IV

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 635

Calling on the President to take all appropriate action within his power

to provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and to immediately

request the United States International Trade Commission to commence

an expedited investigation for positive adjustment under section 201

of the Trade Act of 1974 of those steel imports.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 17, 2000

Mr. MOLLOHAN (for himself, Mr. QUINN, Mr. WISE, Mr. NEY, Mr. KLINK,

Mr. REGULA, Mr. HOLT, Mr. SHERWOOD, Mr. EVANS, Mr. LOBIONDO,

Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. LAZIO, Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut, Mr. MCHUGH,

Mr. MURTHA, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. BUYER, Ms. CARSON,

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr.

ADERHOLT, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. BECERRA, Ms.

BERKLEY, Mr. BERRY, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. BLAGOJEVICH,

Mr. BONIOR, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BOYD, Mr.

BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr.

CALLAHAN, Mr. CANNON, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CLAY, Mr.

CLYBURN, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. COYNE, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr.

CUMMINGS, Ms. DANNER, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms.

DELAURO, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DIXON, Mr. DOYLE, Mr.

EDWARDS, Mr. EHRLICH, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. FARR of

California, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FORBES, Mr. FORD, Mr. GEKAS, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. GORDON, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. GREEN

of Wisconsin, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HALL of Texas,

Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HILL of Indiana, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. HORN, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr.

HOYER, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mrs. JONES

of Ohio, Mr. KANJORSKI, Ms. KAPTUR, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. KILDEE, Ms.

KILPATRICK, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. LARSON,

Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. LEACH, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. LUCAS of

Kentucky, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MASCARA, Mr. MATSUI, Mrs. MCCARTHY of

New York, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCINTOSH,

Mr. MCINTYRE, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. MCNULTY, Mrs. MEEK of Florida,

Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD,

Mr. GARY MILLER of California, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. MOAKLEY,

Mr. MOORE, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. NORWOOD,

Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. PETER-
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SON of Pennsylvania, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. PITTS, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. REYES, Mr. RILEY, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. ROEMER, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SABO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr.

SANDLIN, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SAWYER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SHOWS,

Mr. SKEEN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SOUDER, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. SWEENEY, Mrs. THURMAN,

Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. TURNER, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. WALSH, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. WEYGAND, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WU, and Mr.

WYNN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the

Committee on Ways and Means

RESOLUTION

Calling on the President to take all appropriate action within

his power to provide relief from injury caused by steel

imports and to immediately request the United States

International Trade Commission to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment under section

201 of the Trade Act of 1974 of those steel imports.

Whereas total steel imports in 2000 will be over 21⁄2 times

higher than in 1991, continuing the alarming trend of

sharply increasing steel imports over the past decade;

Whereas unprecedented levels of steel imports flooded the

United States market in 1998 and 1999, causing a crisis

in which thousands of steelworkers were laid off and 6

steel companies went bankrupt;

Whereas the domestic steel industry still has not had an opportunity to recover from the 1998–1999 steel import crisis, and steel imports are again causing serious injury to

United States steel producers and workers;

Whereas total steel imports through August 2000 are 17 percent higher than over the same period in 1999 and great-
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er even than imports over the same period in 1998, a

record year;

Whereas steel prices continue to be depressed, with hot-rolled

steel prices 12 percent lower in August 2000 than in the

first quarter of 1998, and average import customs values

for all steel products more than 15 percent lower over the

same period;

Whereas the United States Government must maintain and

fully enforce all existing relief against foreign unfair

trade;

Whereas the United States steel industry is a clean, highly

efficient industry having modernized itself at great

human and financial cost, shedding over 330,000 jobs

and investing more than $50,000,000,000 over the last

20 years;

Whereas capacity utilization in the United States steel industry has fallen sharply since the beginning of the year and

the market capitalization and debt ratings of the major

United States steel firms are at precarious levels;

Whereas the Department of Commerce recently documented

the underlying market-distorting practices and longstanding structural problems that plague the global steel

trade with excess capacity and cause diversion of unfairly

traded foreign steel to the United States; and

Whereas the President recognized that unfair trade played a

significant role in the devastating import surge of steel

and recognized the need to vigorously enforce the trade

laws: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives calls

2 upon the President—
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1 (1) to take all appropriate action within his

2 power to provide relief from injury caused by steel

3 imports; and

4 (2) to immediately request the United States

5 International Trade Commission to commence an ex6 pedited investigation for positive adjustment under

7 section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 of such steel

8 imports.

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