Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 6185
Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2025
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Introduced 2025-11-20Topic: climate · environment · governance ethicsSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would allow the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons found, based on credible information, to engage in certain activities in foreign countries tied to climate change. Covered activities include causing greenhouse gas emissions out of line with pathways to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, causing illegal deforestation, misrepresenting a project's environmental impact, and limiting opposition from people seeking to protect the environment. Sanctions could include denying or revoking U.S. visas and blocking property and transactions under U.S. jurisdiction, but could not restrict imports of goods. The bill also states a U.S. policy to consider existing anti-corruption and human rights sanctions for harm to environmental defenders, and authorizes funding for the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Sponsors
- Veronica Escobar Democrat sponsor
- 0 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-20 | House | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-11-20 | House | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-11-20 | House | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-11-20 | House | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-11-20 | House | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-11-20 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-11-20 | Introduced in House | introduce |