Mexican Energy Trade Enforcement Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5926 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5926

To require the United States Trade Representative to request a dispute 
resolution panel with Mexico under the USMCA, initiate an investigation 
under the Trade Act of 1974, or require, during the first joint review 
  of the USMCA, that Mexico comply with certain obligations under the 
 USMCA with respect to certain actions taken by Mexico that favor its 
   state-owned electrical utility and state-owned petroleum company.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 2025

Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. Cuellar, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, 
    Mr. Moran, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Bean of Florida, and Mr. Pfluger) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the United States Trade Representative to request a dispute 
resolution panel with Mexico under the USMCA, initiate an investigation 
under the Trade Act of 1974, or require, during the first joint review 
  of the USMCA, that Mexico comply with certain obligations under the 
 USMCA with respect to certain actions taken by Mexico that favor its 
   state-owned electrical utility and state-owned petroleum company.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mexican Energy Trade Enforcement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS TO REQUIRE MEXICO TO COMPLY 
              WITH ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE USMCA.

    (a) In General.--To protect United States commerce abroad, and with 
respect to the covered actions, the United States Trade Representative 
shall--
            (1) request the establishment of a dispute resolution panel 
        with Mexico under article 31.6 of the USMCA; or
            (2) require, during the first joint review of the USMCA, 
        that Mexico provide non-discriminatory access for United States 
        energy companies consistent with the obligations of Mexico 
        under the USMCA, including under chapters 2 (Market Access), 14 
        (Investments), and 22 (State-Owned Enterprises) of the USMCA.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the United States Trade Representative shall submit a 
report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate detailing 
action taken under subsection (a).
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Covered actions.--The term ``covered actions'' means 
        the actions taken by Mexico that formed the basis for the 
        request for dispute settlement consultations with Mexico under 
        the USMCA, circulated by the United States Trade Representative 
        on July 20, 2022, and which favor its State-owned electrical 
        utility company, Comision Federal de Electricidad, and State-
        owned petroleum company, Petroleos Mexicanos, and negatively 
        impact United States companies operating in Mexico and United 
        States energy export to Mexico.
            (2) USMCA.--The term ``USMCA'' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 3(9) of the United States-Mexico-Canada 
        Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 4502(9)).
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