I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5926 
To require the United States Trade Representative to request a dispute 
resolution panel with Mexico under the USMCA, initiate an investigation 
under the Trade Act of 1974, or require, during the first joint review 
of the USMCA, that Mexico comply with certain obligations under the 
USMCA with respect to certain actions taken by Mexico that favor 
its state-owned electrical utility and state-owned petroleum company. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 7, 2025 
Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. CUELLAR, Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia, 
Mr. MORAN, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. BEAN of Florida, and Mr. PFLUGER) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To require the United States Trade Representative to request 
a dispute resolution panel with Mexico under the 
USMCA, initiate an investigation under the Trade Act 
of 1974, or require, during the first joint review of 
the USMCA, that Mexico comply with certain obligations 
under the USMCA with respect to certain actions taken 
by Mexico that favor its state-owned electrical utility 
and state-owned petroleum company. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mexican Energy Trade 
Enforcement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS TO RE-
QUIRE MEXICO TO COMPLY WITH ITS OBLI-
GATIONS UNDER THE USMCA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To protect United States com-
merce abroad, and with respect to the covered actions, the 
United States Trade Representative shall— 
(1) request the establishment of a dispute reso-
lution panel with Mexico under article 31.6 of the 
USMCA; or 
(2) require, during the first joint review of the 
USMCA, that Mexico provide non-discriminatory ac-
cess for United States energy companies consistent 
with the obligations of Mexico under the USMCA, 
including under chapters 2 (Market Access), 14 (In-
vestments), and 22 (State-Owned Enterprises) of 
the USMCA. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the United States Trade 
Representative shall submit a report to the Committee on 
Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Finance of the Senate detailing action 
taken under subsection (a). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
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(1) COVERED ACTIONS.—The term ‘‘covered ac-
tions’’ means the actions taken by Mexico that 
formed the basis for the request for dispute settle-
ment consultations with Mexico under the USMCA, 
circulated by the United States Trade Representa-
tive on July 20, 2022, and which favor its State- 
owned electrical utility company, Comisio´n Federal 
de Electricidad, and State-owned petroleum com-
pany, Petro´leos Mexicanos, and negatively impact 
United States companies operating in Mexico and 
United States energy export to Mexico. 
(2) USMCA.—The term ‘‘USMCA’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 3(9) of the 
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implemen-
tation Act (19 U.S.C. 4502(9)). 
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