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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3725

To assist international efforts to improve awareness, detection, and clearance

of antipersonnel landmines and explosive ordnance.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 26, 1996

Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. LEACH, Mr.

PAYNE of New Jersey, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mr.

BEILENSON, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OLVER, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. GENE

GREEN of Texas, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. WYNN,

Mr. YATES, and Mr. FARR of California) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in

addition to the Committee on National Security, 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 assist international efforts to improve awareness, detection, and clearance of antipersonnel landmines and explosive ordnance.

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 ‘‘Landmine Removal

5 Assistance Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

2 (a) IN GENERAL—The President shall carry out a

3 program for humanitarian purposes to improve awareness,

4 detection, and clearance of antipersonnel landmines and

5 explosive ordnance.

6 (b) FORMS OF ASSISTANCE.—The President shall im7 plement subsection (a) by directing the Secretary of De8 fense, the Secretary of State, and the Administrator of

9 the United States Agency for International Development

10 to—

11 (1) provide personnel to instruct, educate, train,

12 and advise persons described in subsection (c) to im13 prove awareness, detection, and clearance of anti14 personnel landmines and explosive ordnance;

15 (2) provide financial assistance for expenses as16 sociated with instructing, educating, training, and

17 advising persons described in subsection (c) regard18 ing awareness, detection, and clearance of anti19 personnel landmines and explosive ordnance;

20 (3) provide technical assistance, equipment, and

21 technology regarding awareness, detection, and

22 clearance of antipersonnel landmines and explosive

23 ordnance; and

24 (4) encourage participation of persons described

25 in subsection (c) in improving awareness, detection,
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1 and clearance of antipersonnel landmines and explo2 sive ordnance.

3 (c) PERSONS THAT MAY RECEIVE ASSISTANCE.—

4 Persons that may receive instruction, education, training,

5 advice, or other assistance under this section include—

6 (1) foreign governments;

7 (2) international organizations;

8 (3) non-governmental organizations;

9 (4) humanitarian relief organizations;

10 (5) private voluntary organizations;

11 (6) the United Nations; and

12 (7) other persons the President considers ap13 propriate.

14 SEC. 3. REPORTS.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 15, 1997,

16 and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State, the Sec17 retary of Defense, and the Administrator of the United

18 States Agency for International Development shall trans19 mit to Congress a joint report which shall include—

20 (1) a description of the extent to which section

21 2 has been implemented in the 12 months imme22 diately preceding the report;

23 (2) a description of all financial expenditures

24 made for implementation of section 2 in the 12

25 months immediately preceding the report;
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1 (3) a description of measures proposed to im2 plement section 2 in the 12 months immediately fol3 lowing the report;

4 (4) a unified proposed budget for implementa5 tion of section 2 for the 3 fiscal years immediately

6 following the report;

7 (5) a 3-year plan, as required by subsection (b);

8 (6) a description of, and recommendations to

9 improve, Federal interagency coordination of efforts

10 to detect and clear antipersonnel landmines and ex11 plosive ordnance;

12 (7) recommendations to coordinate United

13 States international and domestic efforts to detect,

14 clear, and dispose of explosive ordnance; and

15 (8) recommendations for developing technology

16 to make antipersonnel landmines and explosive ord17 nance easier to detect and to decrease the cost of

18 clearing antipersonnel landmines and explosive ord19 nance.

20 (b) 3-YEAR PLAN.—The initial report required by

21 subsection (a), and every 3 years thereafter the annual

22 report required by subsection (a), shall contain a descrip23 tion of the measures which the Secretary of Defense, the

24 Secretary of State, and the Administrator of the United

25 States Agency for International Development plan to use
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1 to implement section 2 during the 3 years immediately fol2 lowing the report.

3 SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON UNITED STATES MILITARY PERSON4 NEL.

5 The President shall ensure that no member of the

6 Armed Forces of the United States, while providing assist7 ance under this Act—

8 (1) engages in the physical detection, lifting, or

9 destruction of antipersonnel landmines or explosive

10 ordnance (unless such member does so for the con11 current purpose of supporting a United States mili12 tary operation); or

13 (2) provides such assistance as part of a mili14 tary operation that does not involve the Armed

15 Forces of the United States.

16 SEC. 5. ANTIPERSONNEL LANDMINE DEFINED.

17 For the purposes of this Act the term ‘‘antipersonnel

18 landmine’’ means any munition placed under, on, or near

19 the ground or other surface area, delivered by artillery,

20 rocket, mortar, or similar means, or dropped from an air21 craft and which is designed, constructed, or adapted to

22 be detonated or exploded by the presence, proximity, or

23 contact of a person.
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1 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law (includ3 ing any provision of law enacted after the date of the en4 actment of this Act), funds appropriated for the Depart5 ment of Defense for Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster,

6 and Civic Aid for any fiscal year, which are available for

7 activities related to awareness, detection, or clearance of

8 antipersonnel landmines or explosive ordnance shall re9 main available until expended unless in the Act appro10 priating such funds the matter specifically relating to

11 Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid states

12 otherwise.

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