United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 981 (111th)
Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act of 2009
Introduced
11 February 2009
Last action
11 February 2009 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Sponsors
James McGovern, Darrell Issa, Betty McCollum, Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3], Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8], Keith Ellison, Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-4], Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Henry Johnson, Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], PETER DEFAZIO, Raúl Grijalva, Barbara Lee, Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Tammy Baldwin, Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Janice Schakowsky, Lloyd Doggett, JOHN LEWIS, Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Zoe Lofgren, Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9], DAVID PRICE, Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Earl Blumenauer, Gerald Connolly, Steve Cohen
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act of 2009 - 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.
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Timeline
11 February 2009
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Source: IntroReferral
11 February 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
11 February 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 11 February 2009 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 11 February 2009
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 11 February 2009
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 11 February 2009
Sponsors
- James McGovern · D · Sponsor
- Darrell Issa · R · Sponsor
- Betty McCollum · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] · D · Sponsor
- Keith Ellison · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Henry Johnson · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · D · Cosponsor
- PETER DEFAZIO · D · Cosponsor
- Raúl Grijalva · D · Cosponsor
- Barbara Lee · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] · D · Cosponsor
- Tammy Baldwin · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Janice Schakowsky · D · Cosponsor
- Lloyd Doggett · D · Cosponsor
- JOHN LEWIS · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] · D · Cosponsor
- Zoe Lofgren · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] · D · Cosponsor
- DAVID PRICE · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Earl Blumenauer · D · Cosponsor
- Gerald Connolly · D · Cosponsor
- Steve Cohen · D · Cosponsor
- · hsas00 · Standing
Related records
- related to ← Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act of 2009
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/981
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/981
- us · 111-hr-981 · source updated 5 December 2025