[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 80 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 80

  Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should 
  recognize the concerns of the peoples of Oceania and call upon the 
 Government of France to cease all nuclear testing at the Moruroa and 
                           Fangataufa atolls.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 1995

 Mr. Faleomavaega (for himself, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Leach, Mr. Bereuter, 
 Mr. Berman, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. 
Ackerman, Mr. Kim, Mr. Underwood, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Abercrombie, 
   Mr. Markey, Mr. DeFazio, and Mr. Mineta) submitted the following 
     concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                        International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should 
  recognize the concerns of the peoples of Oceania and call upon the 
 Government of France to cease all nuclear testing at the Moruroa and 
                           Fangataufa atolls.
Whereas the Government of France has been conducting nuclear tests over 10,000 
        miles from Paris on the South Pacific atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa 
        in French Polynesia;
Whereas since 1966 France has detonated at least 187 nuclear explosions above, 
        on, and under these coral atolls in French Polynesia, including more 
        than 140 underground nuclear tests;
Whereas there is considerable concern among the 28,000,000 people of the 22 
        countries and territories of Oceania regarding the adverse environmental 
        effects in the region as a result of these nuclear tests;
Whereas the island nations of the South Pacific Forum were among the first to 
        collectively endorse permanent extension of the Treaty on the Non-
        Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and have supported all international 
        non- proliferation controls;
Whereas the island governments of the South Pacific Forum have staunchly opposed 
        France's nuclear testing in the region, applauded France's adherence to 
        a global nuclear testing moratorium since 1992, and strongly deplore and 
        condemn any decision to resume France's nuclear testing in the South 
        Pacific;
Whereas despite France's claim that its nuclear testing program is absolutely 
        safe, there is scientific evidence to suggest both that radioactive 
        leakage has already occurred at the testing site and that additional, 
        more serious leakage might occur in the next 10 to 100 years;
Whereas there is also concern in the region that the coral atoll, Moruroa, has 
        been subjected to premature and accelerated aging as a result of the 
        testing program, risking the structural integrity of the atoll and 
        increasing the possibility of its disintegration; and
Whereas the leaders of France's insular territory, French Polynesia, have stated 
        opposition to resume nuclear testing, joining fellow Pacific Island 
        Governments, and it is inherently unfair that they should be used as a 
        test site for France's nuclear explosions: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that the United States should 
recognize the concerns of the 28,000,000 people from the nations and 
territories of Oceania and call upon the Government of France to cease 
all nuclear testing at the Moruroa and Fangataufa atolls.
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