To encourage the United States Trade Representative to consider the impact of marine debris in future trade agreements.

SA 1015. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 1003 proposed by Mr. McCain (for himself and
Mr. Reed) to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1285. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CONSIDERATION OF IMPACT OF
MARINE DEBRIS IN TRADE AGREEMENTS.

Recognizing that the Senate unanimously agreed to S. 756,
an Act to reauthorize and amend the Marine Debris Act to
promote international action to reduce marine debris, and for
other purposes (commonly referred to as the ``Save Our Seas
Act of 2017'') on August 3, 2017, Congress encourages the
United States Trade Representative to consider the impact of
marine debris, particularly plastic waste, in relevant trade
agreements entered into or negotiated after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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