Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill creates congressional findings establishing that climate change poses significant threats to the United States, that international actors continue to pursue activities that exacerbate climate change, and that the US, establishes US policy to consider using Global Magnitsky sanctions (Executive Order 13818) against foreign persons who commit corruption or human rights abuses against environmental defenders, climate activists, and authorizes the President to impose sanctions (visa restrictions, asset blocking, CAATSA sanctions) on foreign persons who: (1) cause greenhouse gas emissions inconsistent with 1.5C pathway, including building. It relies on definition changes, compliance mandates, trade restrictions, and appropriations. The main policy areas are Foreign Policy, Energy, Agriculture, and Finance.
Who Benefits and How
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) could gain revenue opportunities, Indigenous communities facing environmental threats could face reduced risk, and Environmental advocacy organizations and activists could face reduced risk.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Foreign logging companies engaged in illegal deforestation could face higher barriers, Foreign persons engaged in corruption or violence against environmental defenders could face increased risk, and Foreign coal power plant developers and operators could face higher barriers.
Key Provisions
- Creates congressional findings establishing that climate change poses significant threats to the United States, that international actors continue to pursue activities that exacerbate climate change, and that the US...
- Establishes US policy to consider using Global Magnitsky sanctions (Executive Order 13818) against foreign persons who commit corruption or human rights abuses against environmental defenders, climate activists...
- Authorizes the President to impose sanctions (visa restrictions, asset blocking, CAATSA sanctions) on foreign persons who: (1) cause greenhouse gas emissions inconsistent with 1.5C pathway, including building...
- Authorizes appropriations to the Treasury Department to support OFAC in targeting persons under this Act and to enhance OFACs capacity to impose sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill creates congressional findings establishing that climate change poses significant threats to the United States, that international actors continue to pursue activities that exacerbate climate change, and that the US, establishes US policy to consider using Global Magnitsky sanctions (Executive Order 13818) against foreign persons who commit corruption or human rights abuses against environmental defenders, climate activists, and authorizes the President to impose sanctions (visa restrictions, asset blocking, CAATSA sanctions) on foreign persons who: (1) cause greenhouse gas emissions inconsistent with 1.5C pathway, including building.
Key Policy Areas
Foreign Policy, Energy, Agriculture, Finance
Primary Purpose
The bill creates congressional findings establishing that climate change poses significant threats to the United States, that international actors continue to pursue activities that exacerbate climate change, and that the US, establishes US policy to consider using Global Magnitsky sanctions (Executive Order 13818) against foreign persons who commit corruption or human rights abuses against environmental defenders, climate activists, and authorizes the President to impose sanctions (visa restrictions, asset blocking, CAATSA sanctions) on foreign persons who: (1) cause greenhouse gas emissions inconsistent with 1.5C pathway, including building.
Policy Domains
Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2025
Identified Gains
- Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- Indigenous communities facing environmental threats
- Environmental advocacy organizations and activists
- Government contractors providing sanctions compliance services
- Environmental advocacy groups and NGOs monitoring foreign activities
Identified Costs
- Foreign logging companies engaged in illegal deforestation
- Foreign persons engaged in corruption or violence against environmental defenders
- Foreign coal power plant developers and operators
- Foreign mining companies causing deforestation
- Foreign government officials approving environmentally harmful projects
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Markey (for himself and Ms. Warren) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Environmental advocacy groups and NGOs monitoring foreign activities, Environmental advocacy organizations and activists
Foreign mining companies causing deforestation, Foreign oil and gas companies building low-efficiency infrastructure
Foreign government officials approving environmentally harmful projects, Office of Foreign Assets Control
Positive-direction: Office of Foreign Assets Control
Negative-direction: Foreign government officials approving environmentally harmful projects
Indigenous communities facing environmental threats
Foreign persons engaged in corruption or violence against environmental defenders
Foreign logging companies engaged in illegal deforestation
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "ofac"
- → Office of Foreign Assets Control
- "the_president"
- → President of the United States
- "the_secretary_of_state"
- → Secretary of State
- "the_secretary_of_the_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
A feature or process that absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases
The conversion of forest to other land use that results in permanent reduction of tree canopy to less than 10 percent and conversion to agriculture, pasture, water reservoirs, mining, or urban areas
A person has actual knowledge of the facts, or a reasonable person acting in the circumstances and exercising reasonable care would have that knowledge
A person that is not a United States person
A person displays a deliberate indifference or conscious disregard to the consequences of the conduct
A United States citizen or lawful permanent resident, or an entity organized under US laws including foreign branches
A person has knowledge of the facts and that the conduct was subject to sanctions under this section
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