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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, Interior, State, CEQ, EPA.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee On Insular and International Affairs.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee On Insular and International Affairs Discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. H. Rept. 102-45, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. H. Rept. 102-45, Part I.
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Mr. Owens (UT) moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.