3.0.0 3245 2023-01-11T13:49:45Z 2023-01-11T13:49:45Z House HR 2021-05-14 117 [Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 84 (Friday, May 14, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. ESCOBAR:H.R. 3245.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8.[Page H2357]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2021-11-09T16:04:56Z Referred to 2021-05-14T13:04:00Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2021-05-14T13:04:15Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2021-05-14T13:04:10Z hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2021-05-14T13:04:05Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2021-05-14T13:03:50Z Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2021 117 1405 S 2021-04-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2021-11-09 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Committee 2021-05-14 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2021-05-14 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2021-05-14 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2021-05-14 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2021-05-14 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2021-05-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-05-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress E000299 Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] Veronica Escobar D TX 16 N International Affairs Africa Air quality Asia China Climate change and greenhouse gases Coal Congressional oversight Economic development Electric power generation and transmission 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 Latin America Mining Protest and dissent Sanctions U.S. and foreign investments Visas and passports International Affairs 00 2021-05-14 Introduced in House 2021-11-26T15:07:23Z Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2021

This bill authorizes the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on any foreign person that is responsible for or involved in specified activities that are detrimental to the environment.

Such activities include (1) causing significant excess greenhouse gas emissions associated with power generation; (2) causing significant or illegal deforestation or loss of natural carbon sinks; and (3) knowingly misrepresenting the environmental impact of a project, investment, or product.

The bill further states that it is U.S. policy to consider any act of corruption related to such activities and any violation of internationally recognized human rights committed against specified individuals to be sanctionable.

]]> Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2021 Display Title Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced 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 House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2021 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr3245ih/xml/BILLS-117hr3245ih.xml 2021-11-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. 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.