Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2025

This bill would let the President impose sanctions on foreign persons who take part in certain activities abroad, such as causing greenhouse gas emissions beyond pathways to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, illegal deforestation, misrepresenting a project's environmental impact, or limiting opposition by environmental defenders. Sanctions could include denying or revoking U.S. visas and blocking property and transactions under U.S. control. The sanctions could not be used to restrict imports of goods. The bill also states a U.S. policy to consider existing human rights and corruption sanctions for harm to environmental defenders and authorizes funding for the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control.

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Sponsors

• Edward J. Markey Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors