I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5529 
To amend United States trade laws to address more effectively import crises, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2006 
Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for himself and Ms. HART) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend United States trade laws to address more 
effectively import crises, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Trade Law Reform Act of 2006’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec.
1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE VII OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 
1930 
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Sec.
101. Captive production. 
Sec.
102. Price.
Sec.
103. Vulnerability of industry; cumulation. 
Sec.
104. Causal relationship between imports and injury. 
Sec.
105. Prevention of circumvention. 
Sec.
106. Perishable agricultural products. 
Sec.
107. Export price and constructed export price. 
Sec.
108. Drawback adjustment in antidumping cases. 
Sec.
109. Expedited remedy where persistent dumping is present. 
Sec.
110. Countervailable subsidy. 
Sec.
111. New shipper review. 
Sec.
112. Valuing freight for inputs in nonmarket economy country anti-
dumping calculations. 
Sec.
113. Revocation of nonmarket economy country status. 
Sec.
114. Effective date. 
TITLE II—SAFEGUARD AMENDMENTS 
Sec.
201. Amendments to chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974. 
TITLE III—INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS 
Sec.
301. Negotiating objectives regarding trade remedy laws. 
Sec.
302. Consultations and assessments regarding trade Agreements. 
Sec.
303. Effective date. 
TITLE IV—CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON WTO 
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT 
Sec.
401. Short title. 
Sec.
402. Congressional findings and purpose. 
Sec.
403. Establishment of Commission. 
Sec.
404. Duties of the Commission. 
Sec.
405. Powers of the Commission. 
Sec.
406. Report by United States Trade Representative. 
Sec.
407. Definitions.
Sec.
408. Effective date. 
TITLE V—STEEL IMPORT LICENSING AND MONITORING 
Sec.
501. Maintenance and expansion of steel import licensing and monitoring 
program. 
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec.
601. Construction.
Sec.
602. Application to goods from Canada and Mexico. 
Sec.
603. Participation in WTO panel proceedings. 
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TITLE 
I—AMENDMENTS 
TO 
TITLE VII OF THE TARIFF ACT 
OF 1930 
SEC. 101. CAPTIVE PRODUCTION. 
Section 771(7)(C)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1677(7)(C)(iv)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(iv) CAPTIVE
PRODUCTION.—If do-
mestic producers transfer internally, in-
cluding to affiliated persons as defined in 
paragraph (33), significant production of 
the domestic like product for the produc-
tion of a downstream article and sell sig-
nificant production of the domestic like 
product in the merchant market, then the 
Commission, in determining market share 
and the factors affecting financial perform-
ance set forth in clause (iii), shall focus 
primarily on the merchant market for the 
domestic like product.’’. 
SEC. 102. PRICE. 
Section 771(7)(C)(ii) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1677(7)(C)(ii)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following flush sentence: 
‘‘The Commission shall not conclude 
that imports of the subject merchandise do 
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not have a significant effect on prices 
merely because of the volume of imports of 
the subject merchandise.’’. 
SEC. 103. VULNERABILITY OF INDUSTRY; CUMULATION. 
(a) VULNERABILITY.—Section 771(7)(C)(iii) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(7)(C)(iii)) is amended 
in the last sentence by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘, including whether the industry is vulnerable 
to the effects of imports of the subject merchandise.’’. 
(b) CUMULATION.—Section 771(7)(G)(i) of the Tar-
iff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(7)(G)(i)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of 
clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (C), 
and subject to clause (ii), the Commission 
shall cumulatively assess the volume and 
effect of imports of the subject merchan-
dise from all countries subject to petitions 
filed under section 702(b) or 732(b), or 
subject to investigations initiated under 
702(a) or 732(a), if such petitions were 
filed, or such investigations were initiated, 
within 90 days before the date on which 
the Commission is required to make its 
final injury determination, and if such im-
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ports compete with each other and with 
the domestic like product in the United 
States market.’’. 
SEC. 104. CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IMPORTS AND 
INJURY. 
Section 771(7)(E)(ii) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1677(7)(E)(ii)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘The Commission need not determine the 
significance of imports of the subject merchandise relative 
to other economic factors.’’. 
SEC. 105. PREVENTION OF CIRCUMVENTION. 
Section 781(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1677j(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL
RULE.—The administering au-
thority shall apply paragraph (1) with respect to al-
tered merchandise excluded from the merchandise 
description used in an outstanding order or finding, 
if such application is not inconsistent with the af-
firmative determination of the Commission on which 
the order or finding is based.’’. 
SEC. 106. PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 
(a) DEFINITION OF INDUSTRIES.—Section 771(4)(A) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(4)(A)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘If the Com-
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