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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as ''The American Horse Slaughter Prevention
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Horses have played a significant role in the history
and culture of the United States.
(2) Horses in the United States are not raised for food or
fiber.
(3) As a non-food and recreational animal, horses should be
protected from slaughter.
(4) The foreign-owned horse slaughter industry has
slaughtered and exported for human consumption over 3 million
American horses in the last 2 decades.
(5) Approximately 55,000 American horses are slaughtered
for human consumption annually in the United States by foreign-
owned slaughterhouses. Tens of thousands of live horses are
exported from the United States annually for slaughter.
(6) Horses slaughtered in these foreign-owned plants in the
United States have often been hauled several thousand miles
over several days, contrary to acceptable non-slaughter
standards for water, food, and rest.
(7) Many horses shipped to slaughter are young, healthy
animals. Others are old, sick, blind, crippled and in otherwise
poor condition and are unfit to withstand the rigors of long
travel. Horses sent to be slaughtered are often shipped on
crowded double deck trucks designed for shorter necked species
such as pigs, cattle and sheep, and are forced to travel in a
bent position which can result in suffering, injury and death.
(8) Killing of horses by foreign-owned slaughterhouses in
the United States contrasts with the preferable method of
killing by chemical euthanasia.
(9) Horses endure repeated blows to the head with stunning
equipment that often does not render the animals unconscious.
Some horses proceed still conscious through the remaining
stages of slaughter being bled out and dismembered.
(10) Because horses in America are not food animals,
veterinarians commonly prescribe and treat horses with potent
drugs that may reside in the horseflesh and be dangerous when
consumed by humans.
(11) Because of the lack of disclosure on the part of the
agents and dealers for the slaughter plants people's horses are
many times acquired and slaughtered through fraud and
misrepresentation. Slaughter also provides a quick and
evidence-free outlet for stolen horses.
(12) The imposition of a ban on the sale of horseflesh for
human consumption, regardless of its source, is consistent with
the international obligations of the United States because it
applies equally to domestic and foreign producers and avoids
any discrimination among foreign sources of competing products.
Such a ban is also consistent with provisions of international
agreements to which the United States is a party that expressly
allow for measures designed to protect the health and welfare
of animals and to enjoin the use of deceptive trade practices
in international or domestic commerce.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

The purpose of this Act is --
(1) to prohibit the slaughter of horses for human
consumption;
(2) to prohibit the sale, possession, and trade of
horseflesh for human consumption;
(3) to prohibit the sale, possession, and trade of live
horses for slaughter for human consumption.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1) Euthanasia.--The term ''euthanasia'' means to kill an
animal humanely by means that immediately renders the animal
unconscious, with this state remaining until the animal's swift
death.
(2) Export.--The term ''export'' means to take from any
place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to a
place not subject to such jurisdiction, whether or not the
taking constitutes an exportation within the meaning of the
customs laws of the United States.
(3) Horse.--The term ''horse'' means all members of the
equid family, including horses, ponies, donkeys, mules, asses,
and burros.
(4) Horseflesh.--The term ''horseflesh'' means the flesh of
a dead horse, including the animal's viscera, skin, hair, hide,
hooves, and bones.
(5) Human consumption.--The term ''human consumption''
means ingestion by people as a source of food.
(6) Import.--The term ''import'' means to bring into any
place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States from a
place not subject to such jurisdiction, whether or not the
bringing constitutes an importation within the meaning of the
customs laws of the United States.
(7) Person.--The term ''person'' means--
(A) an individual, corporation, partnership, trust,
association, or other private entity;
(B) an officer, employee, agent, department, or
instrumentality of--
(i) the Federal Government; or
(ii) any State, municipality, or political
subdivision of State; or
(C) any other entity subject to the jurisdiction of
the United States.
(8) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Agriculture.
(9) Slaughter.--The term ''slaughter'' means the commercial
slaughter of one or more horses with the intent to sell,
barter, or trade the flesh for human consumption.
(10) State.--The term ''State'' means the several States,
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, American Samoa, and any other territory, or possession
of the United States.
(11) Transport.--The term ''transport'' means to move by
any means, or to receive or load onto a vehicle for the purpose
of movement.
(12) United states.--The term ''United States'' means the
customs territory of the United States, as defined in general
note 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.

SEC. 5. PROHIBITED ACTS.

(a) In General.--A person shall not--
(1) slaughter a horse for human consumption;
(2) import into, or export from, the United States
horseflesh for human consumption or live horses intended for
slaughter for human consumption;
(3) sell or barter, offer to sell or barter, purchase,
possess, transport, deliver, or receive horseflesh for human
consumption or live horses intended for slaughter for human
consumption; or
(4) solicit, request, or otherwise knowingly cause any act
prohibited under paragraph (1), (2), or (3).

SEC. 6. PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT.

(a) Criminal Penalties.--A person who violates section 5 shall be
fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than
1 year, or both.
(b) Civil Penalties.--
(1) In general.--Any person who violates any provision of
section 5 shall, in addition to any other civil or criminal
penalty that may be imposed under title 18, United States Code,
or any other provision of law, be assessed, by the Secretary, a
civil penalty of not more than $5,000 but not less than $2,500,
and shall have confiscated all horses in that person's physical
or legal possession at the time of arrest, if said horses are
intended for slaughter.
(2) Debarment.--The Secretary shall prohibit a person from
importing, exporting, transporting, trading, or selling horses
in the United States, if the Secretary finds that the person
has engaged in a pattern or practice of actions that has
resulted in a final judicial or administrative determination
with respect to the assessment of criminal or civil penalties
for violations of any provision of this Act
(c) Notice; Hearing.--No monetary penalty may be assessed under
this subsection against a person unless the person is given notice and
opportunity for a hearing with respect to such violation in accordance
with section 554 of title 5, United States Code.
(d) Enforcement.--
(1) Use of personnel.--The Secretary shall enforce this
Act, and may use, by agreement, the personnel, services, and
facilities of any other Federal, State, or local agency for the
purposes of enforcing this Act. For good cause shown, the
Secretary may remit or mitigate any civil penalty.
(2) Execution of process; arrest; search; seizure.--Any
person authorized by the Secretary to enforce this Act may
execute any warrant or process issued by any officer or court
of competent jurisdiction to enforce this Act. Such a person so
authorized may, in addition to any other authority conferred by
law--
(A) with or without warrant or other process,
arrest any person committing in his presence or view a
violation of this Act or the regulations issued
thereunder;
(B) seize the cargo of any truck or other
conveyance used or employed to violate this Act or the
regulations issued hereunder or which reasonably
appears to have been so used or employed; and
(C) seize, whenever and wherever found, all horses
and horseflesh possessed in violation of this Act or
the regulations issued thereunder and dispose of them,
in accordance with this section and regulations
prescribed by the Secretary.
(3) Placement of confiscated horses.--
(A) Temporary placement.--After confiscation of a
live horse pursuant to this Act, the arresting
authorities shall work with animal welfare societies
and animal control departments to ensure the temporary
placement of the horse with an animal rescue facility
that is an organization described in section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from
taxation under section 501(a) of such Code, while the
person charged with violating this Act is prosecuted.
If placement at such a facility is not possible, the
arresting authorities shall work with animal welfare
societies and animal control departments to temporarily
place the horse with a facility that has as its primary
purpose the humane treatment of animals, or another
suitable location.
(B) Bonds.--
(i) Posting of bond.--The owner of a horse
confiscated pursuant to this Act may prevent
permanent placement of the horse by the
facility that has temporary custody of the
horse by posting a bond with the court in an
amount the court determines is sufficient to
provide for the necessary care and keeping of
the horse for at least 60 days, including the
day on which the horse was taken into custody.
Such bond shall be filed with the court within
10 days after the horse is confiscated. If a
bond is not so posted, the custodial facility
shall determine permanent placement of the
horse in accordance with reasonable practices
for the humane treatment of animals. If the
animal has not yet been returned to the owner
at the end of the time for which expenses are
covered by the bond, and if the owner desires
to prevent permanent placement of the animal by
the custodial facility, the owner shall post a
new bond with the court within ten days
following the prior bond's expiration. If a new
bond is not so posted, the custodial facility
shall determine permanent placement of the
horse in accordance with reasonable practices
for the humane treatment of animals.
(ii) Costs for providing care for horse
deducted from bond.--If a bond has been posted
in accordance with clause (i), the custodial
facility may draw from the bond the actual
reasonable costs incurred by the facility in
providing the necessary care and keeping of the
confiscated horse from the date of the initial
confiscation to the date of final disposition
of the horse in the criminal action charging a
violation of this Act.
(C) Permanent placement.--Any horse confiscated
pursuant to this Act and not returned to the owner
thereafter (except where otherwise provided in
paragraph (4)) shall be placed permanently with an
animal rescue facility or other suitable facility as
described in this section upon--
(i) the conviction of the horse's owner
pursuant to this Act;
(ii) the owner's surrender of the horse;
(iii) the failure of the horse's owner to
post a bond as required in accordance with
subparagraph (B); or
(iv) the Secretary's inability to identify
the owner.
(4) Euthanasia of horses.--
(A) Emergency circumstances.--The Secretary or any
law enforcement individual charged with enforcing this
Act may order or perform the immediate euthanasia of
any horse in the field when such horse is injured
beyond recovery and suffering irreversibly. Methods
used shall be in accordance with the most recent Report
of the American Veterinary Medical Association's Panel
on Euthanasia (2000) and State and local laws and may
include gunshot, but shall not include electrocution or
penetrating captive bolt.
(B) Horses beyond recovery and unplaceable.--The
Secretary or any individual charged with enforcing this
Act may order the euthanasia of any confiscated horse
when injured, disabled, or diseased beyond recovery or
when placement at an animal rescue facility or other
suitable facility, as described in this section, is not
possible within 90 days of any circumstance as
described in section 6(d)(3)(C). An equine or large-
animal veterinarian shall perform the euthanasia rated
''Acceptable'' for horses in the most recent Report of
the American Veterinary Medical Association's Panel on
Euthanasia (2000), but shall not include penetrating
captive bolt, electrocution, gunshot, or other non-
chemical means.
(e) Funding of Animal Rescue Facilities.--
(1) Grants.--To the extent that funds are made available
for this purpose by Acts of appropriation, the Secretary shall
make grants to animal rescue facilities described in this
section that have given adequate assurances to the Secretary
that they are willing to accept horses confiscated pursuant to
this Act.
(2) Penalties, fines, and forfeited property.--Amounts
received as penalties, fines, or forfeited property under this
Act shall be used for the care of any live horses seized from
violators of this Act and taken into the possession of the
United States or placed with an animal rescue facility as
described in this section.
(f) Calculation of Violations.--For purposes of this section, a
separate offense shall be calculated as follows:
(1) Each live horse transported, traded, slaughtered, or
possessed in violation of this Act shall constitute a separate
offense.
(2) Every four hundred pounds or less of confiscated
horseflesh shall constitute a separate offense.

SEC. 7. REPORT ON ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.

Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this
Act, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a
report to Congress on the efforts of the United States Government to
enforce the provisions of this Act and the adequacy of the resources to
do so.

SEC. 8. EXEMPTIONS.

(a) In General.--Except as provided in section 5, nothing in this
Act shall be construed to affect the regulation by any State of its
horse population.
(b) Exception for Designated Law Enforcement Official Purposes.--A
person described in section 4(7)(B) may engage in activities described
in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of section 5 solely for purposes of
enforcing this Act.

SEC. 9. DATE OF ENFORCEMENT.

This Act shall take effect one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act.

Output: The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act - Prohibits a person from: (1) slaughtering a horse for human consumption; (2) importing to, or exporting from, the United States horseflesh or horses for human consumption; (3) selling, bartering, transferring, receiving, or distributing horseflesh or horses for human consumption; or (4) soliciting or knowingly causing any such actions.Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) criminal and civil penalties; (2) enforcement authority of the Secretary of Agriculture; (3) placement of confiscated horses; (4) euthanasia of unplaceable or severely injured or diseased horses; (4) funding of animal rescue facilities; and (5) exemptions.

Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. EXTENDED PHASE-IN OF THE INPATIENT REHABILITATION FACILITY
CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA.

(a) In General.--Section 5005 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ''apply the applicable
percent specified in subsection (b)'' and inserting ''require a
compliance rate that is no greater than the 60 percent
compliance rate that became effective for cost reporting
periods beginning on or after July 1, 2006''; and
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
''(b) Continued Use of Comorbidities.--For cost reporting periods
beginning on or after July 1, 2008, the Secretary shall include
patients with comorbidities as described in section 412.23(b)(2)(i) of
title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect as of January 1,
2007), in the inpatient population that counts towards the percent
specified in subsection (a).''.
(b) Medical Necessity Criteria for Beneficiaries Served in
Rehabilitation Hospitals and Units.--The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services and Medicare fiscal intermediaries, Medicare
administrative contractors, recovery audit contractors, and other
government agents shall use and apply the criteria established in HCFA
Ruling 85-2, as issued on July 31, 1985 (50 Fed. Reg. 31040), as the
sole standard for determining the medical necessity of services
provided by inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and units to Medicare
beneficiaries under title XVIII of the Social Security Act.

SEC. 2. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CLASSIFYING INPATIENT REHABILITATION
HOSPITALS AND UNITS.

(a) Report to Congress.--Not later than 12 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
in consultation with physicians, administrators of inpatient
rehabilitation and acute care hospitals, Medicare beneficiaries, and
trade organizations representing inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and
units, shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report
that includes--
(1) an examination of the impact of the 75 percent rule on
the Medicare program and the specific impact of the rule on
Medicare beneficiaries; and
(2) alternatives to the 75 percent rule policy for
determining exclusion criteria for inpatient rehabilitation
hospital and unit designation under the Medicare program,
including determining clinical appropriateness of inpatient
rehabilitation hospital and unit admissions, and including
alternative criteria based solely on a measure of a patient's
functional status which is independent of diagnosis.
For the purposes of this section, the term ''75 percent rule'' means
the requirement of section 412.23(b)(2) of title 42, Code of Federal
Regulations, that 75 percent of the patients of a rehabilitation
hospital or converted rehabilitation unit are in 1 or more of 13 listed
treatment categories.
(b) Considerations.--In developing the report described in
subsection (a), the Secretary shall include the following:
(1) The effect of the 75 percent rule on access to
inpatient hospital rehabilitation care by Medicare
beneficiaries and the effectiveness of care available to such
beneficiaries in other health care settings.
(2) A comparative analysis of the overall Medicare system
costs, including Medicare expenditures to acute care hospitals,
home health agencies, skilled nursing facilities, and long-term
care hospitals, resulting from implementation of the 75 percent
rule.
(3) A analysis that compares the quality, cost, and patient
outcomes of inpatient rehabilitation services among different
post-acute care settings, including whether the Medicare
program and Medicare beneficiaries may incur higher costs of
care for the entire episode of illness because of factors such
as--
(A) readmissions to acute care hospitals that could
have been avoided absent the 75 percent rule; or
(B) extended lengths of stay in post-acute settings
other than a rehabilitation hospital or unit because
beneficiaries were denied access to care in such a
hospital or unit due to the 75 percent rule.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTION FOR INPATIENT REHABILITATION HOSPITALS AND
UNITS NOMENCLATURE.

(a) In General.--Section 1886(j) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395ww(j)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ''(in this subsection
referred to as a 'rehabilitation facility'), other than a
facility'' and inserting ''other than a hospital or unit'';
(2) by striking ''rehabilitation facility'' and
''facility'' and inserting ''inpatient rehabilitation hospital
or a rehabilitation unit'' and ''hospital or unit'',
respectively, each place it appears;
(3) by striking ''rehabilitation facilities'' and inserting
''inpatient rehabilitation hospitals or rehabilitation units''
each place it appears; and
(4) in paragraph (6), by striking ''rehabilitation
facilities' costs'' and inserting ''costs of inpatient
rehabilitation hospitals or rehabilitation units''.
(b) Use of the Term ''IRH/U''.--The Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall, under regulation and Medicare program guidance, use the
term ''inpatient rehabilitation hospital/unit'' or ''IRH/U'' to refer
to entities receiving payment for inpatient rehabilitation services
under section 1886(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(j)).

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

Sections 1 and 3 of this Act shall take effect on July 1, 2007, and
section 2 shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

Output: Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to revise the classification criterion used to determine whether a hospital or hospital unit is an inpatient rehabilitation facility under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Eliminates the current schedule of applicable percentages. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, instead, to require in the classification criterion a compliance rate no greater than the 60% compliance rate that became effective for cost reporting periods beginning on or after July 1, 2006.

Requires the Secretary, for cost reporting periods beginning on or after July 1, 2008, to include patients with comorbidity in the inpatient population that counts towards such 60% compliance rate.

Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Medicare fiscal intermediaries, Medicare administrative contractors, recovery audit contractors, and other government agents to use and apply the criteria established in HCFA Ruling 85-2, as issued on July 31, 1985, as the sole standard for determining the medical necessity of servivces provided by inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and units to Medicare beneficiaries.

Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees: (1) an examination of the impact of the 75% rule on the Medicare program, and specifically on Medicare beneficiaries; and (2) alternatives to the 75% rule policy for determining exclusion criteria for inpatient rehabilitation hospital and unit designation under the Medicare program.

Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Humanitarian Exports Leading to
Peace Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Iraqi people suffered under a decade of war and
continue to suffer under a repressive regime and the most
comprehensive economic sanctions ever imposed on any country.
(2) The economic sanctions have caused extraordinary
hardship on the people of Iraq and failed to weaken the
leadership of Iraq, and have undermined the institutions of
civil society which are necessary for democratic political
life.
(3) The investigative panel established by the United
Nations Security Council and other independent bodies have
confirmed that the United Nations Oil-for-Food program has
failed to adequately meet the needs of the Iraqi people.
(4) According to the United States Department of
Agriculture, Iraq represents a potential market for nearly
$1,000,000,000 in agricultural products from the United States.
(5) The sanctions regime continues to harm the Iraqi
population for the crimes of its leaders and has not served
either the goal of the United States of punishing Iraq's
leaders or disarming weapons of mass destruction.
(6) Rigorous weapons inspections and adequate provision for
civilian needs in Iraq are not mutually exclusive.
(7) The devastating effect of the economic sanctions on
Iraq has been reported by numerous international and
independent bodies, including the following:
(A) The Center for Economic and Social Rights of
the United Nations documented dramatic increases in
malnutrition and disease, leading to the deaths of
hundreds of thousands of children under the age of 5
since 1991.
(B) UNICEF reported in 1995 that ''no significant
movement towards food security can be achieved so long
as the embargo remains in place''. Further, despite the
Oil-for-Food Program, UNICEF reported in July 1999
survey findings that ''Both the infant mortality rate
and the under-five mortality rate consistently show a
major increase in mortality over the 10 years preceding
the survey. More specifically, the results show that
the infant mortality rate has increased from 47 deaths
per 1,000 live births for the period 1984-89, to 108
deaths per 1,000 live births for the period 1994-99.''.
(C) A report authorized by the United National
Security Council on March 30, 1999, found that ''the
gravity of the humanitarian situation of the Iraqi
people is indisputable and cannot be overstated.''.
Further, it emphasized that ''Even if not all suffering
in Iraq can be imputed to external factors, especially
sanctions, the Iraqi people would not be undergoing
such deprivations in the absence of the prolonged
measures imposed by the Security Council and the
effects of the war''.
(D) UNICEF and the World Food Program found in 1997
that ''One out of every 4 young Iraqi children is
malnourished. More than 750,000 children are suffering
from malnutrition''.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON TRADE WITH IRAQ
TO ALLOW FOR THE EXPORT OF FOOD, MEDICINES, AND CERTAIN
OTHER PRODUCTS.

The sanctions applied with respect to Iraq under the Iraq Sanctions
Act of 1990 (sections 586-586J of the Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public Law
101-513)) or any other provision of law shall not apply with respect to
the export to Iraq of any food or other agricultural products
(including fertilizer), medicines, medical supplies, medical
instruments, or medical equipment, or with respect to travel incident
to the sale or delivery to Iraq of food or other agricultural products
(including fertilizer), medicines, medical supplies, medical
instruments, or medical equipment.

SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION BY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.

(a) Administration by Secretary of Commerce.--The Secretary of
Commerce shall exercise the authorities of the Export Administration
Act of 1979, as in effect pursuant to the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act, to carry out section 3, except that--
(1) the Secretary may not require a license for the export
of any of the items to which section 3 applies; but
(2) the Secretary shall require persons exporting such
items to notify the Secretary of such exports.
(b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Commerce shall issue such
regulations as are necessary to carry out section 3.

SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

Section 906(a)(1) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export
Enhancement Act of 2000 (title IX of H.R. 5426 of the 106th Congress,
as enacted into law by section 1(a) of Public Law 106-387) is amended
by inserting ''(other than Iraq)'' after ''government of a country''.

SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of the Congress that the United States Government
should take all necessary steps to end the suffering of innocent
populations, primarily children and the elderly, by allowing the free
flow of humanitarian aid to Iraq without threat of prosecution. Such
steps should include, but not be limited to, using its position as a
permanent member of the United Nations Security Council--
(1) to lift the economic sanctions on Iraq so as to allow
exports and travel referred to in section 3; and
(2) to recommend a ban on transfers of weapons to Iraq by
countries that are members of the United Nations.

SEC. 7. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the President shall transmit to the Congress a report that sets
forth--
(1) the extent (expressed in volume and dollar amounts) of
sales to Iraq of food and other agricultural products
(including fertilizer), medicines, medical supplies, medical
instruments, and medical equipment, since the enactment of this
Act;
(2) the impact the exports have had on food security in
Iraq;
(3) a description of the types and end users of the goods
so exported;
(4) whether there has been any indication that any
medicines, medical supplies, medical instruments, or medical
equipment exported to Iraq since the enactment of this Act--
(A) have been diverted by the Government of Iraq or
any other third party from the intended recipients; or
(B) have been used for any unintended
nonhumanitarian or dual-use purposes; and
(5) what steps the United States has taken through the
United Nations, with the cooperation of Security Council
members, to--
(A) lift nonmilitary sanctions on Iraq, including
actions described in section 6; or
(B) impose a strict regional arms control regime
pursuant to Article 14 of Security Council Resolution
687.
Output: Humanitarian Exports Leading to Peace Act of 2001 - Declares that certain sanctions prohibiting trade with Iraq under the Iraq Sanctions Act of 1990 or any other provision of law shall not apply with respect to the export of any food or other agricultural products (including fertilizer), medicines, medical supplies, medical instruments, or medical equipment, or with respect to travel incident to the sale or delivery of such items.Directs the Secretary of Commerce to exercise the authorities of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (as in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act) to carry out this Act; except that the Secretary may not require a license for the export of humanitarian assistance, but shall require persons to notify the Secretary when exporting such assistance.Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to repeal a specified section prohibiting the export to Iraq of agricultural commodities (including the financing of their sale), medicine, or medical devices, and travel (effectively allowing the export of such commodities and travel to such country).Expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. Government should take all necessary steps to end the suffering of innocent populations, primarily children and the elderly, by allowing the free flow of humanitarian aid to Iraq without threat of prosecution. Urges the U.S. Government to use its position as a permanent member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council to lift the economic sanctions on Iraq so as to allow such exports and travel there, and to recommend a ban on transfers of weapons to such country by countries that are members of the UN.