,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cahi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #a1  
#bjbc,ms4 ,baldwin 7for herself and ,mr4
 ,moran7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a  
,,bill  ,to authorize assistance to     
support activities relating to the      
clearance of landmines1 unexploded      
ordnance1 and other explosive remnants  
of war in ,cambodia1 ,laos1 and         
,vietnam1 to recognize the refugee and  
immigrant communities that supported and
 defended the ,united ,states ,armed    
,forces during the conflict in          
,southeast ,asia in the #aifjs and      
#aigjs1 including ,hmong1 ,cham1        
,cambodian1 ,iu ,mien1 ,khmu1 ,lao1     
,montagnard1 and ,vietnamese ,americans1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,legacies of ,war ,recognition and      
,unexploded ,ordnance ,removal ,act4    
#b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7    

,appropriate committees of ,congress    
,the term appropriate committees of     
,congress means-- 7,a7 the ,committee on
 ,foreign ,relations of the ,senate2    
7,b7 the ,committee on ,armed ,services 
of the ,senate2  7,c7 the ,committee on 
,appropriations of the ,senate2  7,d7   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of  
the ,house of ,representatives2  7,e7   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services of   
the ,house of ,representatives2 and     
7,f7 the ,committee on ,appropriations  
of the ,house of ,representatives4  7#b7
 ,armed forces ,the term ,armed ,forces 
means the ,united ,states ,armed        
,forces4  7#c7 ,unexploded ordnance2    
,,uxo ,the terms unexploded ordnance and
 ,,uxo have the meaning given the term  
unexploded ordnance in section #aja of  
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  #c4  
,recognition of the communities that    
supported and defended the ,united      
,states ,armed ,forces in ,southeast    
,asia  7a7 ,findings ,congress finds the
 following3 7#a7 ,during the conflict in

 ,southeast ,asia during the #aifjs and 
#aigjs1 many ,hmong1 ,cham1 ,cambodians1
 ,iu ,mien1 ,khmu1 ,lao1 ,montagnard1   
and ,vietnamese people-- 7,a7 supported 
the ,armed ,forces2  7,b7 rescued       
,united ,states pilots shot down in     
enemy-controlled territory and returned 
the pilots to safety2  7,c7 gathered and
 provided intelligence to the ,armed    
,forces about enemy troop positions1    
movement1 and strength2 and  7,d7       
provided food1 shelter1 and support to  
members of the ,armed ,forces4  7#b7    
,the national armed forces of ,cambodia 
facilitated the evacuation of the       
,united ,states ,embassy in ,phnom ,penh
 on ,april #ab1 #aige1 by fighting      
,khmer ,rouge forces that advanced upon 
the capital4  7#c7 ,a tragic legacy of  
this conflict in ,southeast ,asia is the
 lethal risk posed by landmines1        
unexploded ordnance1 and explosive      
remnants of war in ,vietnam1 ,laos1 and 
,cambodia that still litter forests1    
rice fields1 villages1 school grounds1  

roads1 and other populated areas1 which 
hinders development and efforts to      
reduce poverty4  7#d7 ,vietnam remains  
one of the world's most contaminated    
countries1 with an estimated #hjj1jjj   
tons of ,,uxo left over from the        
conflict in ,southeast ,asia that ended 
more than #dj years ago4 ,since #aige1  
,,uxo accidents have caused more than   
#aje1jjj casualties1 including more than
 #ch1jjj deaths of ,vietnamese          
civilians4  7#e7 ,in ,laos1 much of the 
country's land remains contaminated with
 tens of millions of small1 unexploded  
cluster munitions4 ,since #aifd1 ,,uxo  
and other explosive remnants of war have
 injured or killed more than #ej1jjj    
civilians in ,laos4  7#f7 ,cambodia has 
experienced one of the highest rates of 
landmine and ,,uxo casualties in the    
world4 ,since #aigi1 more than #fd1jjj  
,cambodians have been injured or killed 
by landmines1 ,,uxo1 or other explosive 
remnants of war4  7#g7 ,the ,united     
,states is the world's leading financial

 supporter of demining and programs to  
remove ,,uxo4 ,since #aiic1 the ,united 
,states has provided more than          
#d1bjj1jjj1jjj in assistance for        
locating and destroying ,,uxo and other 
explosive remnants of war and related   
programs in more than #ajj countries1   
including more than #ahe1jjj1jjj in     
,vietnam1 #caj1jjj1jjj in ,laos1 and    
#ahj1jjj1jjj in ,cambodia4  7b7 ,sense  
of ,congress ,it is the sense of        
,congress that-- 7#a7 the ,hmong1 ,cham1
 ,cambodian1 ,iu ,mien1 ,khmu1 ,lao1    
,montagnard1 and ,vietnamese people     
deserve recognition for their support   
and defense of the ,armed ,forces during
 the conflict in ,southeast ,asia2 and  
7#b7 the ,united ,states should continue
 to support activities to clear         
landmines1 ,,uxo1 and other explosive   
remnants of war and to provide related  
assistance in ,vietnam1 ,laos1 and      
,cambodia1 while strengthening          
people-to-people ties and reaffirming   
the long-standing commitment of the     

,united ,states to ,southeast ,asia4    
#d4 ,authorization of assistance for    
,vietnam1 ,laos1 and ,cambodia  7a7 ,in 
general ,the ,president may provide     
humanitarian assistance to ,vietnam1    
,laos1 and ,cambodia for programs to    
support-- 7#a7 the development or       
updating of national surveys of         
landmines1 ,,uxo1 and other explosive   
remnants of war2  7#b7 the clearance of 
such landmines1 ,,uxo1 and other        
explosive remnants of war2  7#c7        
stockpile management of small arms1     
light weapons1 and ammunition2  7#d7    
capacity building1 risk education1      
destruction1 and physical security      
related to landmines1 ,,uxo1 and other  
explosive remnants of war2 and  7#e7    
survivors of incidents involving        
landmines1 ,,uxo1 and other explosive   
remnants of war1 including by providing 
medical assistance and prosthetic       
devices related to landmines1 ,,uxo1 and
 other explosive remnants of war4  7b7  
,coordination ,in carrying out this     

section1 the ,president shall seek to   
consult1 partner1 and coordinate with   
international organizations1 civil      
societies1 donor governments1 and other 
stakeholders1 as the ,president         
determines appropriate1 to leverage the 
expertise1 financial support1 and       
resources of such entities to minimize  
duplication of efforts and maximize the 
efficient and effective provision of    
assistance from the ,united ,states4    
7c7 ,report and briefings  7#a7 ,report 
7,a7 ,in general ,not later than #ij    
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,president shall submit a    
report to the appropriate committees of 
,congress regarding-- 7i7 the activities
 undertaken pursuant to this section2   
and  7ii7 the amounts made available    
from the ,nonproliferation1             
,anti-terrorism1 ,demining1 and ,related
 ,programs account for demining and     
clearance of landmines1 ,,uxo1 and other
 explosive remnants of war in ,vietnam1 
,laos1 and ,cambodia4  7,b7 ,contents   

,the report required under subparagraph 
7,a7 shall include-- 7i7 the status of--
 7,i7 amounts made available from the   
,nonproliferation1 ,anti-terrorism1     
,demining1 and ,related ,programs       
account that are obligated pursuant to  
authorities provided by prior ,acts2 and
  7,,ii7 unallocated amounts made       
available to such account as of the date
 of the enactment of this ,act2  7ii7 a 
description of how funds from such      
account have contributed to landmine1   
,,uxo1 and other explosive remnants of  
war clearance efforts in ,vietnam1      
,laos1 and ,cambodia2  7iii7 estimates  
of how much-- 7,i7 contaminated land has
 been cleared2  7,,ii7 land that still  
contains landmines1 ,,uxo1 and other    
explosive remnants of war2 and  7,,iii7 
land that has not been assessed for     
contamination2  7iv7 data on the origin 
of any antipersonnel mines cleared1 to  
the extent possible2  7v7 a description 
of collaboration between the ,united    
,states and the governments of ,vietnam1

 ,laos1 and ,cambodia including past and
 current progress in establishing       
nationwide contamination databases in   
such countries to refine landmine1      
,,uxo1 and other explosive remnants of  
war locations and target clearance      
efforts2 and  7vi7 an assessment of the 
efforts of the ,department of ,state to 
work with the ,government of the ,lao   
,people's ,democratic ,republic         
regarding the repatriation of1 and the  
efforts to reintegrate into ,laotian    
society1 those of ,hmonh1 ,lao1 ,khmu1  
lu ,mien1 or ,yao descent who arrived in
 the ,united ,states as refugees1 but   
have since been removed from the ,united
 ,states4  7#b7 ,briefings ,the         
,president shall provide an annual      
briefing to the appropriate committees  
of ,congress regarding the activities   
undertaken pursuant to this section for 
each year for which amounts are         
authorized to be appropriated under     
subsection 7d74  7d7 ,authorization of  
appropriations ,there is authorized to  

be appropriated to the ,president       
#ajj1jjj1jjj for each of the fiscal     
years #bjbe through #bjbi to carry out  
this section4