North American Development Bank’s Pollution Solution Act

Bill: 116-hr-3895
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2019-07-23
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Environmental health

Foreign loans and debt

Government trust funds

Infrastructure development

Latin America

Mexico

Multilateral development programs

North America

Performance measurement

Solid waste and recycling

Water quality

Water use and supply
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>North American Development Bank's Pollution Solution Act</strong></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to purchase additional stock in the North American Development Bank and directs Treasury to advocate for the bank to support environmentally beneficial projects. </p> <p>Treasury shall advocate for the bank to (1) prioritize using the additional capital raised by the stock purchase to support environmentally beneficial infrastructure projects, and (2) streamline and accelerate such projects. </p> <p>Treasury shall vote to establish within the bank the U.S.-Mexico Border Public Health Trust Fund. The fund shall support environmental infrastructure projects along the U.S.-Mexico border relating to water pollution, water conservation, municipal solid waste, and other related matters. The bill appropriates $400 million for payment into the trust fund.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3895 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 23, 2019 Mr. Vargas (for himself, Mr. Peters , Mrs. Davis of California , and Mr. Levin of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To provide for a general capital increase for the North American Development Bank, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the North American Development Bank’s Pollution Solution Act . 2. General capital increase Part 2 of subtitle D of title V of Public Law 103–182 (22 U.S.C. 290m–290m–5) is amended by adding at the end the following: 547. First capital increase (a) Subscription authorized The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to subscribe on behalf of the United States to, and make payment for, 150,000 additional shares of the capital stock of the Bank. (b) Limitation Any subscription by the United States to the capital stock of the Bank shall be effective only to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts. (c) Use of capital raised to further certain policy goals The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director at the Bank to use the voice and vote of the United States to prioritize using the capital raised through the purchase of additional shares of capital stock of the Bank to further the policy goals set forth in section 3 of the North American Development Bank’s Pollution Solution Act. . 3. Policy goals (a) In general In addition to projects within the mission and scope of the North American Development Bank, including wastewater treatment, water conservation, municipal solid waste and related matters, on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act and pursuant to section 2 of article II of the Charter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the representatives of the United States to the Board of Directors of the Bank to use their voice and vote of the United States to support the financing of projects related to environmental infrastructure relating to water pollution, stormwater drainage, non-point pollution and any other environmentally beneficial infrastructure project. (b) Charter defined In this section, the term Charter means the Agreement Concerning the Establishment of a Border Environment Cooperation Commission and a North American Development Bank, signed at Washington and Mexico November 16 and 18, 1993, and entered into force January 1, 1994 (TIAS 12516), between the United States and Mexico. 4. Efficiencies and streamlining The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the representatives of the United States to the Board of Directors of the North American Development Bank to use the voice and vote of the United States to seek to require the Bank to develop and implement efficiency improvements to streamline and accelerate projects described in section 3(a). 5. Performance measures (a) In general The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the representatives of the United States to the Board of Directors of the North American Development Bank to use the voice and vote of the United States to seek to require the Bank to develop performance measures that— (1) demonstrate how projects and financing approved by the Bank are meeting the Bank’s mission and providing added value to the region near the international land border between the United States and Mexico; and (2) are reviewed and updated not less frequently than annually. (b) Report to Congress The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to Congress, with the submission to Congress of the budget of the President for a fiscal year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a report on progress in imposing the performance measures described in subsection (a). 6. Creation of the U.S.-Mexico Border Public Health Trust Fund in the North American Development Bank (a) Short title This section may be cited as the U.S.-Mexico Border Public Health Trust Fund Act of 2019 . (b) Creation of the U.S.-Mexico Border Public Health Trust Fund Part 2 of subtitle D of title V of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (22 U.S.C. 290m–290m–5), as amended by section 2 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: 548. U.S.-Mexico Border Public Health Trust Fund (a) Establishment (1) In general The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall use the voice and vote of the United States to establish, in the Bank, a trust fund (which shall be known as the U.S.-Mexico Border Public Health Trust Fund) which shall— (A) focus on designing, implementing, and financing, through loans and grants, environmental infrastructure projects relating to water pollution, wastewater treatment, water conservation, municipal solid waste, and related matters along the United States-Mexico border; and (B) be administered by the Board of Directors of the Bank. (2) Report to the congress Until the trust fund is established, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the Committees of jurisdiction semiannual reports on the efforts of, and progress made by, the Secretary in establishing the trust fund. (b) Administration (1) In general The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (and, in the case of matters relating to expenditures from the trust fund, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the head of any department or agency of the Federal Government that has made a deposit into the trust fund), shall use the voice and vote of the United States— (A) to support the development by the Bank of performance measures for projects financed by the trust fund; (B) to support the regular assessment of the projects by the Bank using performance measures; and (C) to explore and support opportunities for private sector co-financing of trust fund projects. (2) Report to the congress Within 1 year after the establishment of the trust fund, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the Committees of jurisdiction a written report on the progress made in developing the performance measures referred to in paragraph (1). (c) Appropriations (1) In general Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated $400,000,000 for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Bank as trustee for the trust fund, to remain available until expended. (2) Authority to reprogram unobligated funds Any department or agency of the Federal Government may deposit into the trust fund any unobligated funds made available to the department or agency, as the case may be. .