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HRES 716 113th Congress House International Affairs Canada Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Great Lakes Radioactive wastes and releases Water quality Watersheds

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Secretary of State should ensure that the Canadian Government does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin.

Introduced: September 8, 2014 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sep 8, 2014
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares the sense of the House of Representatives that:

  • the Canadian government should not allow a permanent nuclear waste repository to be built within the Great Lakes Basin,
  • the President and the Secretary of State should take appropriate action to work with the Canadian government to prevent a permanent nuclear waste repository from being built there, and
  • the President and the Secretary should work together with their Canadian government counterparts on a safe and responsible solution for the long-term storage of nuclear waste.
What's happening now September 8, 2014

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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