3.0.0 2955 2022-10-28T01:46:12Z 2022-10-28T01:46:12Z Senate S 2019-11-21 116 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-11-21T21:13:00Z Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2019 116 5625 HR 2020-02-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Identical bill CRS 2019-11-21 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-11-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N International Affairs Africa Air quality Alternative and renewable resources Asia China Climate change and greenhouse gases Coal Congressional oversight Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Economic development Electric power generation and transmission Energy efficiency and conservation Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Environmental technology Foreign aid and international relief Foreign and international corporations Foreign property Forests, forestry, trees Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Human rights International law and treaties International organizations and cooperation Land use and conservation Latin America Mining Multilateral development programs Sanctions Visas and passports International Affairs 00 2019-11-21 Introduced in Senate 2020-11-24T20:14:44Z Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2019

This bill authorizes the President to impose sanctions on a foreign individual or company that has engaged in egregious behaviors that undermine efforts to limit global warming.

Specifically, the President may impose visa-blocking, property-blocking, or economic sanctions upon a determination that a foreign individual or company has (1) caused significant excess greenhouse gas emissions associated with electrical power generation; (2) caused significant or illegal deforestation or loss of natural carbon sinks; or (3) knowingly misrepresented the environmental impact of a project, investment, or product.

]]> Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2019 Display Title Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the imposition of sanctions with respect to significant actions that exacerbate climate change, to reinforce comprehensive efforts to limit global average temperature rise, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2955is/xml/BILLS-116s2955is.xml 2019-11-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.