§4713 Monitoring Actions

Summary

Monitor how USMCA countries keep their environmental promises. The Interagency Environment Committee must carry out the monitoring actions listed below. Within 30 days after the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s Secretariat makes a factual record about a country, the Committee must review that record. If it finds the country is not meeting its environmental duties, the Committee may ask for enforcement under section 4714. If the Committee finds noncompliance but decides not to seek enforcement, it must send a written explanation to the appropriate congressional committees within 30 days. The Committee must also review reports sent under section 4732(b)(2) and use them to assess Mexico’s efforts to meet its environmental obligations. The Committee may ask for verification of particular shipments from Mexico under the Environment Cooperation and Customs Verification Agreement (signed December 10, 2019), either after public comments or on its own. If the public files comments, the Committee must review them within 30 days and may ask the U.S. Trade Representative to request information from Mexico within a reasonable time. The Committee will review any information Mexico provides and may ask the Trade Representative to request further verification steps. The Trade Representative must consult quarterly with congressional committees and the Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee about comments, information, and actions. Subsections about Mexico apply while the USMCA is in force and applied to Mexico.