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HCONRES 17 106th Congress House Health Family planning and birth control Population growth Population policy

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should develop, promote, and implement voluntary policies to slow the population growth of the Nation.

Introduced: January 19, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
Jan 29, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Jan 19, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Jan 19, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should develop, promote, and implement, at the earliest possible time and by voluntary means consistent with human rights and individual conscience, the policies necessary to slow U.S. population growth.

What's happening now January 29, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jun 18, 1999
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · May 5, 1999
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 25, 1999
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 25, 1999
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 11, 1999
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 17: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should develop, promote, and implement voluntary policies to slow the population growth of the Nation.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-17/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 17: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should develop, promote, and implement voluntary policies to slow the population growth of the Nation.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-17/.
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H. Con. Res. 17, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-17/.
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[H. Con. Res. 17: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should develop, promote, and implement voluntary policies to slow the population growth of the Nation.](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-17/)
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