A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the seven major industrial nations of the world must take immediate action to protect the Earth's stratospheric ozone layer.

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Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should call upon the leaders of the seven major industrial nations at the June Summit to take steps to protect the Earth's stratospheric ozone layer by agreeing to: (1) deposit, by October 1, 1988, all instruments of ratification, acceptance, and approval of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer; (2) call for a meeting of the parties to the Protocol as soon as possible to consider the latest scientific evidence and the necessity for further measures; (3) identify and eliminate, within one year, institutional and legal barriers to encourage recycling and conservation to the maximum extent feasible of specified ozone-depleting substances; and (4) implement, within one year, such recycling and conservation domestically.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 16 June 1988

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