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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2459
To restrict the use of funds for new deployments of anti-personnel landmines,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 11, 1997
Mr. EVANS (for himself, Mr. QUINN, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. LEWIS of
Georgia, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. SANDERS,
Mr. CAPPS, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. FILNER, Ms. FURSE, Ms.
LOFGREN, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Ms. SANCHEZ, Mrs. MORELLA,
Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. WEXLER, Mr.
BOEHLERT, Mr. UPTON, Mr. BONIOR, Ms. PELOSI, Mrs. KELLY, Mr.
GEJDENSON, Mr. LAFALCE, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. OLVER, Mr. CLAY, Mr.
ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. FAWELL, Mr. FOX of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. KLUG, Mr. PORTER, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr.
CASTLE, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. PAXON, Mr. SHAYS,
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. COOKSEY, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. MARKEY,
Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WELLER, Mr. BROWN of California, Ms. ESHOO, Mr.
GEPHARDT, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BROWN of Ohio,
Mr. RUSH, Mr. MANTON, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut,
Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. FLAKE, Ms. HOOLEY of
Oregon, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Mr. YATES, Ms. KAP-
TUR, Mr. KANJORSKI, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. POMEROY, Mr.
CONYERS, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. LEACH, Mr. PASTOR, Ms.
KILPATRICK, Ms. CARSON, Mr. ADAM SMITH of Washington, Mr. KEN-
NEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts, Mr. STARK, Mr.
MINGE, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. DIXON, Mr. TORRES, Ms. DELAURO, Mr.
JOHN, Ms. WATERS, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr. DAVIS of Illi-
nois, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. FRANK
of Massachusetts, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr. NADLER, Mr.
CUMMINGS, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mrs.
LOWEY, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. DAVIS of Virginia, Mrs. JOHN-
SON of Connecticut, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr.
CLEMENT, Mr. HAMILTON, Mr. SABO, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Ms.
NORTON, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. CAMP, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr.
SKAGGS, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. OBEY, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. FROST, Mrs.
MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. POSHARD, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. WYNN, Mr.
WALSH, 
Mr. 
DELLUMS, 
Mr. 
LIPINSKI, 
Ms. 
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Mr.
LATOURETTE, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. HORN, Mr. KIND, Mr. WEYGAND,
Mr. BALDACCI, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, and Mr. WOLF) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on National Security,
and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
A BILL
To restrict the use of funds for new deployments 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Landmine Elimination
Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On August 4, 1995, the Senate voted 67–
27 to impose a moratorium on United States use of
anti-personnel landmines beginning in February
1999.
(2) On April 3, 1996, 15 senior retired United
States military officers, including the former com-
manding officers of United States Armed Forces in
Korea, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO), Vietnam, and Desert Storm, urged the