The Global Demining Protection Act

This bill tells the State Department to quickly restart its work to make war-torn areas safer. It requires a waiver so the Department can resume programs that remove landmines, clear unexploded bombs, and destroy excess small arms that fuel violence. The goal is to reduce injuries and deaths and help families return to farms, schools, and daily life more safely, by getting these safety efforts back up and running right away .

Key points

• Who is affected: People living in or returning to former conflict zones overseas; U.S.-funded demining teams and partners who do this work on the ground.
• What changes: A required waiver allows immediate resumption of State Department programs for demining, clearing unexploded ordnance, and destroying small arms .
• When: As soon as possible after the law takes effect, the Department must issue the waiver and restart these activities.