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Recognizing and affirming the efforts of the Great Lakes Governors and Premiers in developing a common standard for decisions relating to withdrawal of water from the Great Lakes and urging that…

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Recognizing and affirming the efforts of the Great Lakes Governors and Premiers in developing a common standard for decisions relating to withdrawal of water from the Great Lakes and urging that management authority over the Great Lakes should remain vested with the Governors and Premiers.

Introduced: June 13, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Recognizes and affirms the efforts of the Governors of the Great Lakes States of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and the Premiers of the Canadian Provinces of Ontario and Quebec in developing a common standard for decisions relating to the withdrawal of water from the Great Lakes.

Urges that the management authority over such waters should remain vested with such Governors and Premiers.

What's happening now April 27, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 4
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jun 23, 2005
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jun 20, 2005
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Issa, Darrell
California · Jun 15, 2005
Mack, Connie
· Jun 13, 2005
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jun 13, 2005
EHLERS, VERNON
· Apr 27, 2005
HOEKSTRA, PETER
· Apr 27, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 140: Recognizing and affirming the efforts of the Great Lakes Governors and Premiers in developing a common standard for decisions relating to withdrawal of water from the Great Lakes and urging that management authority over the Great Lakes should remain vested with the Governors and Premiers.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-140/
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"H. Con. Res. 140: Recognizing and affirming the efforts of the Great Lakes Governors and Premiers in developing a common standard for decisions relating to withdrawal of water from the Great Lakes and urging that management authority over the Great Lakes should remain vested with the Governors and Premiers.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-140/.
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H. Con. Res. 140, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-140/.
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[H. Con. Res. 140: Recognizing and affirming the efforts of the Great Lakes Governors and Premiers in developing a common standard for decisions relating to withdrawal of water from the Great Lakes and urging that management authority over the Great Lakes should remain vested with the Governors and Premiers.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-140/)
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