H.R. 219 · 117th Congress
Earth Act
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This bill establishes an additional basis for excluding a foreign country from designation as a beneficiary developing country for the purposes of preferential trade treatment.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 6, 2021
The Earth Act
This bill establishes an additional basis for excluding a foreign country from designation as a beneficiary developing country for the purposes of preferential trade treatment.
Specifically, the bill makes a country ineligible for this designation if it fails to effectively enforce its environmental laws or to fulfill its international environmental obligations. The President, when making this designation, must take into account the extent to which a country effectively enforces these laws and fulfills these obligations.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Earth Act
Latest action (Jan 6, 2021): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 6, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.