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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President and the Secretary of State should ensure that the Government of Canada does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes…

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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President and the Secretary of State should ensure that the Government of Canada does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin.

Introduced: March 15, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Mar 15, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1847)
Mar 15, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Canadian government should not allow a permanent nuclear waste repository to be built within the Great Lakes Basin, (2) 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 (3) the President and the Secretary of State 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 March 15, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1847)

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 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
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Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Mar 22, 2017
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 15, 2017
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 15, 2017
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Mar 15, 2017
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Mar 15, 2017
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Mar 15, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 88: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President and the Secretary of State should ensure that the Government of Canada does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-SRES-88/
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"S. Res. 88: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President and the Secretary of State should ensure that the Government of Canada does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-SRES-88/.
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S. Res. 88, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-SRES-88/.
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[S. Res. 88: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President and the Secretary of State should ensure that the Government of Canada does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-SRES-88/)
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