SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 3

Sponsored By:

Senators Hoffman, Kelley, Lawlah, Frosh, Green, Pinsky, Trotter, Hollinger, Blount, Derr, Sfikas, Ruben, Teitelbaum, McFadden, Dyson, Conway, Miller, and Middleton

Entitled:

International Ban on Antipersonnel Land Mines

Synopsis:

Urging the President and Congress of the United States to actively participate in the Ottawa Process and to take action to negotiate an international ban on the manufacture, stockpiling, transfer, and use of antipersonnel land mines; urging the President and Congress to resist efforts to cancel or weaken the current moratorium on the United States' use of antipersonnel land mines and to take steps necessary to end the United States' use of all antipersonnel land mines by the year 2006; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action

1/22

First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

1/28

Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.

2/2

Hearing cancelled

2/4

Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.

2/23

Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs

2/24

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/2

Third Reading Passed (36-9)

House Action

3/3

First Reading Commerce and Government Matters

3/18

Hearing 4/2 at 1:15 p.m.

4/3

Unfavorable Report by Commerce and Government Matters

Sponsored by:

Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42

Senator Clarence W. Blount, District 41

Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43

Senator John W. Derr, District 3

Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29

Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16

Senator Leo E. Green, District 23

Senator Paula Colodny Hollinger, District 11

Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10

Senator Gloria Gary Lawlah, District 26

Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45

Senator Thomas McLain Middleton, District 28

Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., District 27

Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22

Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20

Senator Perry Sfikas, District 46

Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19

Senator Decatur W. Trotter, District 24

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

CONGRESS, U. S

EXPLOSIVES -see also- FIREWORKS

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS -see also- FOREIGN TRADE

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

Senate

Number: 234614/1 (PDF)     Offered on: February 24, 1998   at: 10:28 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):

Senate

March 2, 1998: Third Reading Passed (36-9)