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HCONRES 109 - 102

Commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty on June 22, 1991, and encouraging the United States to support efforts to achieve an international agreement establishing Antarctica as a region closed to commercial minerals development and related activities for at least 99 years at the upcoming meeting of the parties to the Antarctic Treaty, April 22 through 27, 1991, in Madrid, Spain.

Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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Summary

36 Passed House amended Apr 17, 2002

Declares that Antarctica is a global ecological commons and should be subject to a new agreement to supplement the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 to: (1) establish Antarctica (for at least 99 years) as a region closed to commercial minerals development and related activities unless a consensus of the parties to the agreement opens it for such purposes; (2) provide for comprehensive environmental protection of Antarctica; and (3) grant Antarctica protective status as a world park. States that the United States should support efforts to achieve such agreement at the current meeting of the Antarctic Treaty parties in Madrid, Spain.

00 Introduced in House Apr 17, 2002

Declares that Antarctica is a global ecological commons and should be subject to a new agreement to supplement the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 to: (1) establish Antarctica (for at least 99 years) as a region closed to commercial minerals development and related activities unless a consensus of the parties to the agreement opens it for such purposes; (2) provide for comprehensive environmental protection of Antarctica; and (3) grant Antarctica protective status as a world park. States that the United States should support efforts to achieve such agreement at the April 1991 meeting of the Antarctic Treaty parties in Madrid, Spain.

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May 6, 1991

Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Apr 30, 1991

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. H. Rept. 102-45, Part I.

Apr 30, 1991

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. H. Rept. 102-45, Part I.

Apr 30, 1991

Mr. Owens (UT) moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.

Apr 30, 1991

Considered under suspension of the rules.

Apr 30, 1991

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.

Apr 30, 1991

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

Apr 30, 1991

On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

Apr 30, 1991

The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.

Apr 30, 1991

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Apr 24, 1991

Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

Apr 24, 1991

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Apr 24, 1991

Subcommittee On Insular and International Affairs Discharged.

Apr 23, 1991

Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

Apr 23, 1991

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Apr 22, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee On Insular and International Affairs.

Apr 16, 1991

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).

Apr 16, 1991

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Apr 3, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.

Apr 3, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oceanography, Great Lakes, and the Outer Continental Shelf.

Apr 3, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.

Apr 3, 1991

Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, Interior, State, CEQ, EPA.

Mar 22, 1991

Introduced in House

Mar 22, 1991

Introduced in House

Mar 22, 1991

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Mar 22, 1991

Referred to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Mar 22, 1991

Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

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