[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2282 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2282

  To amend title V of the Trade Act of 1974 to provide incentives for 
  developing countries to develop and implement strong environmental 
              protection programs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 13 (legislative day, July 11), 1994

   Mr. Kerry introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title V of the Trade Act of 1974 to provide incentives for 
  developing countries to develop and implement strong environmental 
              protection programs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sustainable Development Through 
Trade Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INCENTIVES.

    (a) Waiver For Environmental Protection Action.--Section 504(c)(3) 
of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2464(c)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of 
        clause (ii), by striking the period at the end of clause (iii) 
        and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the end the following 
        new clause:
                            ``(iv) is advised by the Administrator of 
                        the Environmental Protection Agency, the 
                        Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
                        Atmospheric Administration, and the Secretary 
                        of the Interior, that the beneficiary 
                        developing country is taking action to protect 
                        environmental resources, including ecosystems, 
                        that have environmental, economic, or national 
                        security significance for the United States.''; 
                        and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end of 
        clause (i), by striking the period at the end of clause (ii) 
        and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the end the following 
        new clause:
                            ``(iii) the extent to which such country is 
                        taking action to protect environmental 
                        resources, including ecosystems, that have 
                        environmental, economic, or national security 
                        significance for the United States.''.
    (b) Least-Developed Countries.--Section 503 of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may 
designate any article that is the growth, product, or manufacture of a 
least-developed beneficiary developing country as an eligible article 
under subsection (a), unless the President determines that such article 
is an import-sensitive article in the context of imports from such 
least-developed beneficiary developing country.''.

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