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SRES 919 118th Congress Senate Environmental Protection

A resolution recognizing the 40th year since the 1984 Bhopal chemical disaster and helping to ensure that no other community suffers another chemical disaster, by designating December 3 as National…

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A resolution recognizing the 40th year since the 1984 Bhopal chemical disaster and helping to ensure that no other community suffers another chemical disaster, by designating December 3 as National Chemical Disaster Awareness Day.

Introduced: December 3, 2024 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Dec 3, 2024
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S6782)
Dec 3, 2024
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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 designating December 3 as 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 Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S6782)

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All 2 Democratic 2
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Dec 3, 2024
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Dec 3, 2024
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 919: A resolution recognizing the 40th year since the 1984 Bhopal chemical disaster and helping to ensure that no other community suffers another chemical disaster, by designating December 3 as National Chemical Disaster Awareness Day.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-919/
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"S. Res. 919: A resolution recognizing the 40th year since the 1984 Bhopal chemical disaster and helping to ensure that no other community suffers another chemical disaster, by designating December 3 as National Chemical Disaster Awareness Day.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-919/.
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S. Res. 919, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-919/.
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[S. Res. 919: A resolution recognizing the 40th year since the 1984 Bhopal chemical disaster and helping to ensure that no other community suffers another chemical disaster, by designating December 3 as National Chemical Disaster Awareness Day.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-919/)
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