Statement of policy

It is the policy of the United States— (1) to protect the people of the United States against significant transboundary air pollution; (2) to hold foreign government officials and entities accountable when their knowing or reckless failure to address preventable environmental conditions causes substantial harm in the United States; (3) to encourage the Government of Canada to— (A) adopt and enforce effective wildfire-prevention and forest-management policies; (B) devote adequate resources to wildfire detection, containment, suppression, and mitigation; (C) share timely and accurate air-quality and wildfire information with the United States; (D) cooperate with Federal, State, local, and Tribal authorities in the United States; and (E) prevent recurring material incursions of wildfire smoke into United States territory; (4) to employ targeted sanctions in a manner that minimizes unintended harm to ordinary residents of Canada; and (5) to terminate sanctions imposed under this Act when the Government of Canada has taken verifiable and durable corrective action.