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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1018 

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 

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. 

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 


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1 presentations, in the possession of the President that re2 late to— 

3 (1) the determination of the President on 

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

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

6 1862)— 

7 (A) a global tariff on steel imports and 

8 aluminum imports from all countries, instead of 

9 the targeted tariffs identified as ‘‘Alternative 

10 2—Tariffs on a Subset of Countries’’ in the 

11 recommendations included in the January 11, 

12 2018, report of the Department of Commerce 

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

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

15 report of the Department entitled ‘‘The Effects 

16 of Imports of Aluminum on the National Secu17 rity’’; or 

18 (B) tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports 

19 and of 10 percent on aluminum imports from 

20 all countries, instead of the levels of 24 percent 

21 and 7.7 percent, respectively, identified as ‘‘Al22 ternative 1B. Global Tariff’’ in the rec23 ommendations included in the January 11, 

24 2018, report of the Department of Commerce 

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


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

2 report of the Department entitled ‘‘The Effects 

3 of Imports of Aluminum on the National Secu4 rity’’; 

5 (2) the strategy of the Administration with re6 spect to negotiations with the Government of the 

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

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

9 and practices that are unjustifiable or that burden 

10 or restrict United States commerce, as described in 

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

12 completed by the Office of the United States Trade 

13 Representative entitled ‘‘Findings of the Investiga14 tion into China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices re15 lated to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, 

16 and Innovation under Section 301 of the Trade Act 

17 of 1974’’, including— 

18 (A) actions the Administration took to ad19 dress those concerns on a bilateral or multilat20 eral basis before imposing the initial set of tar21 iffs pursuant to section 301 of the Trade Act 

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

23 (B) actions the Administration has taken 

24 and intends to take to address those concerns 


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1 on a bilateral or multilateral basis since July 6, 

2 2018; and 

3 (3) any actions the Administration has consid4 ered taking to offset harm to United States export5 ers facing tariffs that have been or will be imposed 

6 by other countries in response to United States tar7 iffs imposed pursuant to section 232 of the Trade 

8 Expansion Act of 1962 or section 301 of the Trade 

9 Act of 1974. 

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