"This bill is about accountability, transparency, and ensuring American companies and consumers are not unknowingly supporting abusive mining operations abroad."
Support legislation to promote accountability and transparency in mining supply chains and prevent U.S. companies and consumers from unknowingly supporting abusive mining operations abroad.
Occurrences
A bill to require the Secretary of State to annually issue a list of PRC-origin entities carrying out mining involving forced labor or causing environmental harm in certain African countries.
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Evidence
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"Today [May 1, 2026]," Rep. Max Miller said he and bipartisan cosponsors "introduced the China-Africa Mining Transparency Act" and that "[t]his bill is about accountability, transparency, and ensuring American companies and consumers are not unknowingly supporting abusive mining operations abroad."
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The bill would require the Secretary of State to annually publish a list of PRC entities carrying out mining involving forced labor or causing environmental harm in certain African countries, and says it was introduced by "Mr. MILLER of Ohio."
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GovInfo lists H.R. 8621 as the China-Africa Mining Transparency Act, sponsored by Max L. Miller, with a latest action date of April 30, 2026: introduction and referral to House Foreign Affairs. The full title would require annual State Department lists of PRC-origin entities tied to forced labor or environmental harm in African mining.
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The House Committee Repository for the June 9, 2026 Foreign Affairs markup lists Miller Amendment #86 to H.R. 9087, a posted amendment text, and a later vote record for that amendment. The amendment text would require public annual lists of PRC mining entities and associated mines/concessions tied to forced labor or protected-area environmental harm in African countries.
Assessments
The promise was framed as supporting legislation, not guaranteeing enactment. During his current House term, Max Miller introduced H.R. 8621, the China-Africa Mining Transparency Act, and later pursued the same policy as an amendment to H.R. 9087. Those actions directly match the promised legislative support for accountability and transparency in mining supply chains tied to forced labor and environmental abuse abroad, even though the bill had not been enacted as of the cited records.
Miller publicly introduced the China-Africa Mining Transparency Act in his current term, and the bill text matches the promise to improve accountability and transparency in mining supply chains. However, the evidence shows introduction and sponsorship only, not enactment or completed policy change, so this is a serious legislative effort that falls short of full delivery.
Miller made a serious same-term legislative attempt by introducing the China-Africa Mining Transparency Act, which directly matches the promise to support accountability and transparency in mining supply chains and prevent U.S. consumers or companies from unknowingly supporting abusive mining abroad. However, the available status indicates the measure was only introduced/referred and had not passed or been implemented as of May 14, 2026, so the promised outcome was not delivered.