S 558 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act of 2011

Introduced Mar 10, 2011 Originated Senate Sponsor Dianne Feinstein D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 10, 2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1561)

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 10, 2011
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act of 2011 - Places specified restrictions on the use of cluster munitions.

Directs the President, within 90 days after the use of such munitions, to submit to the congressional defense, appropriations, and foreign relations committees a plan for cleaning up any such munitions or submunitions which fail to explode and continue to pose a hazard to civilians.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 10, 2011 to Aug 1, 2012; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalMar 10, 2011
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-NMJeff BingamanOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-WVJohn D. Rockefeller IVOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalMar 10, 2011
D-ORRon WydenOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-SDTim JohnsonOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-IATom HarkinOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-NMTom UdallOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-HIDaniel K. AkakaAug 1, 2012

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateForeign Relations Committee
Referred Mar 10, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 10, 2011Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 10, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1559-1560)
  3. Mar 10, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1561)

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S1595Patrick J. Leahy D-VTMar 14, 2011
SenateDebate and remarks S1559Text printed S1561Dianne Feinstein D-CA (text)Mar 10, 2011

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 996Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act of 2011Identical billMar 10, 2011

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to limit the use of cluster munitions.
Short Titles as Introduced
Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act of 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 10, 2011Introduced in Senate

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