US Congress Senate Resolution 88 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on March 15 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-15 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1847)
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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. 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.

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.

Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-15	Senate	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1847)

HR197 (Related) 2017-05-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-resolution/88/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/sres88/BILLS-115sres88is.pdf