[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2344 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2344

  To reiterate the authority of the United States Armed Forces to use 
riot control agents as a legitimate, legal, and non-lethal alternative 
  to the use of lethal force under the general rules of engagement in 
effect for contingency operations of the Armed Forces conducted outside 
                         of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2007

  Mr. Davis of Kentucky (for himself and Mr. Marshall) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reiterate the authority of the United States Armed Forces to use 
riot control agents as a legitimate, legal, and non-lethal alternative 
  to the use of lethal force under the general rules of engagement in 
effect for contingency operations of the Armed Forces conducted outside 
                         of the United States.

    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 ``Save the Lives of Americans in Close 
Combat Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZED USE OF RIOT CONTROL AGENTS IN UNITED STATES MILITARY 
              OPERATIONS.

    It is the policy of the United States that riot control agents are 
not chemical weapons, but rather are legitimate, legal, and non-lethal 
alternatives to the use of lethal force, and members of the United 
States Armed Forces may use riot control agents under the general rules 
of engagement in effect for a contingency operation of the Armed Forces 
conducted outside of the United States.
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