§4713 Monitoring actions

Summary

Requires the Interagency Environment Committee to watch how USMCA countries follow their environmental promises. If the Commission for Environmental Cooperation makes a factual record about a complaint, the Committee must review that record within 30 days and can ask for enforcement action if it finds the country is not meeting its obligations. If the Committee finds noncompliance but decides not to ask for enforcement, it must give a written explanation to the right congressional committees within 30 days of that decision. The Committee must also review certain reports and judge Mexico’s efforts to meet its environmental duties. Allows the Committee to check specific shipments from Mexico under the Environment Cooperation and Customs Verification Agreement done at Mexico City on December 10, 2019. The Committee may act on public comments or on its own. When comments arrive, it must review them within 30 days and can ask the U.S. Trade Representative to request information from Mexico for verification. The Committee reviews Mexico’s responses and can ask for more steps. The Trade Representative must meet quarterly with congressional committees and the Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee about the comments, information, and any actions. Subparts about reports and shipment checks apply to Mexico while the USMCA applies to the United States and Mexico.