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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5883 

To require the Secretary of Defense, in concurrence with the Secretary of 

State, to develop and implement a strategy for removing unexploded 

ordnance in Syria and Iraq, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 18, 2018 

Mr. KEATING (for himself and Mr. POE of Texas) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Defense, in concurrence with 

the Secretary of State, to develop and implement a strategy for removing unexploded ordnance in Syria and Iraq, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unexploded Ordnance 

5 Removal Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STRATEGY FOR REMOVING UNEXPLODED ORD2 NANCE IN SYRIA AND IRAQ. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in con4 currence with the Secretary of State, shall develop and im5 plement a strategy for removing unexploded ordnance in 

6 Syria and Iraq that includes the following: 

7 (1) An assessment of the hazards posed by 

8 unexploded ordnance in Syria and Iraq, including 

9 with respect to U.S. strategic and military interests, 

10 the areas of concentration of unexploded ordnance, 

11 and schools, hospitals, or civil-service buildings that 

12 are proximate to unexploded ordnance. 

13 (2) A detailed description and timeline for ac14 tions to eliminate the hazards posed by unexploded 

15 ordnance in Syria and Iraq. 

16 (b) MULTILATERAL COORDINATION.—In developing 

17 and implementing the strategy required under subsection 

18 (a), the Secretary of Defense is authorized to coordinate 

19 as appropriate with appropriate officials of foreign coun20 tries and multilateral institutions. 

21 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 

22 of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until 

23 December 31, 2021, the Secretary of Defense, in consulta24 tion with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the con25 gressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign 

26 Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign 


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1 Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that in2 cludes— 

3 (1) in the first such report, the strategy de4 scribed in subsection (a), including— 

5 (A) the results of the assessment described 

6 in subsection (a)(1); 

7 (B) the description and timeline required 

8 by subsection (a)(2); and 

9 (C) a description of contributions of for10 eign partners in developing the strategy in ac11 cordance with subsection (b); 

12 (2) in subsequent reports, any updates from the 

13 previous report to such strategy, results, descrip14 tions, or timeline; and 

15 (3) the actions taken pursuant to the authoriza16 tion under subsection (b) to implement such strat17 egy, as so updated, through multilateral efforts. 

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