US Congress House Resolution 714 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on June 28 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-06-28 - Referred to House Natural Resources
Pending: House Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) strongly opposes commercial whaling; (2) supports the use of all appropriate measures to end commercial whaling in any form; (3) seeks to strengthen conservation and management measures to facilitate the conservation of whale species and populations; (4) urges the President and the international community to modernize the International Whaling Commission by expanding the participation of civil society, improving transparency, and supporting efforts to improve its effectiveness; and (5) supports ongoing research efforts to understand, prevent, or mitigate threats to whales and their habitat.

Expressing support to end commercial whaling in all of its forms and to strengthen measures to conserve whale populations.

Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Eni Faleomavaega [D-AS]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-06-28	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2012-06-28	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2012-06-28	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-resolution/714/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hres714/BILLS-112hres714ih.pdf