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5/22/2008--Introduced.<br/>Conflict Coltan and Cassiterite Act of 2008 - Directs the President to develop, and submit to Congress, a list of groups (including army units) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that commit serious human rights or international humanitarian law violations or crimes under international law.<br/>Prohibits the importation of products from the DRC that contain or are derived from columbite-tantalite or cassiterite, including such products that are mined or produced and benefit such groups, until the President certifies to Congress that such violations and crimes have ceased. Makes it unlawful for a person to violate such prohibition. Sets forth both civil and criminal penalties for such violations, including seizure and forfeiture for any violations of other U.S. customs laws.<br/>

1211428800 2008-05-22 Fri Nov 07 18:43:03 -0600 2008 introduced 50912 'act':5 '2008':7 'coltan':2 'conflict':1 'cassiterit':4 61064 false short introduced 50912 'bill':2 'mine':21 'congo':30 'deriv':14 'import':6 'purpos':34 'republ':27 'certain':8 'contain':11 'extract':23 'product':9 'columbit':17 'democrat':26 'prohibit':4 'tantalit':18 'cassiterit':20 'columbite-tantalit':16 60254 false official action 50912 1211428800 Thu May 22 00:00:00 -0500 2008 158588 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. B000953 1956-09-12 4153 303 Hart Senate Office Building http://brownback.senate.gov/public/contact/emailsam.cfm 202-228-1265 Samuel 'r':4 'ks':5 'sam':8 'sen':1 'samuel':2,6,9 'brownback':3,7,10 M 300013 Brownback Sam_Brownback D. Sen. Samuel Brownback [R, KS] 1895 Sam N00005244 10524 Republican 202-224-6521 Roman Catholic KS Sam Samuel Brownback 3.75555555555556 http://brownback.senate.gov/public/ SenatorSamBrownback D000563 1944-11-21 10035 309 Hart Senate Office Building http://durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm 202-228-0400 Richard 'd':4 'il':5 'sen':1 'durbin':3,7,9 'richard':2,6,8 M 300038 Durbin Richard_Durbin J. Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL] 5122 N00004981 20303 Democrat 202-224-2152 Roman Catholic IL Dick Richard Durbin 3.60810810810811 http://durbin.senate.gov action 50912 1211428800 Thu May 22 00:00:00 -0500 2008 158588 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. introduced 50912 1211428800 Thu May 22 00:00:00 -0500 2008 158587