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Legislative history of 1986 restriction on United States military involvement in Nicaragua
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This report sets forth the legislative history of the prohibition on the use of United States military advisers and combat troops within Nicaragua. Enacted as part of the military construction title of this year's continuing resolution, Pub. L. No. 99-500, which also authorized lethal and humanitarian assistance to the Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance, or Contras, the provision represents a legislative attempt to clarify United States policy on the matter and ensure effective adherence to Administration statements that United States troops will not be so introduced.
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multistate aquifer that nourishes the f‘ «rain Belt” ‘has become so threatened that Great Lakes water is novv be‘ eyed as a possible replacement. In North D ota, farmers and allied ups are trying to divert a substantial‘ portion of the ’ Missouri River system into Canada so they can '7; 1984 Reproduced with Permission. ' Chicago Tribune A national Water policy 0 irrigate 250,000 ‘acres to w more
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of the decade,” Reilly says, and NGPF members are committed to shelving their traditional i differences and working to solve the; problem. During the next 12-14 months, NGPF will tackle that issue head—on, meeting four times privately and hold- ing three public meetings around the country. Babbitt is convinced that Congress will act on the groundwater problem by next year, and now is the time, he says, “‘to
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sources, including the William H. Donner Foundation, Ex- xon U.S.A., The Ford Foundation and the H. J. Heinz Company Foundation. Clark estimates that “total direct costs” of running NGPF for its planned life of 12-14 months will be $275,000, part of which will go to N GPF employees. Three Conservation Foundation staffers are already at work for NGPF, “and we may bring in other experts as we need them
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1 ’ September 6, 1984; p. 10 (Diicao {Tribune s -C;‘. 1984 Reproduced with Permission. Chicago Tribune Philosophy and Water The U.S. Environmental Protection ' Agency‘ has announced plans for protecting the nation’s . underground water supplies against the “grave threat ’ of man-made toxic substances. Its strat- egy essentially is to let the states deal with it, but to do a lot of helpful
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public de-H A pends on-underground water» supplies for its drinking Water. A- 1902. EPA study of 1,000 water systems around the country revealed that 29iperce'nlt of the ones serving 10,000 or more people contained "an" unexpectedly high level of dangerous - chemicals. ’l‘oxic/chemi- cals were also found in 16.5 percent. of the ' water systems serving fewer than 10,000 . A 3
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fiflxeflaruiiihrnrr Enaraal © 1984 The (Providence) Journal. Reproduced with Permission. September 5’, 1984; p. A17 T Sharing task of protecting i America’s groundwater Water hidden beneath the ground, as distinguished from a surface stream or pond, provides the United States with one-quarter of its fresh supply. When the public hears about contamination of this unseen supply, it becomes
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TH}; COMMERCIAL APPEAL‘ . ’§. 1984 The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal. Reproduced with Permission. September 11, 1984; p. A6 * M A dee V SERIOUS questions have been raised about a potential threat to Tennessee’s underground sources of drinking water. ‘ ' p ' _ Clear answers seem to be lack- mg be doubly cautious. And that caution certainly should extend to consider- ation of additional
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—. THE BUFFALO NEWS "September 9, 1984; p. F2 5 1984 The Buffalo News. Reproduced with Permission. WaterP1an Falls Short ILLIAM ~ :5. Ruckelshaus, admim'strator of the Environ- mental Protection Agency, was justly ‘ praised by environmental groups last November for reversing proposals by his predecessor thatwoulti have weak- ened federal pollution cleanup stand- ards for rivers
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t m]12f{E1l1§é1 g, (Eitu iliizucfi September 10, 1984; p. A8 6 1984 Reproduced with Permission. The Kansas City Times States Control W7ater IWho’s more concerned about the water your drink --_' the federal government or the state government? Washington officials say states ’ are and contend. that’s the way it should stay.. Recently the Environmental Protection Agency issued a wide
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@112 flflrnininenrrfluurnal February 16; 1985; p..A16 O 1985 The (Providence) Journal. Reproduced with Permission. i Fresh initiatives to safeguard the ground water supplies Concern about the quality of well water in Rhode Island began mount- ing last year when the state exper- ienced a scare over the presence of the pesticide Temik in some drinking water supplies. Since then state offi- , cials
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f THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION January 29, 1985; p. 14A § 1985 Reproduced yvith Permission. ThewAt1anta Constitution . Water-pollution issuelcan"t wait Arizona. Gov. Bruce Babbitt’s «frustration» over the federal“government’s failure to move decisively to solve the rapidly worsen- ing problem of groundwater contamination deserves to be widely shared. Half of the people in the United States rely
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THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR § 1984 Reproduced with Permission. ~ NOVEIDEGI‘ 25» 1984; P- 23 The Christian Science Monitor Water: a federal concern ‘ H OW clean is your drinking water? . If you are like most Americans, you probably trust that the water flowing through your kitchen tap is as pure as is reasonably possible. , Unfortunately; as news reports often in- dicate, that is not always so
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EH12 cfllarionéifzugtr ~73m1.arY.21s 19353 P» .3A The (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Ledger M Delta shadow , Water supply dismal prospect M . ‘A recently completed five-year A Additionally, the study shows that study gives water ‘shortage warnings in Mississippi an unsettling impact. ‘ The study‘ by the U.S. Geological Survey shows that unless agricultur- ' al water use in the Mississippi Delta
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