H.R. 4190

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4190 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4190

To amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the definitions 
relating to humanitarian demining assistance and stockpiled 
conventional munitions assistance.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 26, 2025

Mr. Mast (for himself and Mr. LaLota) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 
to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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A BILL

To amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the definitions 
relating to humanitarian demining assistance and stockpiled 
conventional munitions assistance.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as ``the Defining Humanitarian Demining 
Assistance Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS RELATING TO HUMANITARIAN DEMINING ASSISTANCE AND 
STOCKPILED CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS ASSISTANCE.

Subsection (e) of section 407 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
``(e) In this section:
``(1) The term `humanitarian demining assistance', as it 
relates to training and support--
``(A) means detection and clearance of landmines, 
unexploded explosive ordnance, and other explosive 
remnants of war; and
``(B) includes activities related to the use of 
competencies prescribed by the International Mine 
Action Standards to furnish education, training, 
technical assistance, and infrastructure development 
with respect to, and equipment for--
``(i) the detection and clearance of 
landmines, unexploded explosive ordnance, and 
other explosive remnants of war.
``(ii) the development of national 
standards and standard operating procedures for 
such detection and clearance; and
``(iii) explosive safety.
``(2) The term `stockpiled conventional munitions 
assistance', as it relates to the support of humanitarian 
assistance efforts--
``(A) means training and support in the disposal, 
demilitarization, physical security of stockpiles, and 
lifecycle stockpile management of potentially dangerous 
stockpiles of explosive ordnance, small arms, and light 
weapons, including man-portable air-defense systems; 
and
``(B) includes activities related to the use of 
International Ammunition Technical Guidelines to 
support the capacity building of a foreign security 
institution by furnishing education, training, 
technical assistance, and infrastructure development 
with respect to, and equipment for--
``(i) explosive safety, and
``(ii) the disposal, demilitarization, 
physical security of stockpiles, stockpile 
management, national standards and standard 
operating procedure development of potentially 
dangerous stockpiles of explosive ordnance, 
small arms, and light weapons, including man-
portable air-defense systems.''.
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