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Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] · D–TX
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-09-24 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill proposes adding an environmental compliance requirement to the African Growth and Opportunity Act: effective enforcement of environmental laws and fulfillment of international environmental obligations, including related public health obligations. It would also make a related trade-law provision use requirements in effect when the President makes a designation. The supplied text does not reproduce the existing provisions that determine who is covered or what designation means.
Section 104 of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3703) is amended—
(4) effectively enforces its environmental laws, regulations, and other legal measures and fulfills its international environmental obligations, including such public health obligations.
as such requirements are in effect on the date the President makes such designation.
Section 1(a) would add a requirement to section 104 of the African Growth and Opportunity Act covering both effective enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and other legal measures, and fulfillment of international environmental obligations, including related public health obligations.
Section 104 of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3703) is amended—
(3) by adding at the end the following: (4) effectively enforces its environmental laws, regulations, and other legal measures and fulfills its international environmental obligations, including such public health obligations.
Section 1(b) would change the date used to determine which requirements apply under the referenced Trade Act provision. It would replace requirements fixed as of an Act’s enactment with requirements in effect when the President makes the designation. The surrounding statutory language is not supplied.
Section 506A(a)(1)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking as such requirements are in effect on the date of the enactment of that Act and inserting as such requirements are in effect on the date the President makes such designation.
The supplied actions snapshot, updated October 5, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 24, 2026.
Source snapshot updated 2026-10-05T20:43:02Z. 2026-09-24: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 2026-09-24: Introduced in House
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Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-09-24. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
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Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
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Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
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