I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7638 
To require the Secretary of Commerce to reimpose duties on steel imported 
into the United States from Mexico, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2024 
Mr. MRVAN (for himself, Mr. CRAWFORD, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. 
DELUZIO, Mr. BOST, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. BANKS, and Ms. BUDZINSKI) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Commerce to reimpose duties 
on steel imported into the United States from Mexico, 
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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Mexico’s Steel 
Surge Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REIMPOSITION OF DUTIES ON AND ESTABLISH-
MENT OF QUOTAS OR TARIFF RATE QUOTAS 
FOR STEEL IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED 
STATES FROM MEXICO. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the Government of Mexico is in material 
breach of the commitments made under the Joint 
Statement; and 
(2) that material breach has caused significant 
damage to the steel industry in the United States, 
which is vital to the national security of the United 
States. 
(b) REIMPOSITION OF DUTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to section 232 of 
the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862), 
for a period of not less than one year, the Secretary 
of Commerce shall impose duties on steel imported 
into the United States from Mexico equivalent to the 
duties that were in place on May 16, 2019. 
(2) LIFTING
OF
DUTIES.—The Secretary of 
Commerce may not decrease or eliminate the duties 
required to be imposed under paragraph (1) unless 
the Secretary of Commerce and the United States 
Trade Representative certify to Congress that— 
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(A) the Government of Mexico has adopted 
policies and practices to bring that Government 
into compliance with the terms of the Joint 
Statement; and 
(B) the Secretary of Commerce and the 
United States Trade Representative are con-
fident that the Government of Mexico will 
maintain the policies necessary to remain in 
compliance with its commitments to the United 
States in connection with the Joint Statement. 
(c) QUOTAS OR TARIFF RATE QUOTAS.—The Presi-
dent may impose supplementary quotas or tariff rate 
quotas on steel imported into the United States from Mex-
ico to ensure that imports of steel into the United States 
from Mexico return to historic volumes of trade, as speci-
fied under the Joint Statement. 
(d) JOINT STATEMENT DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘Joint Statement’’ means the Joint Statement 
by the United States and Mexico on Section 232 Duties 
on Steel and Aluminum, agreed to on May 17, 2019. 
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