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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 506

To ensure that the volume of steel imports does not exceed the average

monthly volume of such imports during the 36-month period preceding

July 1997.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 2, 1999

Mr. VISCLOSKY (for himself, Mr. QUINN, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. NEY, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. KLINK, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. WISE,

Mr. VENTO, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. DICKEY, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. STUPAK, Mr.

TRAFICANT, Mr. EVANS, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. RAHALL,

Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. HINCHEY,

Mr. CONYERS, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr.

OWENS, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PETERSON

of Pennsylvania, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. BROWN of Ohio,

Ms. LEE, Mr. RUSH, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr.

BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. MASCARA, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. CARDIN,

Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Ms. CARSON, Mr. OLVER, Mr. LATOURETTE,

Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. DINGELL, Mrs. JONES

of Ohio, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. COYNE, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr.

SKEEN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms.

DELAURO, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. FILNER, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr.

CUMMINGS, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Ms. STABENOW, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. SANCHEZ, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Ms. NORTON, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO ́, Mr. METCALF, Mrs. CAPPS,

Mr. OBERSTAR, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. SHOWS, Ms.

MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. FROST, Ms.

DANNER, Mr. ROEMER, Mr. CANNON, Mr. HOYER, Mr. CRAMER, Mr.

MCGOVERN, Mr. HILL of Indiana, Mr. WYNN, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr.

MENENDEZ, Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr.

DEFAZIO, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. HORN, Ms. WATERS, Mr.

BROWN of California, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. WEYGAND, Mr. BERRY,

Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. BORSKI, and Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways

and Means
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A BILL

To ensure that the volume of steel imports does not exceed

the average monthly volume of such imports during the

36-month period preceding July 1997.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. REDUCTION IN VOLUME OF STEEL IMPORTS.

4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, within

5 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the

6 President shall take the necessary steps, by imposing

7 quotas, tariff surcharges, negotiated enforceable voluntary

8 export restraint agreements, or otherwise, to ensure that

9 the volume of steel products imported into the United

10 States during any month does not exceed the average vol11 ume of steel products that was imported monthly into the

12 United States during the 36-month period preceding July

13 1997.

14 SEC. 2. ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.

15 Within 60 days after the date of the enactment of

16 this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, through the

17 United States Customs Service, and the Secretary of Com18 merce shall implement a program for administering and

19 enforcing the restraints on imports under section 1. The

20 Customs Service is authorized to refuse entry into the cus21 toms territory of the United States of any steel products
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1 that exceed the allowable levels of imports of such prod2 ucts.

3 SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY.

4 (a) CATEGORIES.—This Act shall apply to the follow5 ing categories of steel products: semifinished, plates,

6 sheets and strips, wire rods, wire and wire products, rail

7 type products, bars, structural shapes and units, pipes and

8 tubes, iron ore, and coke products.

9 (b) VOLUME.—Volume of steel products for purposes

10 of this Act shall be determined on the basis of tonnage

11 of such products.

12 SEC. 4. EXPIRATION.

13 This Act shall expire at the end of the 3-year period

14 beginning 60 days after the date of the enactment of this

15 Act.

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