Congress 107 - HCONRES 152 - Encouraging States bordering the Great Lakes, and the Canadian Province of Ontario to prohibit off-shore drilling in the Great Lakes for oil and gas, and for other purposes.

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Canada Energy Environmental Protection Gas in submerged lands Government Operations and Politics Great Lakes Illinois Indiana International Affairs International environmental cooperation Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Michigan Minnesota New York State Oil pollution control Oil pollution of the sea Pennsylvania Petroleum in submerged lands State laws Submarine oil well drilling Water pollution control Water Resources Development Wisconsin

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States that Congress encourages: (1) the States of Illinois, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to continue to prohibit off-shore drilling in the Great Lakes for oil and gas; (2) the States of Indiana, Minnesota, and Ohio and the Canadian Province of Ontario to enact a prohibition of such drilling; and (3) Ontario to require the cessation of any such drilling and any production resulting from it.

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Aug 8, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Jun 14, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Jun 5, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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.
Jun 5, 2001

Introduced in House

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