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HR 948 107th Congress House

Landmine Elimination and Victim Assistance Act of 2001

Official title: To express the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should field currently available weapons and other technologies, and use tactics and operationa… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To express the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should field currently available weapons and other technologies, and use tactics and operational concepts, that provide suitable alternatives to anti-personnel mines and mixed anti-tank mine systems and that the United States should end its use of such mines and join the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines as soon as possible, to expand support for mine action programs including mine victim assistance, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 24, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Mar 14, 2001
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Mar 8, 2001
Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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 committee concerned.
Mar 8, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E323-324)
Mar 8, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 14, 2001

Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Landmine Elimination and Victim Assistance Act of 2001 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Department of Defense should field currently available weapons and other technologies, and use tactics and operational concepts, that provide suitable alternatives to anti-personnel mines and mixed anti-tank mine systems; and (2) the United States should end its use of such mines and join the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction.

Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to make permanent (currently terminates on October 23, 2003) the prohibition on the transfer of anti-personnel landmines.

Directs the President to establish an interagency working group to develop a comprehensive plan for expanded mine action programs, including victim rehabilitation, social support, and economic reintegration.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 12 Republican 2 Independent 1
R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 9, 2002
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Feb 5, 2002
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Aug 2, 2001
LUCAS, KEN
· Aug 2, 2001
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Aug 2, 2001
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Jun 20, 2001
KLECZKA, GERALD
· May 8, 2001
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 8, 2001
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Apr 24, 2001
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 20, 2001
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 8, 2001
HOEFFEL, JOSEPH
· Mar 8, 2001
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 8, 2001
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 8, 2001
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 8, 2001
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 8, 2001
QUINN, JACK
· Mar 8, 2001
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 8, 2001
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 8, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 948: Landmine Elimination and Victim Assistance Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-948/
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"H.R. 948: Landmine Elimination and Victim Assistance Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-948/.
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