Establishment of the Interagency Environment Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement Under Section 811 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act
Creates Federal Committee to Monitor Environmental Obligations With Mexico and Canada
What it does
Agencies must coordinate U.S. monitoring and enforcement of environmental obligations under the United States-Mexico-Canada agreement and assess Mexico’s and Canada’s environmental laws and implementation.
Real-world impact
- Creates a federal committee to monitor and enforce environmental obligations with Mexico and Canada.
- Requires agencies to assess Mexico’s and Canada’s environmental laws and implementation.
- Agencies may issue regulations and must fund their own committee-related expenses.
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Summary
This order creates a federal interagency environment committee to coordinate U.S. efforts to monitor and enforce environmental obligations under title VIII of the United States‑Mexico‑Canada agreement. The committee will assess Mexico’s and Canada’s environmental laws and policies, carry out monitoring actions, and request enforcement actions as provided in the law.
It names the U.S. Trade Representative as chair, lists participating federal departments, allows agencies to adopt necessary regulations, and says each department will pay its own committee-related costs.
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