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Union Calendar No. 32
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 975
[Report No. 106–52]
To provide for a reduction in the volume of steel imports, and to establish
a steel import notification and monitoring program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 4, 1999
Mr. VISCLOSKY (for himself, Mr. QUINN, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. NEY, Mr.
KUCINICH, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. KLINK, Mr.
REGULA, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. WELLER, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. GEKAS, Mr.
BONIOR, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. GANSKE, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. FRANKS of
New Jersey, Mr. COYNE, Mr. BERRY, Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania,
Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. GOODLING, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. MCCARTHY of Mis-
souri, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. WISE, Mr. EHRLICH, Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr. MOL-
LOHAN, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr.
MATSUI, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. EVANS, Mr. BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. SANDLIN,
Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. ROEMER, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. BRADY of
Pennsylvania, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. AN-
DREWS, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. HALL
of Texas, Mr.
RODRIGUEZ, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. MEEKS of
New York, Mr. LARSON, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr.
MALONEY of Connecticut, Mr. OLVER, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms.
STABENOW, Mr. MASCARA, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr.
HILLIARD, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr.
BOSWELL, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms.
SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. FILNER, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr.
BRYANT, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. MCNULTY,
Mr. BORSKI, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. FORBES, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SAWYER,
and Mr. CANNON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
MARCH 15, 1999
Additional sponsors: Mr. SERRANO, Mr. VENTO, Mr. MOORE, Ms. DEGETTE,
Mr. JENKINS, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. METCALF, Mr.
MICA, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. GOODE, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SOUDER, Mr.
WALSH, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. BROWN of California,
Mr. BACHUS, Mr. REYES, Mr. HOLT, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. FORD, Ms.
CARSON, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr.
DIXON, Ms. DANNER, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. RUSH, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. HORN, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr.
GREEN of Texas, Mr. BALDACCI, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. CALLAHAN,
Mrs. CAPPS, Mrs. CHENOWETH, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. COBURN,
Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. NADLER, Ms. LEE, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. THOMPSON
of Mississippi, Mr. WYNN, Mr. HOYER, Mr. SPRATT, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr.
INSLEE, Mr. COOK, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. SKEEN, Mr.
SHOWS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. BARCIA, Ms. NORTON, Ms.
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr.
HILL of Indiana, Mr. MINGE, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. RANGEL,
Ms. SANCHEZ, Mr. TIERNEY, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. SABO,
Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr.
BLUMENAUER, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. EVERETT,
Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. JACKSON-LEE
of Texas, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms.
SLAUGHTER, Mr. WEYGAND, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. RILEY, Mr.
UNDERWOOD, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO´, Ms. WATERS, Mr. KASICH, Mr.
WATT of North Carolina, Mr. WAMP, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. PETERSON of
Minnesota, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. MARKEY,
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr.
HOSTETTLER, Mr. MARTINEZ, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. SISI-
SKY, Mr. FROST, Mr. LUTHER, Ms. RIVERS, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr.
BOYD, Mr. BENTSEN, and Mr. SHUSTER
MARCH 15, 1999
Reported adversely from the Committee on Ways and Means, committed to
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed
A BILL
To provide for a reduction in the volume of steel imports,
and to establish a steel import notification and monitor-
ing program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REDUCTION IN VOLUME OF STEEL IMPORTS.
(a) REDUCTION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, within 60 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the President shall take the necessary steps,
by imposing quotas, tariff surcharges, negotiated enforce-
able voluntary export restraint agreements, or otherwise,
to ensure that the volume of steel products imported into
the United States during any month does not exceed the
average volume of steel products that was imported
monthly into the United States during the 36-month pe-
riod preceding July 1997.
(b) ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.—Within 60 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of the Treasury, through the United States Customs Serv-
ice, and the Secretary of Commerce shall implement a pro-
gram for administering and enforcing the restraints on
imports under subsection (a). The Customs Service is au-
thorized to refuse entry into the customs territory of the
United States of any steel products that exceed the allow-
able levels of imports of such products.
(c) APPLICABILITY.—
(1) CATEGORIES.—This section shall apply to
the following categories of steel products: semi-
finished, plates, sheets and strips, wire rods, wire
and wire products, rail type products, bars, struc-