HCONRES 329 · 101th Congress · Animals

Calling for United States sanctions against nations which conduct unjustified lethal whale research, and otherwise expressing the sense of the Congress with regard to nations which violate the International Whaling Commission moratorium on commerical whaling by killing whales under the guise of scientific research.

Introduced 1990-05-15· Sponsored by Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.(1990-10-02)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 1990-10-01
Roll #396
Yea 412Nay 0
Democrats
246 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
166 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 1990-10-01
Roll #396
Yea 412Nay 0
Democrats
246 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
166 Yea·0 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that: (1) continued whaling and commercialization of whale meat are a violation of the International Whaling Commission moratorium; (2) the Secretary of Commerce should certify any nation for continued whaling activities rejected as scientifically invalid by the Commission; (3) the President should order an embargo on a significant quantity of fishery products from nations found to be diminishing the effectiveness of the International Whaling Convention; (4) the President should use all diplomatic tools to convince whaling nations to comply with decisions of the Commission; and (5) the President should use all diplomatic tools to encourage support of Commission member nations for a long-term solution to problems before the Commission.…

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Cosponsors (20)

15 Democrats5 Republicans