IV 
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 determina-
tion 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 Rep-
resentatives 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. 
Resolved, That the President is requested to transmit 
(in a manner the President determines is appropriate to 
protect classified information) to the House of Represent-
atives, not later than 14 days after the adoption of this 
resolution, any and all documents in draft or final form, 
including reports, memos, spreadsheets, and slide deck 
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presentations, in the possession of the President that re-
late to— 
(1) the determination of the President on 
March 8, 2018, to impose, pursuant to section 232 
of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 
1862)— 
(A) a global tariff on steel imports and 
aluminum imports from all countries, instead of 
the targeted tariffs identified as ‘‘Alternative 
2—Tariffs on a Subset of Countries’’ in the 
recommendations included in the January 11, 
2018, report of the Department of Commerce 
entitled ‘‘The Effect of Imports of Steel on the 
National Security’’ or in the January 17, 2018, 
report of the Department entitled ‘‘The Effects 
of Imports of Aluminum on the National Secu-
rity’’; or 
(B) tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports 
and of 10 percent on aluminum imports from 
all countries, instead of the levels of 24 percent 
and 7.7 percent, respectively, identified as ‘‘Al-
ternative 1B. Global Tariff’’ in the rec-
ommendations included in the January 11, 
2018, report of the Department of Commerce 
entitled ‘‘The Effect of Imports of Steel on the 
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National Security’’ or in the January 17, 2018, 
report of the Department entitled ‘‘The Effects 
of Imports of Aluminum on the National Secu-
rity’’; 
(2) the strategy of the Administration with re-
spect to negotiations with the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China to resolve the concerns of 
the United States regarding China’s acts, policies, 
and practices that are unjustifiable or that burden 
or restrict United States commerce, as described in 
the findings provided in the March 22, 2018, report 
completed by the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative entitled ‘‘Findings of the Investiga-
tion into China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices re-
lated to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, 
and Innovation under Section 301 of the Trade Act 
of 1974’’, including— 
(A) actions the Administration took to ad-
dress those concerns on a bilateral or multilat-
eral basis before imposing the initial set of tar-
iffs pursuant to section 301 of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411) on July 6, 2018; and 
(B) actions the Administration has taken 
and intends to take to address those concerns 
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on a bilateral or multilateral basis since July 6, 
2018; and 
(3) any actions the Administration has consid-
ered taking to offset harm to United States export-
ers facing tariffs that have been or will be imposed 
by other countries in response to United States tar-
iffs imposed pursuant to section 232 of the Trade 
Expansion Act of 1962 or section 301 of the Trade 
Act of 1974. 
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