I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1755 
To limit the use, sale, and transfer of cluster munitions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2007 
Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, and Mr. ISSA) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To limit the use, sale, and transfer of cluster munitions. 
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 ‘‘Cluster Munitions Ci-
vilian Protection Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Cluster munitions pose grave dangers to ci-
vilian populations because of their wide area effects 
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and the large number of active duds which are trig-
gered indiscriminately like landmines. 
(2) Tens of thousands of civilians have been 
killed and injured by cluster munitions in more than 
20 countries. 
(3) At least 34 countries have produced cluster 
munitions and at least 75 countries stockpile cluster 
munitions containing billions of submunitions. 
(4) On February 23, 2007, 47 countries com-
mitted to conclude by 2008 a new legally binding in-
strument that will prohibit the use, production, 
transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions that 
cause unacceptable harm to civilians. 
(5) In January 2001, the Department of De-
fense stated that in the future it would purchase 
only cluster munitions with a 99 percent or higher 
functioning rate. 
(6) In view of the growing problems caused by 
cluster munitions for civilian populations during and 
after conflicts, as well as the proliferation of these 
indiscriminate weapons, the United States should 
play a leadership role in addressing this problem by 
ensuring that cluster munitions used, sold, or trans-
ferred by the United States have a 99 percent or 
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higher functioning rate and are subject to strict con-
trols to prevent unacceptable harm to civilians. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON THE USE, SALE, OR TRANSFER OF 
CLUSTER MUNITIONS. 
No funds appropriated or otherwise available to any 
Federal department or agency may be obligated or ex-
pended to use, sell, or transfer any cluster munitions un-
less— 
(1) the submunitions of the cluster munitions 
have a 99 percent or higher functioning rate; 
(2) the policy applicable to the use, or the 
agreement applicable to the sale or transfer, of such 
cluster munitions specifies that the cluster munitions 
will only be used against clearly defined military tar-
gets and will not be used where civilians are known 
to be present or in areas normally inhabited by civil-
ians; and 
(3) not later than 30 days after such cluster 
munitions are used, the President submits to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a plan, including 
estimated costs, for cleaning up any such cluster 
munitions and submunitions which fail to explode 
and continue to pose a hazard to civilians that is 
prepared, as applicable— 
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