119 HR 5926 IH: Mexican Energy Trade Enforcement Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-11-07 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5926IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESNovember 7, 2025Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. Cuellar, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Moran, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Bean of Florida, and Mr. Pfluger) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and MeansA BILLTo require the United States Trade Representative to request a dispute resolution panel with Mexico under the USMCA, initiate an investigation under the Trade Act of 1974, or require, during the first joint review of the USMCA, that Mexico comply with certain obligations under the USMCA with respect to certain actions taken by Mexico that favor its state-owned electrical utility and state-owned petroleum company.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Mexican Energy Trade Enforcement Act.

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Requirement to take certain actions to require Mexico to comply with its obligations under the USMCA

(a)

In general

To protect United States commerce abroad, and with respect to the covered actions, the United States Trade Representative shall—(1)request the establishment of a dispute resolution panel with Mexico under article 31.6 of the USMCA; or(2)require, during the first joint review of the USMCA, that Mexico provide non-discriminatory access for United States energy companies consistent with the obligations of Mexico under the USMCA, including under chapters 2 (Market Access), 14 (Investments), and 22 (State-Owned Enterprises) of the USMCA.(b)

Report

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the United States Trade Representative shall submit a report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate detailing action taken under subsection (a).(c)

Definitions

In this Act:(1)

Covered actions

The term covered actions means the actions taken by Mexico that formed the basis for the request for dispute settlement consultations with Mexico under the USMCA, circulated by the United States Trade Representative on July 20, 2022, and which favor its State-owned electrical utility company, Comisión Federal de Electricidad, and State-owned petroleum company, Petróleos Mexicanos, and negatively impact United States companies operating in Mexico and United States energy export to Mexico.(2)

USMCA

The term USMCA has the meaning given such term in section 3(9) of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 4502(9)).