Earth Act
Summary
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jan 6, 2021
Last action Jan 6, 2021
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Total actions
3
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Committee
2
Jan 6, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
Jan 6, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
lower
Jan 6, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lloyd Doggett
DDemocratic
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