HRES 194
114th 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: April 13, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 20, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Apr 13, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Apr 13, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Committees of jurisdiction
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