United States · Bill · S
S. 416 (111th)
Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act of 2009
Introduced
11 February 2009
Last action
11 February 2009 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2154)
Sponsors
Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3], Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA], Richard Durbin, Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Jeff Merkley, Bernie Sanders, Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sheldon Whitehouse, Maria Cantwell, Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2], Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large], Susan Collins, Patty Murray, Ron Wyden, Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV], Rep. Harkin, Tom [D-IA-5], Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV], Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN], Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2154)
Source: IntroReferral
11 February 2009
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2153-2154)
Source: IntroReferral
11 February 2009
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 11 February 2009 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 11 February 2009
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 11 February 2009
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 11 February 2009
Sponsors
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D · Sponsor
- Richard Durbin · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Jeff Merkley · D · Sponsor
- Bernie Sanders · I · Sponsor
- Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
- Sheldon Whitehouse · D · Sponsor
- Maria Cantwell · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
- Susan Collins · R · Cosponsor
- Patty Murray · D · Cosponsor
- Ron Wyden · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Harkin, Tom [D-IA-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Amy Klobuchar · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssfr00 · 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/senate-bill/416
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/416
- us · 111-s-416 · source updated 5 December 2025