; or (B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such entity. III Governance of the Burmese mining and gemstone sectors 301. Sense of Congress on the mining sector of Burma (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) In 2015, the nongovernmental organization Global Witness estimated that the value of total production of jade in Burma in 2014 was $31,000,000,000, almost 48 percent of the official gross domestic product of Burma. As much as 80 percent of that jade sold is smuggled out of Burma. (2) Burma’s military and associated entities, including companies owned or controlled by Myanmar Economic Corporation and Myanmar Economic Holding Limited, their affiliated companies, and companies owned or controlled by current and former senior military officers or their family members, are linked to the mining sector, including the gemstone industry, and benefit financially from widespread illegal smuggling of jade and rubies from Burma. (3) Illegal trafficking in precious and semiprecious stones from Burma, including the trade in high-value jade and rubies, deprives the people of Burma and the civilian government of critical revenue and instead benefits military-linked entities, non-state armed groups, and transnational organized criminal networks. (4) In 2016, the Government of Burma began to take steps to reform aspects of the mining sector, including— (A) improving governance in the gemstone industry, by temporarily suspending the issuance or renewal of jade and gemstone mining permits; (B) commissioning an environmental management plan for some mining areas