A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the need for the United States to lead renewed international efforts to assist developing nations in conserving natural resources and preventing the impending extinction of a large portion of the world's plant and animal species.
Latest action · Sep 23, 2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1049.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedJun 24, 2008
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the government should fully use federal authorities, diplomatic agreements, and other appropriate mechanisms, including working with other donor nations, to identify global conservation goals, and increase funding for, global conservation strategies in order to help ensure the sustainable use of natural resources and protect biological diversity in terrestrial and marine environments of developing countries; and (2) federal efforts should reflect a recognition of the problem's urgency by annually reporting to the appropriate congressional committees regarding progress reports and action plans.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 24, 2008 to Sep 11, 2008; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Original | Jun 24, 2008 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Jun 24, 2008 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Jun 24, 2008 |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Original | Jun 24, 2008 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Jun 24, 2008 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Jun 24, 2008 |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Original | Jun 24, 2008 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Jun 24, 2008 |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Original | Jun 24, 2008 |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Original | Jun 24, 2008 |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Jul 11, 2008 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Jul 25, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Sep 11, 2008 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Sep 11, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Jun 24, 2008Markup Sep 23, 2008Reported Sep 23, 2008 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 23, 2008Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Sep 23, 2008Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Dodd without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
- Sep 23, 2008Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1049.
- Jun 24, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Jun 24, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6025)
- Jun 24, 2008Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6024-6025)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6025Text printed S6024 | Joseph R. Biden Jr. D-DE | Jun 24, 2008 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the need for the United States to lead renewed international efforts to assist developing nations in conserving natural resources and preventing the impending extinction of a large portion of the world's plant and animal species.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Animals
- Biological diversity
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Conservation of natural resources
- Developing countries
- Diplomacy
- Economics and Public Finance
- Endangered species
- Environmental Protection
- International Affairs
- International agencies
- International environmental cooperation
- Nature conservation
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Sustainable development
- Treaties
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 23, 2008Reported to Senate
- Jun 24, 2008Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
