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the date that is one day after the end of the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this subsection, that no armed groups continue to be directly involved and benefitting from commercial activity involving conflict minerals. ‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this subsection, the terms ‘adjoining country’, ‘appropriate congressional commit- tees’, ‘armed group’, and ‘conflict mineral’ have the meaning given those terms under section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.’’. (c) STRATEGY AND MAP TO ADDRESS LINKAGES BETWEEN CON- FLICT MINERALS AND ARMED GROUPS.— (1) STRATEGY.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the Deadline. date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy to address the linkages between human rights abuses, armed groups, mining of conflict minerals, and commercial products. (B) CONTENTS.—The strategy required by subpara- graph (A) shall include the following: (i) A plan to promote peace and security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by supporting efforts of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including the Ministry of Mines and other rel- evant agencies, adjoining countries, and the inter- national community, in particular the United Nations Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo, to— (I) monitor and stop commercial activities involving the natural resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo that contribute to the activi- ties of armed groups and human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and (II) develop stronger governance and economic institutions that can facilitate and improve trans- parency in the cross-border trade involving the natural resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to reduce exploitation by armed groups and promote local and regional development. (ii) A plan to provide guidance to commercial enti- ties seeking to exercise due diligence on and formalize the origin and chain of custody of conflict minerals used in their products and on their suppliers to ensure that conflict minerals used in the products of such suppliers do not directly or indirectly finance armed conflict or result in labor or human rights violations. (iii) A description of punitive measures that could be taken against individuals or entities whose commer- cial activities are supporting armed groups and human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (2) MAP.— LAWS (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the Deadline. date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall, in accordance with the recommendation of the UnitedPUBLIC with on anorris VerDate Nov 24 2008 04:10 Sep 04, 2010 Jkt 089139 PO 00203 Frm 00841 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 E:\PUBLAW\PUBL203.111 GPO1 PsN: PUBL203