[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2519 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2519

    To amend the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 to prohibit 
 peacekeeping operations assistance to countries that recruit and use 
                            child soldiers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 2011

 Mr. Fortenberry introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 to prohibit 
 peacekeeping operations assistance to countries that recruit and use 
                            child soldiers.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS ASSISTANCE TO 
              COUNTRIES THAT RECRUIT AND USE CHILD SOLDIERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 404(a) of the Child Soldiers Prevention 
Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c-1(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or 541'' and inserting ``, 541, or 551''; 
        and
            (2) by striking ``or 2347'' and inserting ``, 2347, or 
        2348''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect 
to amounts made available for assistance under section 551 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 that are unobligated or unexpended on or 
after such date.
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