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A resolution commending the Georges Bank Review Panel on the recent report recommending extension of the moratorium on oil and gas exploration on Georges Bank, commending the Government of Canada for extending the moratorium on oil and gas exploration on Georges Bank, and urging the Government of Canada to adopt a longer-term moratorium.

Introduced: July 27, 1999 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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Commends the Georges Bank Review Panel on the recent report recommending extension of the moratorium on oil and gas exploration on Georges Bank.

Commends the Government of Canada for extending the moratorium through 1999, and urges it to extend the moratorium until 2012.

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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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