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(G) encouraging observers of the Arctic 
Council (including India and China) to adopt 
mitigation plans consistent with the findings 
and recommendations of the Arctic Council’s 
Framework for Action on Black Carbon and 
Methane; 
(H) collaborating on technological advances 
in black carbon, methane, and high-GWP HFC 
pollutant mitigation, sequestration and reduc-
tion technologies; and 
(I) advising foreign countries, at both the 
national and subnational levels, regarding the 
development and execution of regulatory policies, 
services, and laws pertaining to reducing the cre-
ation and the collection and safe management of 
black carbon, methane, and high-GWP HFC. 
(c) ENHANCING
INTERNATIONAL
OUTREACH
AND 
PARTNERSHIP OF UNITED STATES AGENCIES INVOLVED IN 
GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS.— 
(1) FINDING.—Congress recognizes the success of 
the United States Climate Alliance and the green-
house gas reduction programs and strategies estab-
lished by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Cen-
ter for Corporate Climate Leadership. 
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(2) AUTHORIZATION OF EFFORTS TO BUILD FOR-
EIGN PARTNERSHIPS.—The Secretary of State shall 
work with the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to build partnerships, as appro-
priate, with the governments of foreign countries and 
to support international efforts to reduce black car-
bon, methane, and high-GWP HFC. 
(d) NEGOTIATION OF NEW INTERNATIONAL AGREE-
MENTS
AND REASSERTION
OF TARGETS
IN EXISTING 
AGREEMENTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
a report to Congress that— 
(1) assesses the potential for negotiating new 
international agreements, new targets within existing 
international agreements or cooperative bodies, and 
the creation of a new international forum to mitigate 
globally black carbon, methane, and high-GWP HFC 
to support the efforts described in subsection (b); 
(2) describes the provisions that could be in-
cluded in such agreements; 
(3) assesses potential parties to such agreements; 
(4) describes a process for reengaging with Can-
ada and Mexico regarding the methane targets agreed 
to at the 2016 North American Leaders’ Summit; and 
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(5) describes a process for reengaging with the 
countries of the Arctic Council regarding the methane 
and black carbon targets that were negotiated in 2015 
through the Framework for Action. 
(e) CONSIDERATION OF BLACK CARBON, METHANE, 
AND HIGH-GWP HFC
IN NEGOTIATING INTERNATIONAL 
AGREEMENTS.—In negotiating any relevant international 
agreement with any country or countries after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the President shall— 
(1) consider the impact black carbon, methane, 
and high-GWP HFC are having on the increase in 
global average temperatures and the resulting global 
climate change; 
(2) consider the effects that climate change is 
having on the environment; and 
(3) ensure that the agreement strengthens efforts 
to eliminate black carbon, methane, and high-GWP 
HFC from such country or countries. 
(f) PLAN
TO REDUCE BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS 
FROM SHIPS.—Consistent with strategies adopted by the 
International Maritime Organization to reduce greenhouse 
gas emissions from ships, the Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Transportation, the Sec-
retary of Commerce, the Administrator, and the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard, shall develop a comprehensive 
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plan to reduce black carbon emissions from ships based on 
appropriate emissions data from oceangoing vessels. The 
plan shall provide for such reduction through— 
(1) a clean freight partnership; 
(2) limits on black carbon emissions; and 
(3) efforts that include protection of access to 
critical fuel shipments and emergency needs of coastal 
communities. 
(g) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
INTERAGENCY
WORKING 
GROUP ON BLACK CARBON, METHANE, AND HIGH-GWP 
HFC POLLUTANT MITIGATION.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the President 
shall establish a task force, to be known as the Inter-
agency Working Group on Black Carbon, Methane, 
and High-GWP HFC Pollutant Mitigation. 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the Working 
Group shall include the head (or a designee thereof) 
of each relevant Federal agency. 
(3) DUTIES.—The Working Group shall— 
(A) not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report that in-
cludes specific plans of each relevant Federal 
agency— 
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(B) look for opportunities with other coun-
tries to promote alternatives to high-GWP HFC, 
and transition over time to equipment that uses 
safer and more sustainable alternatives to high- 
GWP HFC; 
(C) review the policy recommendations 
made by— 
(i) the Intergovernmental Panel on Cli-
mate Change; 
(ii) the United States Climate Alli-
ance; 
(iii) the Interagency Strategy to Re-
duce Methane Emissions; 
(iv) the Council on Climate Prepared-
ness and Resilience; 
(v) the Clean Cooking Alliance; 
(vi) the International Maritime Orga-
nization; and 
(vii) other relevant organizations and 
institutions; and 
(D) develop an action plan to reduce black 
carbon, methane, and high-GWP HFC pollutants 
that incorporates any appropriate proposals or 
recommendations made by the entities referred to 
in subparagraph (C). 
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