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H.Con.Res. 159 (97th)

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should not participate in the Yamal natural gas pipeline project, and urging the President to secure the cooperation of the nations of Western Europe and Japan in developing alternative Free World energy sources.

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Introduced

21 July 1981

Last action

3 August 1981 · Committee

Status

Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, DOE, State.

Sponsors

Rep. LeBoutillier, John [R-NY-6], Rep. Nelligan, James L. [R-PA-11], Rep. Hansen, James V. [R-UT-1], Rep. Shumway, Norman D. [R-CA-14], Rep. Lowery, Bill [R-CA-41], Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8], Rep. Dornan, Robert K. [R-CA-46], Rep. Dougherty, Charles F. [R-PA-4], Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-31], Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large], Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2], Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10], Rep. Ritter, Don [R-PA-15], Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7], Rep. Jeffries, Jim [R-KS-2], Rep. Emery, David F. [R-ME-1], Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3], Rep. Dunn, Jim [R-MI-6], Rep. Forsythe, Edwin B. [R-NJ-6], Rep. Atkinson, Eugene V. [D-PA-25], Rep. Kramer, Ken [R-CO-5], Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-7], Rep. Lent, Norman F. [R-NY-4], Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6], Rep. Rudd, Eldon D. [R-AZ-4], Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26], Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8], Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22], Rep. Siljander, Mark D. [R-MI-4], Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1], Rep. Dannemeyer, William E. [R-CA-39], Rep. Grisham, Wayne R. [R-CA-33], Rep. Parris, Stanford E. (Stan) [R-VA-8], Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20], Rep. McGrath, Raymond J. [R-NY-5], Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Rep. Wortley, George C. [R-NY-27], Rep. Wilson, Charles [D-TX-2], Rep. Conte, Silvio O. [R-MA-1], Rep. Mottl, Ronald M. [D-OH-23], Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52], Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3], Rep. Marriott, David Daniel [R-UT-2], Rep. Courter, Jim [R-NJ-12], Rep. Derwinski, Edward J. [R-IL-4], Rep. Coyne, James K. [R-PA-8]

Subjects

Energy

Source updated

23 January 2025

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Summary

Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: (1) prohibit U.S. participation in the Yamal natural gas pipeline project in the Soviet Union; (2) urge Western European nations and Japan not to participate in such project; (3) propose and enlist the cooperation of Western European nations and Japan in an alternative energy diversification project; and (4) promote this alternative energy diversification project.

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Timeline

  1. 21 July 1981

    Introduced

    Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 21 July 1981

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 21 July 1981

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 29 July 1981

    Referred

    Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.

    Source: Committee

  5. 3 August 1981

    Committee

    Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, DOE, State.

    Source: Committee

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