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HR 2299 108th Congress House International Affairs Afghanistan Agricultural assistance Agriculture and Food Armed Forces and National Security Congress Congressional reporting requirements Developing countries Farm lands Land mines Minesweeping Nongovernmental organizations Ordnance South Asia

Roots of Peace Act of 2003

Introduced: June 2, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Jun 2, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Jun 2, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Roots of Peace Act of 2003 - Requires the Secretary of State to establish a program to provide grants to eligible nongovernmental organizations to remove and dispose of unexploded ordnance in agriculturally-valuable lands in developing countries. Earmarks funds to be made available to the Roots of Peace organization to carry out such activities in the Shomali Valley of Afghanistan.
What's happening now June 2, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 2, 2003
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 2, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2299: Roots of Peace Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2299/
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"H.R. 2299: Roots of Peace Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2299/.
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H.R. 2299, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2299/.
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