HR 3895 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

North American Development Bank’s Pollution Solution Act

Introduced Jul 23, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Juan Vargas D-CA

Latest action · Jul 23, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Progress

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IntroducedJul 23, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

North American Development Bank's Pollution Solution Act

This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to purchase additional stock in the North American Development Bank and directs Treasury to advocate for the bank to support environmentally beneficial projects.

Treasury shall advocate for the bank to (1) prioritize using the additional capital raised by the stock purchase to support environmentally beneficial infrastructure projects, and (2) streamline and accelerate such projects.

Treasury shall vote to establish within the bank the U.S.-Mexico Border Public Health Trust Fund. The fund shall support environmental infrastructure projects along the U.S.-Mexico border relating to water pollution, water conservation, municipal solid waste, and other related matters. The bill appropriates $400 million for payment into the trust fund.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 23, 2019.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Mike Levin	Original	Jul 23, 2019
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	Original	Jul 23, 2019
D-CA	Susan A. Davis	Original	Jul 23, 2019

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Financial Services Committee	Referred Jul 23, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 23, 2019Introduced in House
Jul 23, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: (1) To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution; (2) To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution; (3) To make all laws necessary and proper for executing powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 124, July 23, 2019, page H7242.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 132	North American Development Bank Improvement Act of 2019	Related bill	Sep 20, 2019
S 267	North American Development Bank Improvement Act of 2019	Related bill	Jan 29, 2019

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide for a general capital increase for the North American Development Bank, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: North American Development Bank’s Pollution Solution Act
Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill: U.S.-Mexico Border Public Health Trust Fund Act of 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 23, 2019Introduced in House

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