; and Whereas, on June 9, 2022, at the Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, heads of State and Government of the Western Hemisphere adopted Our Sustainable Green Future , a commitment to draft and approve national plans, before the commencement of the Tenth Summit of the Americas in the Dominican Republic in 2025— (1) to respond to threats and attacks on environmental defenders and collect data on such threats and attacks, in accordance with domestic law; (2) to enact, as appropriate, and enforce domestic laws to protect environmental defenders and the resources they defend: and (3) to carry out and implement environmental assessments in accordance with existing domestic law: Now, therefore be it