[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 177 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 177

Calling for the United States to amend the London Convention to ban the 
 ocean dumping of low-level radioactive waste, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 8, 1993

 Mr. Weldon (for himself, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Studds, Mr. Fields of Texas, 
Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Laughlin, Mr. Ravenel, Mr. Coble, 
  Mr. McCloskey, Ms. Schenk, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Coppersmith, Mr. Hefley, 
Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Goss, Mr. Skeen, and Mr. Smith of Texas) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                            Foreign Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Calling for the United States to amend the London Convention to ban the 
 ocean dumping of low-level radioactive waste, and for other purposes.

Whereas the world's oceans are a sensitive and valuable natural resource;
Whereas the dynamic nature of the world's oceans tends to disperse radioactive 
        contamination;
Whereas radioactivity within the ocean environment can become incorporated into 
        marine organisms and consequently into marine food chains;
Whereas the effects of radioactivity in the marine environment are poorly 
        understood and require further study;
Whereas the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of 
        Wastes and Other Matter, known as the London Convention, has banned the 
        ocean dumping of high-level radioactive waste since 1975;
Whereas a voluntary international moratorium on the ocean dumping of low-level 
        radioactive waste has been in effect since 1983;
Whereas the governments of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, 
        Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malta, Mexico, 
        Netherlands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Solomon 
        Islands, Spain, and Sweden have declared their support for amending the 
        London Convention to ban ocean dumping of low-level radioactive waste; 
        and
Whereas on November 2, 1993, the Administration announced its support for 
        amending the London Convention to ban low-level ocean dumping of 
        radioactive waste: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) The United States should seek, through appropriate 
        diplomatic means, an international agreement to--
                    (A) ban the deliberate ocean dumping of low-level 
                radioactive waste; and
                    (B) encourage a periodic international scientific 
                review of the environmental impacts of such ocean 
                dumping.
            (2) The United States, through appropriate diplomatic 
        means, should urge all nations to comply with existing and 
        future international agreements prohibiting the deliberate 
        ocean dumping of low- and high-level radioactive waste.

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