HCONRES 113 · 102th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

To express the sense of the Congress that the President should seek an international moratorium on the use of large-scale driftnets called for in United Nations Resolution 44-225, while working to achieve the United States policy of a permanent ban on large-scale driftnets.

Introduced 1991-04-09· Sponsored by Rep. Unsoeld, Jolene [D-WA-3]· House

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should coordinate Federal, State, and private efforts to secure a moratorium on large-scale driftnet fishing, as called for in a specified United Nations (U.N.) resolution, and work to achieve a U.S. policy of a permanent ban on such fishing; and (2) the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce should submit recommendations to the Congress on U.S. steps to implement the U.N. resolution and to secure a ban on large-scale pelagic driftnets.…

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Cosponsors (20)

18 Democrats2 Republicans