HR 2459
105th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Appropriations
Arms control
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Defense budgets
East Asia
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Land mines
President and foreign policy
South Korea
War
Landmine Elimination Act of 1997
Introduced: September 11, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 3, 1997
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Sep 11, 1997
Referred to House International Relations
Sep 11, 1997
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 consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 11, 1997
Referred to House National Security
Sep 11, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Landmine Elimination Act of 1997 - Prohibits Federal agencies from funding any new deployments of anti-personnel landmines as of January 1, 2000.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the Congress on actions and proposals to substitute for new deployments of such landmines on the Korean Peninsula.
Authorizes the President to delay implementation of the funding proscription with respect to the Korean Peninsula if he certifies annually to the Congress that new deployments of anti-personnel landmines on such Peninsula would be indispensable to the defense of the Republic of Korea.
What's happening now
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Committees of jurisdiction
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