Annual list of PRC entities carrying out mining involving forced labor, forced child labor, or environmental harm in certain African countries

(a) In general Not less frequently than once each year during the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, and make publicly available, including on the internet, a list of— (1) each PRC entity that the Secretary reasonably assesses is carrying out mining, including large-scale mining or artisanal and small-scale mining, of critical minerals, gold, or iron in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Guinea, Zambia, South Africa, or Zimbabwe or other African countries— (A) using forced labor; (B) using forced child labor; or (C) in a manner that causes environmental harm to a protected area in the country concerned; and (2) each mine, mining zone, or concession at which such mining is carried out. (b) Development of list In developing each list required by subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall— (1) use open-source information, including from press sources and academic, non-profit, and other non-state research organizations or individual researchers, and information received, collected, or otherwise obtained by United States embassies; and (2) consult with the Secretary of Labor, through the Bureau of International Labor Affairs of the Department of Labor, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of National Intelligence, the United States Trade Representative, and other heads of Federal departments and agencies, and the foreign country counterparts of such individuals in the listed countries in subsection (a)(1), as applicable. (c) Form Each list required by subsection (a) shall be made publicly available and submitted to the relevant congressional committees in unclassified form, but the version submitted to the appropriate congressional committees may include a classified annex, if warranted.