[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 405 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 405

Opposing any agreement between the Government of the United States and 
   the Government of Nigeria to deploy United States Armed Forces to 
                                Nigeria.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2006

 Ms. McKinney submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Opposing any agreement between the Government of the United States and 
   the Government of Nigeria to deploy United States Armed Forces to 
                                Nigeria.

Whereas the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria have the right to live in 
        a pristine and sound environmental area;
Whereas a public challenge to the environmental damage done by multinational oil 
        developers from companies that supply Nigerian oil to the United States 
        led to the imprisonment and execution of organizer Ken Saro-Wiwa by the 
        corrupt Government of Nigeria in 1995;
Whereas President George W. Bush, in his State of the Union Address on January 
        31, 2006, said, ``Keeping America competitive requires affordable 
        energy. And here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, 
        which is often imported from unstable parts of the world.'';
Whereas Nigeria ranks fifth among all foreign suppliers of oil to the United 
        States;
Whereas Department of Defense sources have confirmed that Department of Defense 
        officials are reviewing an agreement between the United States and 
        Nigeria that would authorize the deployment of United States Marines to 
        Nigeria in order to protect oil reserves and facilities in Nigeria due 
        to the growing battle between the armed forces of Nigeria and insurgents 
        in that country;
Whereas armed conflict in the Niger Delta region has reportedly stalled plans 
        that United States military officials have to deploy United States 
        Marines to the region;
Whereas United States Armed Forces are reportedly taxed already by current 
        deployments abroad, reduced enlistment and retention, and depleting 
        equipment and resources; and
Whereas the sovereignty of both Nigeria and the United States should be 
        respected by opposing the introduction of any members of the United 
        States Armed Forces into Nigeria: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),  
That Congress opposes any agreement between the Government of the 
United States and the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to 
deploy United States Armed Forces to Nigeria in order to protect oil 
reserves and facilities in Nigeria or for any other purpose.
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