3.0.0 1405 2023-01-11T13:49:08Z 2023-01-11T13:49:08Z Senate S 2021-04-28 117 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-04-28T18:18:08Z Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2021 117 3245 HR 2021-11-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Identical bill CRS 2021-04-28 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-04-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2021-07-13 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2022-03-16 False International Affairs Africa Air quality Asia China Climate change and greenhouse gases Coal Congressional oversight Economic development Electric power generation and transmission Environmental Protection 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 2021-04-28 Introduced in Senate 2021-12-13T15:08:00Z 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 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 Short Title(s) as Introduced Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1405is/xml/BILLS-117s1405is.xml 2021-04-28 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.