[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4190 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4190

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the definitions 
      relating to humanitarian demining assistance and stockpiled 
                   conventional munitions assistance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2025

 Mr. Mast (for himself and Mr. LaLota) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 
  to the Committee on Armed Services, 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 amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the definitions 
      relating to humanitarian demining assistance and stockpiled 
                   conventional munitions assistance.

    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 Defining Humanitarian Demining 
Assistance Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS RELATING TO HUMANITARIAN DEMINING ASSISTANCE AND 
              STOCKPILED CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS ASSISTANCE.

    Subsection (e) of section 407 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(e) In this section:
            ``(1) The term `humanitarian demining assistance', as it 
        relates to training and support--
                    ``(A) means detection and clearance of landmines, 
                unexploded explosive ordnance, and other explosive 
                remnants of war; and
                    ``(B) includes activities related to the use of 
                competencies prescribed by the International Mine 
                Action Standards to furnish education, training, 
                technical assistance, and infrastructure development 
                with respect to, and equipment for--
                            ``(i) the detection and clearance of 
                        landmines, unexploded explosive ordnance, and 
                        other explosive remnants of war.
                            ``(ii) the development of national 
                        standards and standard operating procedures for 
                        such detection and clearance; and
                            ``(iii) explosive safety.
            ``(2) The term `stockpiled conventional munitions 
        assistance', as it relates to the support of humanitarian 
        assistance efforts--
                    ``(A) means training and support in the disposal, 
                demilitarization, physical security of stockpiles, and 
                lifecycle stockpile management of potentially dangerous 
                stockpiles of explosive ordnance, small arms, and light 
                weapons, including man-portable air-defense systems; 
                and
                    ``(B) includes activities related to the use of 
                International Ammunition Technical Guidelines to 
                support the capacity building of a foreign security 
                institution by furnishing education, training, 
                technical assistance, and infrastructure development 
                with respect to, and equipment for--
                            ``(i) explosive safety, and
                            ``(ii) the disposal, demilitarization, 
                        physical security of stockpiles, stockpile 
                        management, national standards and standard 
                        operating procedure development of potentially 
                        dangerous stockpiles of explosive ordnance, 
                        small arms, and light weapons, including man-
                        portable air-defense systems.''.
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