To require the Secretary of Defense, in concurrence with the Secretary of State, to develop and implement a strategy for removing unexploded ordnance in Syria and Iraq, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-5883| House
| Updated: 5/18/2018
William R. Keating
Democratic Representative
Massachusetts
Cosponsors (1)
Foreign Affairs Committee, Armed Services Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Unexploded Ordnance Removal Act This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop a strategy for removing unexploded ordnance in Syria and Iraq that includes an assessment of areas of ordnance concentration, proximate schools, hospitals, or civil-service buildings and a time line for the strategy's implementation. DOD may coordinate with foreign countries and multilateral institutions in developing and implementing the strategy.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
International Affairs
Conflicts and warsCongressional oversightEducational facilities and institutionsFirearms and explosivesForeign aid and international reliefHealth facilities and institutionsInternational organizations and cooperationIraqMiddle EastMilitary assistance, sales, and agreementsMilitary operations and strategySyria
To require the Secretary of Defense, in concurrence with the Secretary of State, to develop and implement a strategy for removing unexploded ordnance in Syria and Iraq, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-5883| House
| Updated: 5/18/2018
Unexploded Ordnance Removal Act This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop a strategy for removing unexploded ordnance in Syria and Iraq that includes an assessment of areas of ordnance concentration, proximate schools, hospitals, or civil-service buildings and a time line for the strategy's implementation. DOD may coordinate with foreign countries and multilateral institutions in developing and implementing the strategy.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
William R. Keating
Democratic Representative
Massachusetts
Cosponsors (1)
Foreign Affairs Committee, Armed Services Committee
International Affairs
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Conflicts and warsCongressional oversightEducational facilities and institutionsFirearms and explosivesForeign aid and international reliefHealth facilities and institutionsInternational organizations and cooperationIraqMiddle EastMilitary assistance, sales, and agreementsMilitary operations and strategySyria