Clean Diamond Trade Act

Clean Diamond Trade Act

Long title	An Act to implement effective measures to stop trade in conflict diamonds, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	CDTA
Nicknames	Clean Diamond Trade Act of 2003
Enacted by	the 108th United States Congress
Effective	April 25, 2003
Citations
Public law	108-19
Statutes at Large	117 Stat. 631
Codification
Titles amended	19 U.S.C.: Customs Duties
U.S.C. sections created	19 U.S.C. ch. 25 § 3901 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 1584 by Amo Houghton (R–NY) on April 3, 2003 Committee consideration by House Ways and Means, House International Relations Passed the House on April 8, 2003 (419-2, Roll call vote 118, via Clerk.House.gov) Passed the Senate on April 10, 2003 (passed unanimous consent) with amendment House agreed to Senate amendment on April 11, 2003 (agreed) Signed into law by President George W. Bush on April 25, 2003

The Clean Diamond Trade Act (CDTA), signed by United States President George W. Bush on 25 April 2003, implemented the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) to regulate the commercial sale of diamonds. On July 29, 2003, Bush signed Executive Order 13312,^[1] which described the implementation of the Clean Diamond Trade act. The act requires that all diamonds imported to the United States or exported from the United States have a Kimberley Process Certificate. The act aims to prohibit the importation of diamonds whose mining fuels conflict in the country of origin. ^[2][3]