§4701. Definitions — Inbound Citations
19 U.S.C. § 4701
Cited by 18 provisions in release 119-102.
Citations to §4701(1)
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(A) to carry out an assessment of their environmental laws and policies;
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(a) The Interagency Environment Committee shall carry out an assessment of the environmental laws and policies of the USMCA countries—(1) to determine if such laws and policies are sufficient to implement their environmental obligations; and(2) to identify any gaps between such laws and policies and their environmental obligations.
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(b) The assessment required by subsection (a) shall identify the environmental laws and policies of the USMCA countries with respect to which enhanced cooperation, including the provision of technical assistance and capacity building assistance, monitoring actions, and enforcement actions, if appropriate, should be carried out on an enhanced and continuing basis.
Citations to §4701(2)
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(1) to coordinate United States efforts to monitor and enforce environmental obligations generally; and
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(B) to carry out monitoring actions with respect to the implementation and maintenance of their environmental obligations; and
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(C) to request enforcement actions with respect to USMCA countries that are not in compliance with their environmental obligations.
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(1) to determine if such laws and policies are sufficient to implement their environmental obligations; and
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(2) to identify any gaps between such laws and policies and their environmental obligations.
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(a) The Interagency Environment Committee shall carry out monitoring actions, which shall include the monitoring actions described in subsections (b), (c), and (d), with respect to the implementation and maintenance of the environmental obligations of the USMCA countries.
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(B) may, based on findings of the review under subparagraph (A) that the USMCA country is not in compliance with its environmental obligations, request enforcement actions under section 4714 of this title with respect to the USMCA country.
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(2) If the Interagency Environment Committee finds that a USMCA country is not in compliance with its environmental obligations under paragraph (1)(B) and determines not to request enforcement actions under section 4714 of this title with respect to the USMCA country, the Committee shall, not later than 30 days after the date on which it makes the determination, provide to the appropriate congressional committees a written explanation and justification of the determination.
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(2) based on the findings of each such report, assess the efforts of Mexico to comply with its environmental obligations.
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(1) a description of efforts of the USMCA countries to implement their environmental obligations; and
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(2) a description of additional efforts to be taken with respect to USMCA countries that are failing to implement their environmental obligations.
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(2) A comprehensive determination regarding USMCA countries’ implementation of their environmental obligations.
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(3) An explanation of how compliance with environmental obligations will be taken into consideration during the “joint review” conducted pursuant to article 34.7.2 of the USMCA on the sixth anniversary of the entry into force of the USMCA.
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(1) Assist the Interagency Environment Committee to carry out monitoring and enforcement actions with respect to the environmental obligations of Mexico.
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(2) Prepare and submit to the Interagency Environment Committee on a quarterly basis a report on efforts of Mexico to comply with its environmental obligations.