S 5486 119th Congress Senate

A bill to amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to exclude from eligibility each sub-Saharan African country that does not effectively enforce its environmental laws and fulfill its…

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A bill to amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to exclude from eligibility each sub-Saharan African country that does not effectively enforce its environmental laws and fulfill its international environmental obligations.

Introduced: September 23, 2026 Introduced by: Whitehouse, Sheldon Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov

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Sep 23, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Sep 23, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5486: A bill to amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to exclude from eligibility each sub-Saharan African country that does not effectively enforce its environmental laws and fulfill its international environmental obligations.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5486/

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"S. 5486: A bill to amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to exclude from eligibility each sub-Saharan African country that does not effectively enforce its environmental laws and fulfill its international environmental obligations.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5486/.

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S. 5486, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5486/.

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[S. 5486: A bill to amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to exclude from eligibility each sub-Saharan African country that does not effectively enforce its environmental laws and fulfill its international environmental obligations.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5486/)