[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 967 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 967

To prohibit the President from entering into a free trade agreement or 
investment treaty with a foreign country or countries if the agreement 
    or treaty includes investor-state dispute settlement provisions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2015

Mr. Pocan (for himself, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. 
 Slaughter, Mr. Nolan, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Kaptur, 
Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Ellison, and Ms. DeLauro) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the President from entering into a free trade agreement or 
investment treaty with a foreign country or countries if the agreement 
    or treaty includes investor-state dispute settlement provisions.

    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 ``Protecting America's Sovereignty 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AGREEMENTS THAT INCLUDE INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTE 
              SETTLEMENT PROVISIONS.

    (a) In General.--The President may not, on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, enter into any free trade agreement or 
investment treaty with a foreign country or countries if the agreement 
or treaty includes a provision described in subsection (b).
    (b) Provision Described.--A provision described in this subsection 
is a provision that grants foreign investors the right to access an 
international tribunal to seek cash damages from or injunctive relief 
against the government of the United States if such investors believe 
actions taken by the United States are in breach of rights conferred to 
foreign investors in the free trade agreement or investment treaty.
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