A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should prepare a comprehensive strategy for advancing and entering into international negotiations on a binding agreement that would swiftly reduce global mercury use and pollution to levels sufficient to protect public health and the environment.

3.0.0 453 2023-01-14T22:48:34Z 2023-01-14T22:48:34Z Senate S SRES 2004-10-07 108 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-10-07T23:07:52Z 2004-10-07 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10748-10749) IntroReferral 2004-10-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL N C001040 Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI] LINCOLN CHAFEE R RI D. 2004-10-07 True S000064 Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] PAUL SARBANES D MD SPYROS 2004-10-07 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2004-10-07 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2004-10-07 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2004-10-07 True D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2004-10-07 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2004-10-07 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2004-10-08 False International Affairs Air pollution control Coal Congress Congressional reporting requirements Electric power production Energy Environmental Protection Environmental research Environmental technology Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork International agencies International environmental cooperation Law Legislation Licenses Mercury Mines and mineral resources Negotiations Pollution control Public Lands and Natural Resources Science, Technology, Communications Technological innovations Trade agreements Transboundary pollution Treaties United Nations International Affairs

00 2004-10-07 Introduced in Senate 2005-01-07T13:58:15Z Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should engage in international dialogue regarding mercury pollution, use, mining, and trade. Calls for the President to: (1) prepare a strategy to advance and enter into international negotiations on an agreement that addresses the reduction of the global use, trade, and releases of mercury; (2) enter into agreements to align global mercury production with reduced global demand and to minimize global mercury releases while negotiating such an agreement; (3) initiate and support a parallel international research effort to collect global data for a comprehensive inventory of mercury use, mining, trade, and releases and to develop less emitting technologies and technologies to reduce the need for, and use of, mercury in commerce; (4) review U.S. monitoring capabilities and data collection efforts for mercury use, trade, and releases; and (5) work through existing international organizations to encourage the development of programs, standards, and trade agreements to reduce the use and trade of mercury, eliminate primary mercury mining, and reduce releases of mercury and other long-range transboundary air pollutants.

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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should prepare a comprehensive strategy for advancing and entering into international negotiations on a binding agreement that would swiftly reduce global mercury use and pollution to levels sufficient to protect public health and the environment. Display Title A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should prepare a comprehensive strategy for advancing and entering into international negotiations on a binding agreement that would swiftly reduce global mercury use and pollution to levels sufficient to protect public health and the environment. Official Title as Introduced A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should prepare a comprehensive strategy for advancing and entering into international negotiations on a binding agreement that would swiftly reduce global mercury use and pollution to levels sufficient to protect public health and the environment. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2004-10-07T04:00:00Z 2004-10-07 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10748-10749) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.