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PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 489 (3) by inserting "(1)" before "For purposes of; and (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(2) The term does not include command detonated antipersonnel land mines (such as the M18A1 'Claymore' mine).". SEC. 1402. REPORTS ON MORATORIUM ON USE BY ARMED FORCES OF ANTIPERSONNEL LANDMINES. Not later than April 30 of each of 1996, 1997, and 1998, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the projected effects of a moratorium on the defensive use of antipersonnel mines and antitank mines by the.Airmed Forces. The report shall include a discussion of the following matters: (1) The extent to which current doctrine and practices of the Armed Forces on the defensive use of antipersonnel mines and antitank mines adhere to applicable international law. (2) The effects that a moratorium would have on the defensive use of the current United States inventory of remotely delivered, self-destructing antitank systems, antipersonnel mines, and antitank mines. (3) The reliability of the self-destructing antipersonnel mines and self-destructing antitank mines of the United States. (4) The cost of clearing the antipersonnel minefields currently protecting Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and other United States installations. (5) The cost of replacing antipersonnel mines in such minefields with substitute systems such as the Claymore mine, and the level of protection that would be afforded by use of such a substitute. (6) The extent to which the defensive use of antipersonnel mines and antitank mines by the Armed Forces is a source of civilian casualties around the world, and the extent to which the United States, and the Department of Defense particularly, contributes to alleviating the illegal and indiscriminate use of such munitions. (7) The extent to which the threat to the security of United States forces during operations other than war and combat operations would increase as a result of such a moratorium. SEC. 1403. EXTENSION AND AMENDMENT OF COUNTER-PROLIFERA- TION AUTHORITIES. (a) ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.— Section 1505 of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Control Act of 1992 (title XV of Public Law 102-484; 22 U.S.C. 5859a) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking out "during fiscal years 1994 and 1995"; (2) in subsection (e)(1), by striking out "fiscal years 1994 and 1995" and inserting in lieu thereof "a fiscal year during which the authority of the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance under this section is in effect"; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(f) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.— The authority of the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance under this section terminates at the close of fiscal year 1996.". (b) PROGRAM AUTHORITIES.— (1) Subsections (b)(2) and (d)(3) of such section are amended by striking out "the On-Site Inspection Agency" and inserting in lieu thereof "the Department of Defense". 29-194O-96 -17:QL3Part1