Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. policy should promote the conservation and protection of the world's whales and that the United States should work for the adoption by the International Whaling Commission of an indefinite moratorium on commercial killing of whales. Recognizes proposals to: (1) strengthen the management procedures of the Commission to ensure that risks of extinction to individual stocks of whales are not seriously increased by exploitation; and (2) extend the commission's ban on the use of the cold (nonexplosive) harpoon and implement other measures to ensure the humane taking of all whales.
Urges the Commission to continue to collect and study information relating to aboriginal/subsistence whaling. Declares the United States should make full use of diplomatic channels to promote conservation and protection of whales.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, State.
Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Favorable Executive Comment Received From State.
Favorable Executive Comment Received From Commerce.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
House Committee on Foreign Affairs Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
House Committee on Foreign Affairs Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in House: Resolution Agreed to in House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Resolution Agreed to in House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Received in the Senate, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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