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This bill — the Act for the Amazon Act — would aim to put pressure on Brazil to combat the record number of wildfires burning in the Amazon rainforest by blocking imports from Brazil and halting all U.S. aid to the country. The objective of those sanctions would be to pressure Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to take steps to reduce deforestation by the farming and mining industries, which are contributing to the wildfires.

Specifically, this bill would ban key imports from Brazil and halt military and security assistance to the country until action is taken to combat rainforest wildfires. These measures would include:

Banning targeted imports from Brazil, including beef, soybeans, and other commodities contributing to deforestation (including leather and hide, timber, sugar, pulp and paper, tobacco, corn, and petroleum);
Freezing targeted aid funding to Brazil; and
Prohibiting the Trump administration from negotiating a free trade agreement with Brazil.

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