HCONRES 177
103th Congress
House
International Affairs
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
International environmental cooperation
Radioactive waste disposal in the ocean
Treaties
Calling for the United States to amend the London Convention to ban the ocean dumping of low-level radioactive waste, and for other purposes.
Introduced: November 8, 1993
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Became law
Nov 8, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Nov 8, 1993
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2793)
Nov 8, 1993
Introduced in House
Nov 2, 1993
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2744)
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should: (1) seek an international agreement to ban the deliberate ocean dumping of low-level radioactive waste and encourage a periodic international scientific review of the environmental impacts of such dumping; and (2) urge all nations to comply with existing and future international agreements prohibiting the deliberate ocean dumping of low- and high-level radioactive waste.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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