I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 506
To ensure that the volume of steel imports does not exceed the average
monthly volume of such imports during the 36-month period preceding
July 1997.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 2, 1999
Mr. VISCLOSKY (for himself, Mr. QUINN, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. NEY, Mr. MUR-
THA, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. KLINK, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. WISE,
Mr. VENTO, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. DICKEY, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. STUPAK, Mr.
TRAFICANT, Mr. EVANS, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. RAHALL,
Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. HINCHEY,
Mr. CONYERS, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr.
OWENS, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PETERSON
of Pennsylvania, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. BROWN of Ohio,
Ms. LEE, Mr. RUSH, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr.
BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. MASCARA, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. CARDIN,
Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Ms. CARSON, Mr. OLVER, Mr. LATOURETTE,
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. DINGELL, Mrs. JONES
of Ohio, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. COYNE, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr.
SKEEN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms.
DELAURO, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. FILNER, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. JACK-
SON of Illinois, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr.
CUMMINGS, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Ms. STABENOW, Mrs. MCCAR-
THY of New York, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. SANCHEZ, Ms. MCCARTHY of Mis-
souri, Ms. NORTON, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO´, Mr. METCALF, Mrs. CAPPS,
Mr. OBERSTAR, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. SHOWS, Ms.
MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. FROST, Ms.
DANNER, Mr. ROEMER, Mr. CANNON, Mr. HOYER, Mr. CRAMER, Mr.
MCGOVERN, Mr. HILL of Indiana, Mr. WYNN, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr.
MENENDEZ, Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr.
DEFAZIO, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. HORN, Ms. WATERS, Mr.
BROWN of California, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. WEYGAND, Mr. BERRY,
Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. BORSKI, and Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means
A BILL
To ensure that the volume of steel imports does not exceed
the average monthly volume of such imports during the
36-month period preceding July 1997.
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.
Notwithstanding any other provision 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 enforceable 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 vol-
ume of steel products that was imported monthly into the
United States during the 36-month period preceding July
1997.
SEC. 2. ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.
Within 60 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, through the
United States Customs Service, and the Secretary of Com-
merce shall implement a program for administering and
enforcing the restraints on imports under section 1. The
Customs Service is authorized to refuse entry into the cus-
toms territory of the United States of any steel products