SRES142-118

In Committee

Expressing concern about environmental crimes and attacks on the human rights of environmental and land defenders in Latin America and the Caribbean.

118th Congress Introduced Mar 30, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill imposes that the Senate— underscores the urgency of protecting biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean, ending impunity for environmental crimes, protecting environmental and land defenders, and confronting. It relies on product standards and trade restrictions. The main policy areas are Foreign Policy, Environment, and Housing.

Who Benefits and How

The main beneficiaries are the people, organizations, or agencies identified in the bill's substantive provisions.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Homeowners, tenants, or housing market participants affected by the bill would take on compliance duties, Foreign businesses and cross-border trade participants affected by the bill would take on compliance duties, and Foreign affairs agencies and foreign-policy stakeholders affected by the bill would take on compliance duties.

Key Provisions

  • Imposes that the Senate— underscores the urgency of protecting biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean, ending impunity for environmental crimes, protecting environmental and land defenders, and confronting...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill imposes that the Senate— underscores the urgency of protecting biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean, ending impunity for environmental crimes, protecting environmental and land defenders, and confronting.

Key Policy Areas

Foreign Policy, Environment, Housing

Primary Purpose

The bill imposes that the Senate— underscores the urgency of protecting biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean, ending impunity for environmental crimes, protecting environmental and land defenders, and confronting.

Policy Domains

Foreign Policy Environment Housing

Whole bill

Identified Costs
  • Homeowners, tenants, or housing market participants affected by the bill
  • Foreign businesses and cross-border trade participants affected by the bill
  • Foreign affairs agencies and foreign-policy stakeholders affected by the bill
  • Environmental and public health interests affected by the bill
Model: codex-gpt-5:bulk-repair | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is
Environmental and public health interests affected by the bill:
Homeowners, tenants, or housing market participants affected by the bill:
Foreign businesses and cross-border trade participants affected by the bill:
Foreign affairs agencies and foreign-policy stakeholders affected by the bill:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 30, 2023

Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Cardin, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Foreign Policy Environment Housing

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

Learn more about our methodology