Establishment of the Interagency Environment Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement Under Section 811 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act, 12977-12978 [2020-04730]

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Vol. 85

Thursday,

No. 44

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The President





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Executive Order 13907--Establishment of the Interagency Environment 
Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement Under Section 811 of the 
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 85 , No. 44 / Thursday, March 5, 2020 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Executive Order 13907 of February 28, 2020

                
Establishment of the Interagency Environment 
                Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement Under Section 
                811 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement 
                Implementation Act

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including section 301 of title 3, United 
                States Code, and section 811 of the United States-
                Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (Act) 
                (Public Law 116-113), it is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Establishment of Interagency Environment 
                Committee. The Interagency Environment Committee for 
                Monitoring and Enforcement (Committee) is hereby 
                established to coordinate United States efforts to 
                monitor and enforce environmental obligations 
                consistent with title VIII of the Act and, with respect 
                to Mexico and Canada, to carry out assessments of their 
                environmental laws and policies, to carry out 
                monitoring actions with respect to the implementation 
                and maintenance of their environmental obligations, and 
                to request enforcement actions as provided for in 
                section 814 of the Act.

                Sec. 2. Membership. The Committee shall be composed of 
                the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and 
                representatives of the Department of State, the 
                Department of the Treasury, the Department of Justice, 
                the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Department of 
                the Interior, the U.S. Forest Service and the Animal 
                and Plant Health Inspection Service in the Department 
                of Agriculture, the National Oceanic Atmospheric 
                Administration in the Department of Commerce, U.S. 
                Customs and Border Protection in the Department of 
                Homeland Security, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
                and the United States Agency for International 
                Development, and representatives from other Federal 
                agencies, as the President determines to be 
                appropriate. The USTR shall serve as Chair. The Chair 
                may invite representatives from other executive 
                departments or agencies, as appropriate, to participate 
                as members or observers. Each executive department, 
                agency, and component represented on the Committee 
                shall ensure that the necessary staff are available to 
                assist their respective representatives in performing 
                the responsibilities of the Committee.

                Sec. 3. Committee Decision-making. The Committee shall 
                endeavor to make any decision on an action or 
                determination under sections 812, 813, and 814 of the 
                Act by consensus, which shall be deemed to exist where 
                no Committee member objects to the proposed action or 
                determination. If the Committee is unable to reach a 
                consensus on a proposed action or determination and the 
                Chair determines that allotting further time will cause 
                a decision to be unduly delayed, the Committee shall 
                decide the matter by majority vote of its members.

                Sec. 4. Implementing Measures. The heads of the 
                executive departments and agencies set forth in section 
                2 of this order, in consultation with the Committee, 
                may prescribe such regulations as are necessary to 
                carry out the authorities of the respective department 
                or agency as provided for under subtitle A of title 
                VIII of the Act.

                Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Each executive 
                department and agency shall bear its own expenses 
                incurred in connection with the Committee's functions 
                described in sections 811, 812, 813, 814, and 816 of 
                the Act.

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                    (b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to 
                impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (c) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
                    (d) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    February 28, 2020.

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