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SRES 709 110th Congress Senate

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should pursue the adoption of bluefin tuna conservation and management measures at the 16th Special Meeting of the International…

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Official title: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should pursue the adoption of bluefin tuna conservation and management measures at the 16th Special Meeting of the International Commission on the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.

Introduced: November 20, 2008 See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources Atlantic OceanEuropeFishery managementInternational Affairs
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Agreed to (Senate)
Nov 20, 2008
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S10771-10772)
Nov 20, 2008
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S10771-10772)
Nov 20, 2008
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10771-10772)
Nov 20, 2008
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10771-10772)
Nov 19, 2008
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10675-10676)
Nov 19, 2008
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action November 20, 2008

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S10771-10772)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Expresses the sense of the Senate with respect to bluefin tuna conservation and management measures and the 16th Special Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.

 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Nov 20, 2008
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Nov 19, 2008
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Nov 19, 2008
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 709: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should pursue the adoption of bluefin tuna conservation and management measures at the 16th Special Meeting of the International Commission on the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-SRES-709/
MLA
"S. Res. 709: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should pursue the adoption of bluefin tuna conservation and management measures at the 16th Special Meeting of the International Commission on the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-SRES-709/.
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S. Res. 709, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-SRES-709/.
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[S. Res. 709: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should pursue the adoption of bluefin tuna conservation and management measures at the 16th Special Meeting of the International Commission on the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-SRES-709/)
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