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HRES 1604 118th Congress House Environmental Protection

Recognizing the 40th year since the 1984 Bhopal chemical disaster and helping to ensure that no other community suffers another chemical disaster, by supporting the designation of December 3 as…

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Recognizing the 40th year since the 1984 Bhopal chemical disaster and helping to ensure that no other community suffers another chemical disaster, by supporting the designation of December 3 as National Chemical Disaster Awareness Day.

Introduced: December 3, 2024 Introduced by: Jayapal, Pramila Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Dec 3, 2024
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Dec 3, 2024
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution recognizes the 40-year effort of the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal chemical disaster to ensure no other communities suffer a similar disaster by supporting the designation of National Chemical Disaster Awareness Day. Further, the resolution calls on the Department of Justice to take (1) steps in response to requests by the Indian government concerning Dow Inc.; and (2) any other actions necessary to comply with obligations under the Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at New Delhi on October 17, 2001.

What's happening now December 3, 2024

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 1604: Recognizing the 40th year since the 1984 Bhopal chemical disaster and helping to ensure that no other community suffers another chemical disaster, by supporting the designation of December 3 as National Chemical Disaster Awareness Day.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-1604/
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"H. Res. 1604: Recognizing the 40th year since the 1984 Bhopal chemical disaster and helping to ensure that no other community suffers another chemical disaster, by supporting the designation of December 3 as National Chemical Disaster Awareness Day.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-1604/.
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H. Res. 1604, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-1604/.
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[H. Res. 1604: Recognizing the 40th year since the 1984 Bhopal chemical disaster and helping to ensure that no other community suffers another chemical disaster, by supporting the designation of December 3 as National Chemical Disaster Awareness Day.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-1604/)
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