1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2019 . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) There is strong global support for actions that limit the severity of climate change. (2) On September 18, 2019, more than 200 representatives of environmental groups, human rights groups, indigenous peoples, workers, and academia adopted a declaration calling on governments to urgently address environmental damage, including by increasing the pressure on those most responsible for climate change. (3) The United States Government has developed and implements targeted measures to restrict access to the United States financial system for specific individuals and entities involved in conduct including malicious cyber-enabled activity, trans­na­tion­al organized crime, narcotics trafficking, terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, human rights abuse, and corruption. Those conduct-based measures apply globally and are not focused on any specific country. (4) As of the date of the enactment of this Act, the United States Government seeks to apply existing sanctions authorities against individuals and entities engaged in wildlife trafficking. On January 30, 2018, the Office of Foreign Assets Control designated an organization for engaging in illicit activities including the trafficking of endangered and vulnerable animals such as black bears, pangolins, tigers, rhinoceroses, and elephants. (5) Climate change has disproportionate impact on poorer communities and individuals in less developed countries. Targeted measures against individuals and entities most responsible for exacerbating climate change could help ensure that efforts to address climate change do not worsen global inequality. (6) Development of carbon-intensive electrical power plants is continuing across the developing world through new foreign investments, despite broad awareness of the dangers. (7) The current investment plans of countries likely to receive significant foreign