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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 796

To require the withdrawal of the United States from the NAFTA

supplemental agreements on labor and environmental cooperation.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 2, 1995

Mr. DORNAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL

To require the withdrawal of the United States from the

NAFTA supplemental agreements on labor and environmental cooperation.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. WITHDRAWAL FROM NAFTA SUPPLEMENTAL

4 AGREEMENTS ON LABOR AND ENVIRON5 MENTAL COOPERATION.

6 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR WITHDRAWAL.—The United

7 States shall withdraw from the North American Agree8 ment on Environmental Cooperation and from the North

9 American Agreement on Labor Cooperation.
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1 (b) NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL.—Upon the enactment

2 of this Act, the President shall provide to the Government

3 of Canada and the Government of the United Mexican

4 States written notice of—

5 (1) United States withdrawal from the North

6 American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation

7 in accordance with Article 50 of that agreement; and

8 (2) United States withdrawal from the North

9 American Agreement on Labor Cooperation in ac10 cordance with Article 54 of that agreement.

11 (c) REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION TO IMPLEMENT

12 SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS.—

13 (1) REPEAL.—Sections 531 and 532 of the

14 North American Free Trade Ageement Implementa15 tion Act are repealed.

16 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) The

17 heading for subtitle D of title V of that Act is

18 amended by striking ‘‘NAFTA SUPPLEMENTAL

19 AGREEMENTS’’ and inserting ‘‘AGREEMENT ON

20 A BORDER ENVIRONMENT COOPERATION

21 COMMISSION AND A NORTH AMERICAN DE22 VELOPMENT BANK’’.

23 (B) The heading for part 1 of subtitle D of title

24 V of that Act is amended by striking ‘‘AGREE25 MENTS RELATING TO LABOR AND ENVIRON-
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1 MENT’’ and inserting ‘‘AGREEMENT ON A BOR2 DER ENVIRONMENT COOPERATION COMMIS3 SION’’.

4 (C) The table of contents in section 1(b) of that

5 Act is amended—

6 (i) by striking the items relating to sec7 tions 531 and 532;

8 (ii) in the item relating to the subtitle

9 heading for subtitle D of title V, by striking

10 ‘‘NAFTA Supplemental Agreements’’ and in11 serting ‘‘Agreement on a Border Environment

12 Cooperation Commission and a North American

13 Development Bank’’; and

14 (iii) in the item relating to the part head15 ing for part 1 of subtitle D of title V, by strik16 ing ‘‘Agreements relating to labor and environ17 ment’’ and inserting ‘‘Agreement on a border

18 environment cooperation commission’’.

19 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made

20 by this subsection take effect 6 months after the

21 date of enactment of this Act.

22 (d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—

23 (1) the term ‘‘North American Agreement on

24 Environmental Cooperation’’ means the North

25 American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
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1 Between the Government of the United States of

2 America, the Government of Canada, and the Gov3 ernment of the United Mexican States (signed at

4 Mexico City, Washington, and Ottawa on September

5 8, 9, 12, and 14, 1993); and

6 (2) the term ‘‘North American Agreement on

7 Labor Cooperation’’ means the North American

8 Agreement on Labor Cooperation Between the Gov9 ernment of the United States of America, the Gov10 ernment of Canada, and the Government of the

11 United Mexican States (signed at Mexico City,

12 Washington, and Ottawa on September 8, 9, 12, and

13 14, 1993).

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