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A bill to support proposals to implement the United States goal of eventually eliminating antipersonnel landmines…

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A bill to support proposals to implement the United States goal of eventually eliminating antipersonnel landmines; to impose a moratorium on use of antipersonnel landmines except in limited circumstances; to provide for sanctions against foreign governments that export antipersonnel landmines, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 16, 1995 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Jul 21, 1995
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10481-10484)
Jun 21, 1995
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8831)
Jun 16, 1995
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jun 16, 1995
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8558-8560)
Jun 16, 1995
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the President to support, at the 1995 United Nations review conference, proposals to modify Protocol II to the 1980 Conventional Weapons Convention to implement the U.S. goal of the elimination of antipersonnel landmines.

Declares a U.S. moratorium, for a one year period beginning three years after enactment of this Act, on the use of such landmines except along internationally recognized national borders within a perimeter marked area monitored by military personnel and protected by adequate means to ensure the exclusion of civilians. Urges the President to encourage other nations to join in such moratorium.

Prohibits the United States from selling, licensing for export, or transferring any defense article or service to a foreign country that sells, exports, or transfers antipersonnel landmines. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition, after notice to the Congress, if an emergency exists which makes such waiver vital to the interest of the United States.

What's happening now July 21, 1995

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10481-10484)

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Murray, Patty
Washington · Jun 16, 1995
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 940: A bill to support proposals to implement the United States goal of eventually eliminating antipersonnel landmines; to impose a moratorium on use of antipersonnel landmines except in limited circumstances; to provide for sanctions against foreign governments that export antipersonnel landmines, and for other purposes.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-S-940/
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"S. 940: A bill to support proposals to implement the United States goal of eventually eliminating antipersonnel landmines; to impose a moratorium on use of antipersonnel landmines except in limited circumstances; to provide for sanctions against foreign governments that export antipersonnel landmines, and for other purposes.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-S-940/.
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S. 940, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-S-940/.
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[S. 940: A bill to support proposals to implement the United States goal of eventually eliminating antipersonnel landmines; to impose a moratorium on use of antipersonnel landmines except in limited circumstances; to provide for sanctions against foreign governments that export antipersonnel landmines, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/104-S-940/)
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