# 119-s-3282: Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2025

119-s-3282, Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3282
- Congress: 119
- Title: Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-01
- Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Targeted sanctions** would be authorized against foreign people whose actions significantly worsen climate change, drive deforestation, or harm environmental defenders. The bill spells out who can be sanctioned and what tools the President may use, such as visa bans and asset blocks. - Environmental defenders: The bill defines defenders broadly to include people who advocate for environment, public health, Indigenous or community land rights, those who investigate or expose harm, and people displaced by human-caused environmental change. It urges priority action against activities that undermine efforts to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. - Foreign actors and companies: The President could sanction foreign persons who knowingly, recklessly, or willfully cause greenhouse gas emissions outside Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change pathways, engage in illegal deforestation or loss of carbon sinks, misrepresent environmental impacts, or materially assist such conduct. Deforestation is defined with a minimum 10 percent canopy threshold for conversion to other land uses. - U.S. enforcement and resources: Sanctions options include visa ineligibility and property blocking under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and other measures in the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act. The bill requires the President to consider information from Congress, foreign partners, and NGOs and authorizes appropriations to strengthen the Office of Foreign Assets Control for these actions.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New climate-linked sanctions and funding: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would let the President sanction foreign people or companies for major climate or forest harms. Covered acts include big greenhouse gas projects inconsistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C, illegal deforestation, and lying about environmental impacts. Sanctions could block or s…

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- 119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026
- 119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act
- 119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-5134: Green New Deal for Health Act

## Sources
- [119-s-3282 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3282)

## Related
- [119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5071)
- [119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5022)
- [119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2819)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-5134: Green New Deal for Health Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5134)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3282 (as of 2026-04-21).