HRES 98
102th Congress
House
International Affairs
Cost of war
Defense burdensharing
Environmental Protection
Government liability (International law)
Indemnity
International environmental law
International military forces
Iraq
Liability for oil pollution
Middle East
Oil pollution of the sea
Persian Gulf
Petrodollars
Reparations
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a portion of Iraq's oil wealth should be used to pay the costs of the allied military operations against Iraq, to indemnify noncombatant nations and individuals that suffered losses as a result of the conflict, and to pay the environmental clean-up costs associated with the conflict.
Introduced: February 28, 1991
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4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 11, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Mar 11, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Feb 28, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Feb 28, 1991
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Urges the President, in planning and negotiating Iraq's post-war settlements with the United States and its allies, to insist that an appropriate portion of Iraq's oil wealth be used to: (1) indemnify the United States and its allies for the costs of the military conflict; (2) indemnify noncombatant nations and individuals for losses suffered as a result of the acts of war committed by Iraq or as a result of necessary actions taken by allied forces in defeating Iraqi aggression; and (3) provide an ongoing fund to pay for the cleanup of environmental degradation in the Arabian Gulf caused by the conflict.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Cosponsors
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