22 U.S.C. § 2370c — Definitions

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These sections define the congressional committees and “child soldier.” The definition covers specified under-18 and under-15 recruits and child participants in any role, including support roles.

For §§ 2370c–2370c–2: (1) “Appropriate congressional committees” means the Senate Foreign Relations and Appropriations Committees and the House Foreign Affairs and Appropriations Committees. (2) Consistent with the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, “child soldier” means: (A)(i) a person under 18 who directly takes part in hostilities as a government-force, police, or security-force member; (ii) a person under 18 compulsorily recruited into those forces; (iii) a person under 15 voluntarily recruited into those forces; or (iv) a person under 18 recruited or used in hostilities by forces separate from a state’s forces; and (B) anyone in (ii), (iii), or (iv) serving in any capacity, including as a cook, porter, messenger, medic, guard, or sex slave.

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In sections 2370c to 2370c–2 of this title:

(1) Appropriate congressional committees

The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—

(A)

the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;

(B)

the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;

(C)

the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and

(D)

the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

(2) Child soldier

Consistent with the provisions of the Optional Protocol to the Convention of the Rights of the Child, the term “child soldier”—

(A)

means—

(i)

any person under 18 years of age who takes a direct part in hostilities as a member of governmental armed forces, police, or other security forces;

(ii)

any person under 18 years of age who has been compulsorily recruited into governmental armed forces, police, or other security forces;

(iii)

any person under 15 years of age who has been voluntarily recruited into governmental armed forces, police, or other security forces; or

(iv)

any person under 18 years of age who has been recruited or used in hostilities by armed forces distinct from the armed forces of a state; and

(B)

includes any person described in clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of subparagraph (A) who is serving in any capacity, including in a support role such as a cook, porter, messenger, medic, guard, or sex slave.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 110–457, title IV, § 402, Dec. 23, 2008, 122 Stat. 5088; Pub. L. 115–425, title II, § 212(a), Jan. 8, 2019, 132 Stat. 5485.)

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2008Enacted · Pub. L. 110-457 · 122 Stat. 5088
2019Amended · Pub. L. 115-425 · 132 Stat. 5485

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 110-457 on 2008-12-23.

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