[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3627 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3627

  To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to exclude from eligibility for the 
generalized system of preferences any country that fails to effectively 
enforce its environmental laws or meet its international environmental 
                  obligations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2015

  Mr. Doggett (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Rangel, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
Lewis, Mr. Neal, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Larson of 
 Connecticut, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Kind, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, and Ms. 
    Bass) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to exclude from eligibility for the 
generalized system of preferences any country that fails to effectively 
enforce its environmental laws or meet its international environmental 
                  obligations, 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 ``Earth Act''.

SEC. 2. COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS.

    Section 502(b)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2462(b)(2)) 
is amended--
            (1) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(I) Such country fails to effectively enforce its 
                environmental laws, regulations, or other measures, or 
                to fulfill its international environmental obligations, 
                including as such obligations relate to public 
                health.''; and
            (2) in the matter following subparagraph (I) (as added by 
        paragraph (1))--
                    (A) by striking ``and (H)'' and inserting ``(H)''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``shall not prevent'' and inserting 
                ``, and (I) shall not prevent''.
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