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S. 5486: A bill to amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to exclude from eligibility each sub-Saharan African country that does not effectively enforce its environmental laws and fulfill its international environmental obligations.
119th Congress · introduced 2026-09-23 · International Affairs · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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A bill to amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to exclude from eligibility each sub-Saharan African country that does not effectively enforce its environmental laws and fulfill its international environmental obligations.
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A bill to amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to exclude from eligibility each sub-Saharan African country that does not effectively enforce its environmental laws and fulfill its international environmental obligations.
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Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] · 0 cosponsors
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- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119s5486.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/s>
Record fed-us-cong119-s5486 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills