H.Res. 1520 · 117th Congress

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should reengage with trading partners, particularly like-minded Allies with market-based economies and high labor and environmental standards, to promote trade in environmental goods, services, and technologies in new or existing bilateral and plurilateral dialogues with a view to negotiating a new environmental goods agreement with updated product coverage to broaden United States export opportunities, support United States jobs, and enhance the environmental contribution of any new trade agreement.

Introduced on Dec 14, 2022 by Kevin Brady (R-TX-8). 11 cosponsors, 6 of them from another party. Latest action (Dec 14, 2022): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Dec 14, 2022
Cosponsors
11
6 from the other party
Policy area
Foreign Trade and International Finance
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Dec 14, 2022). Public domain.

This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that

  • the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative should prepare a report related to U.S. exports of environmental goods,
  • the United States should work with trading partners to facilitate trade in environmental goods to meet each country's environmental and climate goals, and
  • the United States should launch negotiations to implement a new environmental goods agreement with updated product coverage.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Kevin BradyR-TX-8Sponsor

Democrats · 6

Republicans · 5

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History

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  1. Dec 14, 2022Introduced in House
  2. Dec 14, 2022Introduced in House
  3. Dec 14, 2022 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
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