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House Calendar No. 186 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1018 

[Report No. 115–979] 

Requesting the President to transmit to the House of Representatives certain 

documents in the possession of the President relating to the determination to impose certain tariffs and to the strategy of the United States 

with respect to China. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 24, 2018 

Mr. PASCRELL submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Ways and Means 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. KIND, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, and Ms. SEWELL of Alabama 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 

Reported without recommendation, referred to the House Calendar, and 

ordered to be printed 

RESOLUTION 

Requesting the President to transmit to the House of Representatives certain documents in the possession of the 

President relating to the determination to impose certain 

tariffs and to the strategy of the United States with 

respect to China. 


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1 Resolved, That the President is requested to transmit 

2 (in a manner the President determines is appropriate to 

3 protect classified information) to the House of Represent4 atives, not later than 14 days after the adoption of this 

5 resolution, any and all documents in draft or final form, 

6 including reports, memos, spreadsheets, and slide deck 

7 presentations, in the possession of the President that re8 late to— 

9 (1) the determination of the President on 

10 March 8, 2018, to impose, pursuant to section 232 

11 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 

12 1862)— 

13 (A) a global tariff on steel imports and 

14 aluminum imports from all countries, instead of 

15 the targeted tariffs identified as ‘‘Alternative 

16 2—Tariffs on a Subset of Countries’’ in the 

17 recommendations included in the January 11, 

18 2018, report of the Department of Commerce 

19 entitled ‘‘The Effect of Imports of Steel on the 

20 National Security’’ or in the January 17, 2018, 

21 report of the Department entitled ‘‘The Effects 

22 of Imports of Aluminum on the National Secu23 rity’’; or 

24 (B) tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports 

25 and of 10 percent on aluminum imports from 


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1 all countries, instead of the levels of 24 percent 

2 and 7.7 percent, respectively, identified as ‘‘Al3 ternative 1B. Global Tariff’’ in the rec4 ommendations included in the January 11, 

5 2018, report of the Department of Commerce 

6 entitled ‘‘The Effect of Imports of Steel on the 

7 National Security’’ or in the January 17, 2018, 

8 report of the Department entitled ‘‘The Effects 

9 of Imports of Aluminum on the National Secu10 rity’’; 

11 (2) the strategy of the Administration with re12 spect to negotiations with the Government of the 

13 People’s Republic of China to resolve the concerns of 

14 the United States regarding China’s acts, policies, 

15 and practices that are unjustifiable or that burden 

16 or restrict United States commerce, as described in 

17 the findings provided in the March 22, 2018, report 

18 completed by the Office of the United States Trade 

19 Representative entitled ‘‘Findings of the Investiga20 tion into China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices re21 lated to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, 

22 and Innovation under Section 301 of the Trade Act 

23 of 1974’’, including— 

24 (A) actions the Administration took to ad25 dress those concerns on a bilateral or multilatVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:20 Sep 26, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR1018.RH HR1018

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1 eral basis before imposing the initial set of tar2 iffs pursuant to section 301 of the Trade Act 

3 of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411) on July 6, 2018; and 

4 (B) actions the Administration has taken 

5 and intends to take to address those concerns 

6 on a bilateral or multilateral basis since July 6, 

7 2018; and 

8 (3) any actions the Administration has consid9 ered taking to offset harm to United States export10 ers facing tariffs that have been or will be imposed 

11 by other countries in response to United States tar12 iffs imposed pursuant to section 232 of the Trade 

13 Expansion Act of 1962 or section 301 of the Trade 

14 Act of 1974. 


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House Calendar No. 186 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1018 

[Report No. 115–979] 

RESOLUTION 

Requesting the President to transmit to the House 

China. strategy of the United States with respect to mination to impose certain tariffs and to the session of the President relating to the deterof Representatives certain documents in the posSEPTEMBER 26, 2018 

Reported without recommendation, referred to the House 

Calendar, and ordered to be printed 


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