,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #edhf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bc1
 #bjbf,mr4 ,whitehouse introduced the   
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations  ,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 obligations4
  #a4 ,enforcement of environmental laws
 and fulfillment of international       
environmental obligations  7a7 ,in      
general ,section #ajd of the ,african   
,growth and ,opportunity ,act 7#ai      
,u4,s4,c4 #cgjc7 is amended-- 7#a7 in   
paragraph 7#b71 by striking 2 and and   
inserting a semicolon2  7#b7 in         
paragraph 7#c71 by striking the period  
at the end and inserting 2 and2 and     
7#c7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#d7 effectively enforces its         

environmental laws1 regulations1 and    
other measures1 and fulfills its        
international environmental obligations1
 including as such obligations relate to
 public health4  4  7b7 ,conforming     
amendment to ,trade ,act of #aigd       
,section #ejf;,a7a77#a77;,a7 of the     
,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4     
#bdff;a7a77#a77;,a77 is amended by      
striking as such requirements are in    
effect on the date of the enactment of  
that ,act and inserting as such         
requirements are in effect on the date  
the ,president makes such designation4