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HCONRES 70 107th Congress House International Affairs Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Family planning and birth control Health Human rights Population growth Population policy Public Lands and Natural Resources Sustainable development

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

Introduced: March 20, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
Apr 2, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
Mar 20, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 20, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should develop, promote, and implement domestic and international policies to: (1) create a sustainable balance between the world's human population and the natural environment; and (2) slow rapid global population growth by voluntary means consistent with human rights and individual conscience.
What's happening now April 2, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5 Independent 1
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 20, 2001
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 20, 2001
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 20, 2001
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 20, 2001
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 20, 2001
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Mar 20, 2001
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 70: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should develop, promote, and implement policies to slow global population growth by voluntary means.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-70/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 70: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should develop, promote, and implement policies to slow global population growth by voluntary means.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-70/.
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H. Con. Res. 70, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-70/.
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[H. Con. Res. 70: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should develop, promote, and implement policies to slow global population growth by voluntary means.](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-70/)
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