Protecting America's Sovereignty Act

Bill: 114-hr-967
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2015-02-13
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration

Free trade and trade barriers

Government liability

International organizations and cooperation

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Specialized courts

Trade agreements and negotiations

U.S. and foreign investments
Latest action: action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protecting America's Sovereignty Act</strong></p> <p>Prohibits the President from entering into any free trade agreement or investment treaty with a foreign country or countries that grants foreign investors the right to access an international tribunal to seek cash damages from or injunctive relief against the U.S. government if such investors believe that U.S. actions are in breach of rights conferred on foreign investors in the agreement or treaty.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 967 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2015 Mr. Pocan (for himself, Mr. McGovern , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Grijalva , Ms. Slaughter , Mr. Nolan , Mr. Gene Green of Texas , Mr. Tonko , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. DeFazio , Mr. Conyers , Mr. Ellison , and Ms. DeLauro ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means , and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To prohibit the President from entering into a free trade agreement or investment treaty with a foreign country or countries if the agreement or treaty includes investor-state dispute settlement provisions.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting America’s Sovereignty Act . 2. Prohibition on agreements that include investor-state dispute settlement provisions (a) In general The President may not, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, enter into any free trade agreement or investment treaty with a foreign country or countries if the agreement or treaty includes a provision described in subsection (b). (b) Provision described A provision described in this subsection is a provision that grants foreign investors the right to access an international tribunal to seek cash damages from or injunctive relief against the government of the United States if such investors believe actions taken by the United States are in breach of rights conferred to foreign investors in the free trade agreement or investment treaty.