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Landmine Elimination and Victim Assistance Act of 2001
Introduced: March 8, 2001
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Mar 8, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2081)
Mar 8, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2080-2081)
Mar 8, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Landmine Elimination and Victim Assistance Act of 2001 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Department of Defense should field currently available weapons, other technologies, 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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2081)
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