments, or agencies of the United 
States Government as the President deems appropriate.

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SEC. 15. <<NOTE: 19 USC 3901 note. President. Certification.>> EFFECTIVE 
            DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on the date on which the President 
certifies to the Congress that--
            (1) an applicable waiver that has been granted by the World 
        Trade Organization is in effect; or
            (2) an applicable decision in a resolution adopted by the 
        United Nations Security Council pursuant to Chapter VII of the 
        Charter of the United Nations is in effect.

This Act shall thereafter remain in effect during those periods in 
which, as certified by the President to the Congress, an applicable 
waiver or decision referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) is in effect.

    Approved April 25, 2003.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 1584:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 149 (2003):
            Apr. 8, considered and passed House.
            Apr. 10, considered and passed Senate, amended.
            Apr. 11, House concurred in Senate amendment.
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 39 (2003):
            Apr. 25, Presidential statement.

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