`Conflict' bill before U.S. Congress.(anti-conflict diamonds bill)(Brief Article)

After months of haggling, it appears if the U.S. Congress is now ready to consider an anti-conflict diamonds bill that has a decent chance of becoming law. This was after U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation in mid-June, which is a compromise between diamond wholesalers and retailers and human rights groups.

If passed, the new bill will prohibit imports of diamonds and diamond jewelry into the United States from countries that have not implemented a forgery-proof system to track and authenticate the origin of rough diamonds.

"This bill will take the profit out of war," said Rep. Tony Hall, an Ohio Democrat, who along with Virginia Republican Rep. Frank Wolf …