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HCONRES 177 103th Congress House

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: March 3, 1994 See on congress.gov
International Affairs Environmental ProtectionEnvironmental assessmentInternational environmental cooperationRadioactive waste disposal in the oceanTreaties
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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)
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 Latest action November 8, 1993

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 11, 1994
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 3, 1994
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 177: Calling for the United States to amend the London Convention to ban the ocean dumping of low-level radioactive waste, and for other purposes.. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HCONRES-177/
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"H. Con. Res. 177: Calling for the United States to amend the London Convention to ban the ocean dumping of low-level radioactive waste, and for other purposes.." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HCONRES-177/.
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H. Con. Res. 177, 103rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HCONRES-177/.
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[H. Con. Res. 177: Calling for the United States to amend the London Convention to ban the ocean dumping of low-level radioactive waste, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HCONRES-177/)
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