United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement Implementation Act

Jan. 16, 2020 | H.R. 5430

The revised United StatesMexicoCanada Agreement (USMCA) includes a first-of-its-kind facility-specific enforcement mechanism with rapid timelines and meaningful penalties. The rapid response mechanism will allow complaints to be brought against facilities for violating the rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining, including on-site verifications that must be resolved in a timely manner where violations are found. The USMCA also improved enforcement by eliminating the provision that would allow any party to block the formation of a dispute resolution panel when state-to-state conflicts arise; it severely limited Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS); it removes unreasonable barriers to trade complaints by making clear there is a presumption that labor violations are trade-related; it removes troubling language on violence against workers; and it bans trade in goods made with forced labor. It also eliminated the giveaway to Big Pharma in the administration’s initial proposal. This bill passed the Senate on Jan. 16, 2020, and was signed into law on Jan. 29, 2020.

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Vote result: Passed

YEAs: 89
NAYs: 10

Legislator Sort descending State Party Vote
Sen. Lamar Alexander
TN
Republican Yes
Sen. Tammy Baldwin
WI
Democrat Yes
Sen. John Barrasso
WY
Republican Yes
Sen. Michael Bennet
CO
Democrat Yes
Sen. Marsha Blackburn
TN
Republican Yes
Sen. Richard Blumenthal
CT
Democrat Yes
Sen. Roy Blunt
MO
Republican Yes
Sen. Cory Booker
NJ
Democrat No
Sen. John Boozman
AR
Republican Yes
Sen. Mike Braun
IN
Republican Yes
Sen. Sherrod Brown
OH
Democrat Yes
Sen. Richard M. Burr
NC
Republican Yes
Sen. Maria Cantwell Democrat Yes
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
WV
Republican Yes
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin
MD
Democrat Yes
Sen. Thomas R. Carper
DE
Democrat Yes
Sen. Bob Casey
PA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Bill Cassidy
LA
Republican Yes
Sen. Susan Collins
ME
Republican Yes
Sen. Christopher A. Coons
DE
Democrat Yes