GREAT LAKES

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: preserve percentage of commodities exported from Great Lake ports (see H.R. 1520, 3002)

Ecology: protection (see H.R. 2647)

Fish and fisheries: control the influx of exotic species (see H.R. 1497)

Foreign trade: promote maritime trade interests (see H.R. 2504)

Merchant marine: repeal cargo preference and allocation of export requirements (see H.R. 597)

Petroleum: improve response to oil spills and provide safe navigation methods for tank vessel (see H.R. 3003)

Radioactive waste disposal: prohibit location of facilities within 100 miles (see H.R. 3205)

Explanations

Pro Competition Cargo Allocation Act: Representative Oberstar, 4040 [13MR]

Letters

Oil spills in Great Lakes: Senator Levin, 20871 [19SE]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: preserve percentage of commodities exported from Great Lake ports (H.R. 1520), 5099 [21MR]

Ecology: protection (H.R. 2647), 11808 [14JN]

Fish and fisheries: control the influx of exotic species (H.R. 1497), 4998 [20MR]

Foreign trade: repeal cargo preference and allocation of export requirements relative to Great Lakes ports (H.R. 597), 337 [20JA], 2568 [22FE]

Pro Competition Cargo Allocation Act: enact (H.R. 597), 4040 [13MR]

Toxic pollutants: Federal/State commitment, 4121 [14MR]

Water pollution: prevention, 13496 [27JN]

Remarks in Senate

Coast Guard: environmental programs, 20299 [13SE]

EPA funding, 20870-20872 [19SE]

Shipping industry: impact of cargo preference on the maritime industry, 28630-28634 [14NO]

Summaries

Coastal Defense Initiative of 1989: Representative Studds, 11809 [14JN]