[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 32 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 32

Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the storage of nuclear 
       waste on any territory or possession of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 1997

Mr. Abercrombie (for himself, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. Leach, Mrs. 
 Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, 
 Ms. Christian-Green, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Stark, Mr. Pallone, Mrs. Maloney 
 of New York, Mr. Evans, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, and 
 Mr. Lewis of Georgia) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the 
 Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the storage of nuclear 
       waste on any territory or possession of the United States.

Whereas the Insular Area Appropriation Act of 1980 prohibits the transport of 
        nuclear waste to and the storage of nuclear waste on any territory or 
        possession of the United States, unless such transport or storage is 
        specifically authorized by an Act of Congress, and such an authorization 
        has never been granted;
Whereas the people of the territories of the United States in the Pacific region 
        have paid a high price--socially, economically, and environmentally--as 
        a result of nuclear testing;
Whereas the coral and volcanic islands of the Pacific territories are 
        geographically unstable and prone to extreme weather conditions, making 
        those islands poor candidates for the site of a nuclear waste 
        repository; and
Whereas certain foreign interests are now seeking to develop a private nuclear 
        waste storage facility on one or both of Wake Island and Palmyra Atoll: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that the transport of nuclear waste to 
and the storage of nuclear waste on any territory or possession of the 
United States, including Wake Island and Palmyra Atoll, should continue 
to be prohibited.
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