[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 117 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 117

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the interference of the 
 European Commission in the merger of the Boeing Company and McDonnell-
                                Douglas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 1997

     Mr. Metcalf (for himself, Ms. Dunn, Mr. Dicks, Mr. White, Mr. 
Nethercutt, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. McDermott, Mrs. Linda Smith 
    of Washington, and Mr. Adam Smith of Washington) 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 regarding the interference of the 
 European Commission in the merger of the Boeing Company and McDonnell-
                                Douglas.

Whereas the Boeing Company and McDonnell-Douglas have announced their merger;
Whereas the Department of Defense has approved the merger as consistent with the 
        national security of the United States;
Whereas the Federal Trade Commission has found that the merger does not violate 
        the antitrust laws of the United States;
Whereas the European Commission has consistently criticized and threatened the 
        merger before, during, and after its consideration of the facts; and
Whereas the sole true reason for the European Commission criticism and imminent 
        disapproval of the merger is to gain unfair competitive advantage for 
        Airbus Industries, a government-owned aircraft manufacturer: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) any disapproval by the European Commission of the 
        merger of the Boeing Company and McDonnell-Douglas would 
        constitute an unwarranted and unprecedented interference in a 
        United State business transaction that would threaten thousands 
        of American aerospace jobs; and
            (2) the President should take such actions as he considers 
        to be appropriate to protect United States interests in 
        connection with this matter.
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