[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2907 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2907

To require the destruction of the United States stockpile of landmines 
 other than self-destructive landmines and to prohibit the acquisition 
                    of such landmines in the future.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 1997

 Mr. Neumann introduced the following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the destruction of the United States stockpile of landmines 
 other than self-destructive landmines and to prohibit the acquisition 
                    of such landmines in the future.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nonself-Destructive Landmine 
Stockpile Elimination Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF UNITED STATES STOCKPILE OF NONSELF-DESTRUCTIVE 
              LANDMINES.

    (a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall demilitarize the 
United States stockpile of the landmines referred to in subsection (b). 
Such demilitarization shall be completed not later than December 31, 
1998.
    (b) Covered Landmines.--The stockpile demilitarization requirement 
under subsection (a) applies to the following landmines:
            (1) The M14 antipersonnel landmine.
            (2) The M16 antipersonnel landmine.
            (3) The M15 antitank landmine.
            (4) The M19 antitank landmine.
            (5) The M21 antitank landmine.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL NONSELF-DESTRUCTIVE 
              LANDMINES.

    No funds appropriated for the Department of Defense may be used for 
the acquisition of any landmine referred to in section 2(b) or for any 
other antipersonnel or antitank landmine that is not self-destructive.

SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY OF SECTIONS 2 AND 3 CONTINGENT UPON CERTIFICATION 
              BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.

    The Secretary of Defense shall certify to the Congress, not later 
than December 31, 1998, whether or not compliance with section 2 would 
adversely affect the national security interest of the United States. 
If the certification of the Secretary is that compliance with that 
section would adversely affect the national security interest of the 
United States, sections 2 and 3 shall cease to be in effect.

SEC. 5. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS CALLING ON OTHER NATIONS TO ELIMINATE 
              NONSELF-DESTRUCTIVE LANDMINES FROM THEIR MILITARY 
              INVENTORIES.

    It is the sense of the Congress that all other nations should take 
steps, consistent with their own national security interests, to 
eliminate nonself-destructive landmines from their military 
inventories.
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