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HRES 566 105th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Senate should take the necessary actions to prevent the sale or diversion of Great Lakes water to foreign countries,…

Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Senate should take the necessary actions to prevent the sale or diversion of Gr… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Senate should take the necessary actions to prevent the sale or diversion of Great Lakes water to foreign countries, business, corporations, and individuals until procedures are established to guarantee that any such sale is fully negotiated between and approved by the governments concerned.

Introduced: October 1, 1998 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Oct 20, 1998
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 20, 1998
On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.
Oct 20, 1998
Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.
Oct 20, 1998
Mr. Gilman asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Oct 20, 1998
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H11682)
Oct 20, 1998
Committee on International Relations discharged.
Oct 1, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Oct 1, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 20, 1998

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Senate should act to prevent the sale or diversion of Great Lakes water to foreign countries, businesses, corporations, and individuals until procedures are established to guarantee that any such sale or diversion is fully negotiated and approved by representatives of the U.S. and Canadian Governments, in consultation with any impacted Great Lakes State or Province.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Oct 1, 1998
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 566: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Senate should take the necessary actions to prevent the sale or diversion of Great Lakes water to foreign countries, business, corporations, and individuals until procedures are established to guarantee that any such sale is fully negotiated between and approved by the governments concerned.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HRES-566/
MLA
"H. Res. 566: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Senate should take the necessary actions to prevent the sale or diversion of Great Lakes water to foreign countries, business, corporations, and individuals until procedures are established to guarantee that any such sale is fully negotiated between and approved by the governments concerned.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HRES-566/.
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H. Res. 566, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HRES-566/.
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[H. Res. 566: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Senate should take the necessary actions to prevent the sale or diversion of Great Lakes water to foreign countries, business, corporations, and individuals until procedures are established to guarantee that any such sale is fully negotiated between and approved by the governments concerned.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HRES-566/)
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