The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) conducted a study, Stakeholder Options for Responsible Sourcing Are expanding, but More Information on Smelters is Needed. In 2011, in response to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development set out to create a strategy to address human rights abuses linked to armed groups and mining of conflict minerals.

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