Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2021
USA117th CongressHR-3245| House
| Updated: 11/9/2021
Veronica Escobar
Democratic Representative
Texas
Committees (6)
• Ways and Means Committee• Foreign Affairs Committee• Financial Services Committee• Judiciary Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee• Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
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.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Reform, and Ways and Means, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
International Affairs
AfricaAir qualityAsiaChinaClimate change and greenhouse gasesCoalCongressional oversightEconomic developmentElectric power generation and transmissionForeign and international corporationsForeign propertyForests, forestry, treesGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionHuman rightsInternational law and treatiesInternational organizations and cooperationLatin AmericaMiningProtest and dissentSanctionsU.S. and foreign investmentsVisas and passports
Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2021
USA117th CongressHR-3245| House
| Updated: 11/9/2021
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.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Reform, and Ways and Means, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Veronica Escobar
Democratic Representative
Texas
Committees (6)
• Ways and Means Committee• Foreign Affairs Committee• Financial Services Committee• Judiciary Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee• Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
International Affairs
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
AfricaAir qualityAsiaChinaClimate change and greenhouse gasesCoalCongressional oversightEconomic developmentElectric power generation and transmissionForeign and international corporationsForeign propertyForests, forestry, treesGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionHuman rightsInternational law and treatiesInternational organizations and cooperationLatin AmericaMiningProtest and dissentSanctionsU.S. and foreign investmentsVisas and passports