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HCONRES 256 102th Congress House International Affairs Africa Elephants Endangered animals Environmental Protection Foreign Trade and International Finance International environmental cooperation Ivory Treaties Wildlife conservation

To express the sense of the Congress with respect to the support of the United States for the protection of the African elephant.

Introduced: November 26, 1991 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Dec 11, 1991
Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, Interior, State, DOT.
Dec 11, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Nov 26, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Nov 26, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should continue to support the full protection of the African elephant through the unqualified listing of all populations of the African elephant on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna.

What's happening now December 11, 1991

Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, Interior, State, DOT.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Independent 1
D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 12, 1992
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 27, 1992
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Feb 24, 1992
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Feb 24, 1992
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 256: To express the sense of the Congress with respect to the support of the United States for the protection of the African elephant.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HCONRES-256/
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"H. Con. Res. 256: To express the sense of the Congress with respect to the support of the United States for the protection of the African elephant.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HCONRES-256/.
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H. Con. Res. 256, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HCONRES-256/.
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