Earth Act

Bill: 114-hr-3627
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2015-09-28
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Environmental health

Environmental regulatory procedures

International organizations and cooperation

Tariffs
Latest action: action_date: 2015-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-09-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Earth Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise requirements under the General System of Preferences (GSP).</p> <p>The President shall not designate a foreign country as a beneficiary developing country eligible for preferential treatment under the GSP if it fails to enforce effectively its environmental laws or meet its international environmental obligations, including as they relate to public health.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3627 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 28, 2015 Mr. Doggett (for himself, Mr. Levin , Mr. Rangel , Mr. McDermott , Mr. Lewis , Mr. Neal , Mr. Becerra , Mr. Thompson of California , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Kind , Mr. Pascrell , Mr. Crowley , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Ms. Linda T. Sánchez of California , and Ms. Bass ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to exclude from eligibility for the generalized system of preferences any country that fails to effectively enforce its environmental laws or meet its international environmental obligations, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Earth Act . 2. Compliance with environmental laws and regulations Section 502(b)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2462(b)(2) ) is amended— (1) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the following new subparagraph: (I) Such country fails to effectively enforce its environmental laws, regulations, or other measures, or to fulfill its international environmental obligations, including as such obligations relate to public health. ; and (2) in the matter following subparagraph (I) (as added by paragraph (1))— (A) by striking and (H) and inserting (H) ; and (B) by striking shall not prevent and inserting , and (I) shall not prevent .