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A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the need to develop a zebra mussel research and control program through the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.

Introduced: July 23, 1990 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Agreed to (Senate)

Oct 4, 1990

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

Oct 4, 1990

Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.

Oct 4, 1990

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.

Sep 26, 1990

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 850.

Sep 26, 1990

Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported to Senate by Senator Burdick without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.

Sep 25, 1990

Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Jul 23, 1990

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Jul 23, 1990

Introduced in Senate

Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

Amendment	Sponsor	Purpose	Status	Latest action
SAMDT 2,929	—	Of a technical nature.	Agreed to	Oct 4, 1990

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that: (1) the unchecked zebra mussel may devastate Great Lakes fisheries; and (2) the President should direct the Secretary of State to negotiate with Canada to establish a program of zebra mussel research and control through the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, to be coordinated with other research and control in and outside the Great Lakes Basin.

What's happening now October 4, 1990

Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Environment and Public Works Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 1

Grassley, Chuck

Iowa · Jul 23, 1990

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 312: A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the need to develop a zebra mussel research and control program through the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-SRES-312/

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"S. Res. 312: A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the need to develop a zebra mussel research and control program through the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-SRES-312/.

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