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Directs the State Department to help Brazil trace, investigate, and recover the proceeds of criminal networks behind illegal logging, mining, and wildlife trade in the Brazilian Amazon, and asks the U.S. development finance agency to look for sustainable investment opportunities there.

Official title: Strengthening the Rule of Law in the Brazilian Amazon Act

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote
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Senate
Introduced 31-JUL-2025
Referred 31-JUL-2025
Approved by committee 17-JUN-2026
Reported 27-JUL-2026
On the calendar 27-JUL-2026
Key points
  • Lets the Secretary of State support Brazil's efforts to identify and disrupt criminal networks, including training, information sharing, and help tracing funds from crimes.
  • Asks the International Development Finance Corporation to consider placing a staff member in Brazil and to report to Congress within 180 days on sustainable investment opportunities and the main barriers to investment.
  • Requires the Secretary of State to report to Congress within 180 days on drivers of deforestation, including commodities entering the U.S. market and China's role, and to report annually for five years on progress.
  • Asks the Treasury Secretary to have the U.S. representative at each major international financial institution prioritize broad-based development in the Brazilian Amazon and oppose loans that would worsen deforestation there.
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International Affairs

Sponsor Tim Kaine (D-VA) Cosponsors · 2
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1 Republican
1 Democrat