A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a resolution Tuesday calling on President George W. Bush to take strong action to stop whaling by Japan and Norway.
"The president should use all available diplomatic channels to convey the United States' opposition to commercial whaling activities and lethal scientific whaling," the resolution by House of Representatives members said.
The U.S. should strongly oppose any effort to approve the resumption of commercial whaling at the 53rd meeting of the International Whaling Commission in London next month, it said.
The resolution also calls on the president to consider all other actions, including bilateral negotiations and sanctions, to eliminate all commercial and lethal scientific whaling and prevent any trade in whale meat.