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Earth Act

Introduced: January 6, 2021 Introduced by: Doggett, Lloyd Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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Jan 6, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 6, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jan 6, 2021
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

The Earth Act

This bill establishes an additional basis for excluding a foreign country from designation as a beneficiary developing country for the purposes of preferential trade treatment.

Specifically, the bill makes a country ineligible for this designation if it fails to effectively enforce its environmental laws or to fulfill its international environmental obligations. The President, when making this designation, must take into account the extent to which a country effectively enforces these laws and fulfills these obligations.

What's happening now January 6, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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