H.Con.Res. 391 (100th): A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the House of Representatives and the Senate shall support the Provincial Government of Alberta, Canada, in a feasibility study for extracting oil and other minerals from oil sands, which would answer critical questions about the potential of tar sands resources in both the United States and Canada, while at the same time supporting a United States company which has developed an exciting new solvent extraction technology.

Introduced:
Oct 18, 1988 (100th Congress, 1987–1988)
Sponsor:
Rep. Manuel Luján Jr. [R-NM1]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)

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This resolution was introduced on October 18, 1988, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

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Introduced Oct 18, 1988
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House Foreign Affairs

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10/18/1988--Introduced.
Expresses support for: (1) the Government of Alberta, Canada, in undertaking a study to confirm the efficacy of the Solv-Ex process to develop the strategic potential of the oil sands resource in the Athabasca area; and (2) environmentally acceptable commercial development of the tar sands resources of Alberta consistent with the results of such study.

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