I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1068 
To maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2005 
Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. NEY, Mr. 
REGULA, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, 
Ms. HART, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. OBERSTAR, 
Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. BERRY, Mr. BONNER, 
Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. 
DOYLE, Mr. EVANS, Mr. HOLDEN, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. 
RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. SPRATT, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. HALL, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 
CONYERS, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
SHIMKUS, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BRADY of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. 
COSTELLO, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MYRICK, 
Mr. ROSS, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. 
LIPINSKI, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. HAYES, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
CUMMINGS, and Mr. BISHOP of Utah) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To maintain and expand the steel import licensing and 
monitoring program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MAINTENANCE AND EXPANSION OF STEEL IM-
PORT LICENSING AND MONITORING PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) MAINTENANCE OF PROGRAM.—The steel import 
licensing and monitoring program established by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce 
pursuant to the Memorandum signed by the President on 
March 5, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 10593 through 10597) (pur-
suant to the authority of the President under section 
203(g) of the Trade Act of 1974), shall, notwithstanding 
any other action taken by the President under section 203 
of the Trade Act of 1974 concerning the steel products 
described in the Memorandum, remain in effect and be 
established by the Secretary of Commerce as a permanent 
program. 
(b) EXPANSION OF PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the program 
in accordance with subsection (a), the Secretary of 
the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce shall 
expand the program to include all iron and steel, 
and all articles of iron or steel, described in para-
graph (2). The import and licensing data made 
available to the public as part of this program shall 
be released based upon classifications at the tenth 
digit level of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States.
(2) IRON
AND
STEEL
DESCRIBED.—The iron 
and steel, and articles of iron or steel, referred to in 
subparagraph (A) are the iron and steel, and articles 
of iron or steel, contained in the following headings 
and subheadings of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States: 
(A) Each of the headings 7206 through 
7229 (relating to mill products). 
(B) Each of the headings 7301 through 
7307 (relating to rails, structurals, pipe and 
tubes, and fittings and flanges). 
(C) Heading 7308 (relating to fabricated 
structurals). 
(D) Subheading 7310.10.00 (relating to 
barrels and drums). 
(E) Heading 7312 (relating to strand and 
rope). 
(F) Heading 7313.00.00 (relating to 
barbed and fence wire). 
(G) Headings 7314, 7315, and 7317.00 
(relating to fabricated wire). 
(H) Heading 7318 (relating to industrial 
fasteners). 
(I) Heading 7326 (relating to fence posts).