Expressing support for Japan to end its whaling in all forms and to strengthen measures to conserve whale populations.
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Apr 3, 2017)
Urges the United States to: (1) continue to be a global leader in whale conservation and protection, and (2) promote international efforts to conserve and protect the world's whales.
Opposes commercial whaling.
Urges Japan to cease all whaling.
Welcomes the opportunity to work with International Whaling Commission member countries at the next Commission meeting in Brazil in 2018 on preventing and mitigating threats to whales and their habitats.
What just happenedMay 18, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseApr 3, 2017
- May 18, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
Indo-Pacific Subcommittee - Apr 4, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee - Apr 3, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Natural Resources Committee - Apr 3, 2017IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Apr 3, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Foreign Affairs Committee - Apr 3, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Apr 3, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House