People’s Republic of China (hereafter referred to as PRC ) based firms. (10) In 2016, one of the largest copper and cobalt mines in the world, Tenke Fungurume, and in 2020, the undeveloped Kisanfu concession were sold by a United States company to the PRC state-tied mining company CMOC (previously known as China Molybdenum Company Limited). 3. Sense of congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the stability of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a strategic priority for the people of the DRC, the continent of Africa, and the United States, and it is in the economic and national security interest of the United States to support accountable, inclusive, and democratic governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo