H.J.RES.166: Providing for the United States to assume a strong leadership role in implementing the decisions made at the Earth Summit by developing a national strategy to implement Agenda 21 and other Earth Summit agreements through domestic policy and foreign policy, by cooperating with all countries to identify and initiate further agreements to protect the global environment, and by supporting and participating in the high-level United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development.

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 103rd Congress
  • This bill is primarily about international affairs
  • Introduced March 29, 1993
  • Latest Major Action April 26, 1993

Bill Cosponsors

67 (60 Democrats, 1 Independent Democrat, 6 Republicans)

Bill Summary

Declares that effective follow-up to achieve the goals of the agreements reached at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) will depend on the following actions by the President and Congress: (1) adoption of a national strategy for environmentally sustainable development; (2) facilitation of a means for adopting individual Agenda 21 plans of action; (3) the establishment of an effective mechanism to plan, initiate,...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade and Environment.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
March 29, 1993

Introduced in the House by Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)

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