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duration of any program approved under such proposals, the Sec- retary of the Treasury shall report in writing to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate assessing the likelihood that loans made pursuant to such proposals will be repaid in full, including— ‘‘(1) the borrowing country’s current debt status, including, to the extent possible, its maturity structure, whether it has fixed or floating rates, whether it is indexed, and by whom it is held; ‘‘(2) the borrowing country’s external and internal vulnerabilities that could potentially affect its ability to repay; and ‘‘(3) the borrowing country’s debt management strategy.’’.

SEC. 1502. CONFLICT MINERALS. 15 USC 78m
note.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON EXPLOITATION AND TRADE OF CON-
FLICT MINERALS ORIGINATING IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
THE CONGO.—It is the sense of Congress that the exploitation
and trade of conflict minerals originating in the Democratic Republic
of the Congo is helping to finance conflict characterized by extreme
levels of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo,
particularly sexual- and gender-based violence, and contributing
to an emergency humanitarian situation therein, warranting the
provisions of section 13(p) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as added by subsection (b).
(b) DISCLOSURE RELATING TO CONFLICT MINERALS ORIGINATING
IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.—Section 13 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m), as amended
by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(p) DISCLOSURES RELATING TO CONFLICT MINERALS ORIGI-
NATING IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.—
‘‘(1) REGULATIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the Deadlines.
date of the enactment of this subsection, the Commission Effective date.
shall promulgate regulations requiring any person Reports.
described in paragraph (2) to disclose annually, beginning
with the person’s first full fiscal year that begins after
the date of promulgation of such regulations, whether con-
flict minerals that are necessary as described in paragraph
(2)(B), in the year for which such reporting is required,
did originate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
or an adjoining country and, in cases in which such conflict
minerals did originate in any such country, submit to the
Commission a report that includes, with respect to the
period covered by the report—
‘‘(i) a description of the measures taken by the
person to exercise due diligence on the source and
chain of custody of such minerals, which measures
shall include an independent private sector audit of
such report submitted through the Commission that
is conducted in accordance with standards established

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