H.Res. 551: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the interstate compact regarding water resources in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin approved by the Congress in Public Law 110-342 expressly prohibited the sale, diversion, or export of water from States in the Great Lakes Basin.

H.Res. 551: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the interstate compact regarding water resources in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin approved by the Congress in Public Law 110-342 expressly prohibited the sale, diversion, or export of water from States in the Great Lakes Basin.

111th Congress · introduced 2009-06-16 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

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Where it came from: introduced 2009-06-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the interstate compact regarding water resources in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin approved by the Congress in Public Law 110-342 expressly prohibited the sale, diversion, or export of water from States in the Great Lakes Basin.

Plain summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the interstate compact on water resources in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin approved by P.L. 110-342 should not be construed to: (1) allow water intended for an immediate, intermediate, or end use consumer in any size container to be diverted, exported, or sold from the Basin unless the withdrawal is authorized and licensed under the constitution and laws of the state from which it is withdrawn; or (2) establish that Basin waters are produced as a product, have entered into commerce, or constitute a good or commodity under any international trade agreement.

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the interstate compact regarding water resources in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin approved by the Congress in Public Law 110-342 expressly prohibited the sale, diversion, or export of water from States in the Great Lakes Basin.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] · 2 cosponsors

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Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Betty McCollum (D-MN)

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Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hres551.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hres>

Record fed-us-cong111-hres551 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111