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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4699
To state the sense of Congress on the production, possession, transfer, and
use of antipersonnel landmines, to place a moratorium on United States
production of antipersonnel landmines, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 30, 1994
Mr. EVANS (for himself, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. BONIOR, Mrs.
UNSOELD, Mr. STARK, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FRANK of Mas-
sachusetts, 
Ms. 
PELOSI, 
Mr. 
VISCLOSKY, 
Ms. 
FURSE, 
Mr.
FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. OLVER, Mr. HOCHBRUECKNER, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr.
WYNN, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. DUR-
BIN, Mr. EDWARDS of California, Mr. FINGERHUT, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr.
BEILENSON, Mr. KREIDLER, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SHAYS,
Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. SHEPHERD, Mr. HAMBURG, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Mr.
ABERCROMBIE, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs.
MORELLA, Mr. VENTO, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. FISH, Mr. JACOBS, Mr.
OWENS, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. ANDREWS
of Maine, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. KOPETSKI, and Mrs. SCHROEDER) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees
on Foreign Affairs and Armed Services
A BILL
To state the sense of Congress on the production, possession,
transfer, and use of antipersonnel landmines, to place
a moratorium on United States production of anti-
personnel landmines, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) There are approximately 100,000,000
unexploded antipersonnel landmines strewn in more
than 60 countries around the world, and tens of mil-
lions of antipersonnel landmines are stored in stock-
piles. The Department of State reports that ‘‘land-
mines may be the most toxic and widespread pollu-
tion facing mankind’’.
(2) Like chemical and biological weapons, land-
mines kill and maim indiscriminately.
(3) After the United States adopted a unilateral
moratorium on the export of antipersonnel land-
mines, the United Nations General Assembly unani-
mously called for an international moratorium on
such exports, and the Governments of France, Ger-
many, Greece, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland,
Slovakia, and South Africa have each announced an
export moratorium. The Government of Cambodia
has stated that it will no longer use or purchase
antipersonnel landmines.
(4) Despite such actions, far more anti-
personnel landmines are being strewn than are being
cleared. Each month, at least 1,200 persons, mostly
innocent civilians, are killed or injured by landmines.
In some countries, more than one third of all casual-
ties of landmines are women and children.
(5) With hundreds of types of antipersonnel
landmines being produced in at least 50 countries,
only international cooperation on limits on the pro-
duction, possession, transfer, and use of anti-person-
nel landmines will stop the slaughter of innocent
lives.
(6) A United Nations conference to review the
1980 Conventional Weapons Convention, including
Protocol II to the Convention (commonly referred to
as the ‘‘Landmine Protocol’’), is planned for 1995.
Meetings of governmental experts to prepare for the
conference have begun. This is a critical time for
United States leadership to help solve the landmine
crisis.
SEC. 2. POLICY.
It is the sense of Congress that the President
should—
(1) actively seek an international agreement
prohibiting the production, possession, transfer, and
use of antipersonnel landmines; and
(2) as interim measures to be pursued during
the seeking of such prohibitions, actively seek inter-
national agreements, modifications of the 1980 Con-
ventional Weapons Convention, or other agreements
or arrangements to limit further the production, pos-
session, transfer, and use of antipersonnel land-
mines.
SEC. 3. MORATORIUM ON THE PRODUCTION AND PRO-
CUREMENT OF ANTIPERSONNEL LANDMINES.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that a moratorium by the United States on the pur-
chase and production of antipersonnel landmines would
encourage other nations to adopt similar measures.
(b) MORATORIUM.—Effective 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the United States Govern-
ment shall not purchase or produce antipersonnel land-
mines.
(c) PERIOD OF MORATORIUM.—The prohibition set
forth in subsection (b) shall continue until the end of the
one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(d) ACTIONS BY OTHER NATIONS.—(1) The Con-
gress urges the President, during the period referred to
in subsection (c), to encourage each nation which is a
major producer of antipersonnel landmines to adopt a
moratorium similar to the moratorium described in sub-
section (b).
(2) If the President determines during the period re-
ferred to in subsection (c) that nations that are major pro-
ducers of antipersonnel landmines have adopted moratoria
similar to the moratorium described in subsection (b), the
President may extend the moratorium for such additional
time as the President considers appropriate.
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the term
‘‘major producers of antipersonnel landmines’’ include the
following:
(A) Belgium.
(B) Bulgaria.
(C) The Peoples Republic of China.
(D) Egypt.
(E) France.
(F) Germany.
(G) Hungary.
(H) Italy.
(I) Pakistan.
(J) Russia.
(K) South Africa.
(L) The United Kingdom.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR DEMINING ACTIVI-
TIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995.
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the
Department of Defense for fiscal year 1995 the sum of
$25,000,000 for—
(1) humanitarian activities relating to the clear-
ing and disarming of landmines and the protection
of civilians from landmines (including activities re-
lating to the furnishing of education, training, tech-
nical assistance, demining equipment and technology
and activities relating to research and development
on demining equipment and technology); and
(2) contributions to United Nations funds and
to nongovernmental organizations to support such
activities.
SEC. 5. ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF COSTS AND EF-
FECTS OF ANTIPERSONNEL LANDMINES.
(a) ANALYSIS.—(1) Not later than six months after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator
of the Agency for International Development and the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to Congress a joint report con-
taining a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the so-
cial, economic, and environmental costs and effects of the
use of antipersonnel landmines.
(2) The analysis shall cover not less than three coun-
tries (as jointly determined by the Administrator and the
Secretary) in which the presence of landmines presents
significant social, economic, and environmental problems.
(3) In preparing the report, the Administrator and
the Secretary shall rely on any appropriate governmental
and nongovernmental materials and sources of informa-
tion that are available to them.
(b) ASSESSMENT.—(1) The Secretary of Defense
shall submit to Congress a report setting forth the total
number of members of the United States Armed Forces
killed or wounded by antipersonnel landmines during each
of the following periods:
(A) World War II.
(B) The Korean conflict.
(C) The Vietnam era.
(D) The Persian Gulf War.
(2) The Secretary of Defense shall submit the report
under this subsection at the same time that the report
required under subsection (a) is submitted.
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘antipersonnel landmine’’ means
any of the following:
(A) Any munition placed under, on, or
near the ground or other surface area, delivered
by artillery, rocket, mortar, or similar means,