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S.RES.98: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 105th Congress
- This bill is primarily about congress
- Introduced June 12, 1997
- Latest Major Action July 25, 1997
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
64 (20 Democrats, 45 Republicans)
Bill Summary
Declares that the United States should not be a signatory to any protocol to, or other agreement regarding, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 1992, at negotiations in Kyoto in December 1997 or thereafter which would: (1) mandate new commitments to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the Annex 1 Parties, unless the protocol or other agreement also mandates new specific scheduled commitments to limit or reduce...
(Source: Library of Congress)
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
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Star Print ordered on the measure.
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Subcommittee on International Economic Policy. Hearings held.
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Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms without amendment and with a preamble. With written report No. 105-54.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 120.
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Measure laid before Senate.
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Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Yea-Nay Vote. 95-0. Record Vote No: 205.
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| June 12, 1997 |
Introduced in the Senate by Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) |