Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Secretary of State should ensure that the Government of Canada does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great…
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sep 17, 2021
Introduced in House
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This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Canada should not allow construction of a nuclear waste repository within the Great Lakes Basin and that the President and the Department of State should work with Canada to prevent such construction and craft a long-term solution for nuclear waste storage that does not threaten the Great Lakes.
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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35
D
Vargas, Juan
D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Wild, Susan
Allred, Colin
D
Bera, Ami
D
Houlahan, Chrissy
D
Keating, William R.
D
Lieu, Ted
Malinowski, Tom
Deutch, Theodore
R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Phillips, Dean
R
Kelly, Mike
KIND, RON
R
McClain, Lisa C.
R
Bergman, Jack
D
Dingell, Debbie
Gallagher, Mike
Gonzalez, Anthony
R
Huizenga, Bill
R
Joyce, David P.
D
Kaptur, Marcy
D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Lawrence, Brenda
Levin, Andy
D
McCollum, Betty
Meijer, Peter
R
Moolenaar, John R.
D
Morelle, Joseph D.
RYAN, TIM
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
D
Stevens, Haley M.
D
Tlaib, Rashida
UPTON, FRED
Walorski, Jackie
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 647: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 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.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-647/
"H. Res. 647: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 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.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-647/.
H. Res. 647, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-647/.
[H. Res. 647: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 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/117-HRES-647/)