Humanitarian Exports Leading to Peace Act of 2001
Latest action · Feb 27, 2001 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to exercise the authorities of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (as in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act) to carry out this Act; except that the Secretary may not require a license for the export of humanitarian assistance, but shall require persons to notify the Secretary when exporting such assistance.
Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to repeal a specified section prohibiting the export to Iraq of agricultural commodities (including the financing of their sale), medicine, or medical devices, and travel (effectively allowing the export of such commodities and travel to such country).
Expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. Government should take all necessary steps to end the suffering of innocent populations, primarily children and the elderly, by allowing the free flow of humanitarian aid to Iraq without threat of prosecution. Urges the U.S. Government to use its position as a permanent member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council to lift the economic sanctions on Iraq so as to allow such exports and travel there, and to recommend a ban on transfers of weapons to such country by countries that are members of the UN.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2001 to Dec 5, 2001, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Feb 27, 2001 |
| D-GA | Cynthia A. McKinney | Original | Feb 27, 2001 |
| D-MI | David E. Bonior | Original | Feb 27, 2001 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Feb 27, 2001 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Feb 27, 2001 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Feb 27, 2001 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Feb 27, 2001 |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Original | Feb 27, 2001 |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Original | Feb 27, 2001 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Mar 1, 2001 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Mar 1, 2001 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Mar 27, 2001 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Mar 28, 2001 | |
| D-MI | Lynn N. Rivers | Apr 4, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Apr 4, 2001 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2001Introduced in House
- Feb 27, 2001Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Agriculture and Food
- Agriculture in foreign trade
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arms control
- Arms sales
- Child health
- Child welfare
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Drugs
- Export controls
- Exports
- Families
- Fertilizers
- Food supply
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Health
- International Affairs
- International relief
- Iraq
- Medical supplies
- Middle East and North Africa
- President and foreign policy
- Right to travel
- Sanctions (International law)
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Technology transfer
- Transportation and Public Works
- United Nations
- Weapons of mass destruction
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