3.0.0 3371 2025-12-05T09:11:28Z 2025-12-05T09:11:28Z Senate S S 2023-11-30 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3371 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-11-30T17:32:09Z 118 6515 HR 2024-12-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Identical bill CRS 2023-11-30 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2023-11-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2023-11-30 True Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign Trade and International Finance 2024-02-13T15:00:38Z

00 2023-11-30 Introduced in Senate 2024-10-23T18:46:12Z <p><strong>Fostering Overseas Rule of law and Environmentally Sound Trade Act of 2023 or the FOREST Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill restricts certain commodities produced on illegally deforested land from accessing the U.S. market.</p><p>Specifically, the bill prohibits the importation of any product made wholly or in part of a covered commodity produced on illegally deforested land. The bill outlines requirements for import declarations of covered commodities.</p><p>The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) must, within 30 days, publish (1) an initial list of covered commodities that consists of palm oil, soybeans, cocoa, cattle, and rubber; and (2) an initial list of covered products that are defined by the bill in accordance with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. These lists must be updated at least on an annual basis.</p><p>Further, the USTR must identify foreign countries without adequate and effective protection against illegal deforestation for the production of commodities that are likely to enter the United States. The USTR must develop an action plan that includes benchmarks for each identified country.</p><p>Additionally, the bill creates an interagency working group to provide advice and recommendations to the USTR, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and other relevant agencies.</p><p>The bill provides funding to assist foreign governments in combating illegal deforestation.</p><p>The bill also includes illegal deforestation as a specified unlawful activity under a federal financial crime statute.</p><p>The bill establishes a federal procurement preference for commodities that are not produced on land subject to deforestation.</p>

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