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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 environ-
mental cooperation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. WITHDRAWAL FROM NAFTA SUPPLEMENTAL
AGREEMENTS 
ON 
LABOR 
AND 
ENVIRON-
MENTAL COOPERATION.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR WITHDRAWAL.—The United
States shall withdraw from the North American Agree-
ment on Environmental Cooperation and from the North
American Agreement on Labor Cooperation.
(b) NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL.—Upon the enactment
of this Act, the President shall provide to the Government
of Canada and the Government of the United Mexican
States written notice of—
(1) United States withdrawal from the North
American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
in accordance with Article 50 of that agreement; and
(2) United States withdrawal from the North
American Agreement on Labor Cooperation in ac-
cordance with Article 54 of that agreement.
(c) REPEAL
OF AUTHORIZATION
TO IMPLEMENT
SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS.—
(1) REPEAL.—Sections 531 and 532 of the
North American Free Trade Ageement Implementa-
tion Act are repealed.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(A) 
The
heading for subtitle D of title V of that Act is
amended by striking ‘‘NAFTA SUPPLEMENTAL
AGREEMENTS’’ and inserting ‘‘AGREEMENT ON
A
BORDER
ENVIRONMENT
COOPERATION
COMMISSION AND A NORTH AMERICAN DE-
VELOPMENT BANK’’.
(B) The heading for part 1 of subtitle D of title
V of that Act is amended by striking ‘‘AGREE-
MENTS
RELATING
TO
LABOR
AND
ENVIRON-
MENT’’ and inserting ‘‘AGREEMENT ON A BOR-
DER
ENVIRONMENT
COOPERATION
COMMIS-
SION’’.
(C) The table of contents in section 1(b) of that
Act is amended—
(i) by striking the items relating to sec-
tions 531 and 532;
(ii) in the item relating to the subtitle
heading for subtitle D of title V, by striking
‘‘NAFTA Supplemental Agreements’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Agreement on a Border Environment
Cooperation Commission and a North American
Development Bank’’; and
(iii) in the item relating to the part head-
ing for part 1 of subtitle D of title V, by strik-
ing ‘‘Agreements relating to labor and environ-
ment’’ and inserting ‘‘Agreement on a border
environment cooperation commission’’.
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection take effect 6 months after the
date of enactment of this Act.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
(1) the term ‘‘North American Agreement on
Environmental Cooperation’’ means the North
American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
Between the Government of the United States of
America, the Government of Canada, and the Gov-
ernment of the United Mexican States (signed at
Mexico City, Washington, and Ottawa on September
8, 9, 12, and 14, 1993); and
(2) the term ‘‘North American Agreement on
Labor Cooperation’’ means the North American
Agreement on Labor Cooperation Between the Gov-
ernment of the United States of America, the Gov-
ernment of Canada, and the Government of the
United Mexican States (signed at Mexico City,
Washington, and Ottawa on September 8, 9, 12, and
14, 1993).
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