Title: Self-Initiation Trade Enforcement Act of 2018
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
Self-Initiation Trade Enforcement Act of 2018
This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to establish a task force in the International Trade Administration. The task force must identify countervailable subsidies and dumping that cause injury to or threaten to injure a domestic industry.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2427 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2427

  To establish a task force to identify countervailable subsidies and 
                                dumping.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 14, 2018

 Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Burr) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a task force to identify countervailable subsidies and 
                                dumping.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Self-Initiation Trade Enforcement 
Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. TASK FORCE TO IDENTIFY COUNTERVAILABLE SUBSIDIES AND DUMPING.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle D of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1677 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 784. TASK FORCE TO IDENTIFY COUNTERVAILABLE SUBSIDIES AND 
              DUMPING.

    ``(a) In General.--There is established, in the International Trade 
Administration, a task force to be responsible for--
            ``(1) identifying countervailable subsidies and dumping 
        that are causing material injury or threaten to cause material 
        injury to a domestic industry;
            ``(2) making recommendations to the Under Secretary of 
        Commerce for International Trade with respect to initiating 
        investigations under sections 702(a) and 732(a); and
            ``(3) conducting research relating to carrying out 
        paragraphs (1) and (2).
    ``(b) Duties.--In carrying out the responsibilities of the task 
force under subsection (a), the task force shall--
            ``(1) monitor trade flows, government data, price 
        fluctuations, domestic industry and market conditions, and all 
        relevant available business information to identify potential 
        cases of countervailable subsidies and dumping that are causing 
        material injury or threaten to cause material injury to a 
        domestic industry;
            ``(2) conduct background research on foreign pricing 
        practices and foreign government subsidies, including duty 
        evasion and circumvention; and
            ``(3) prioritize cases that affect small and medium-sized 
        businesses in the United States.
    ``(c) Consultations.--In carrying out the responsibilities of the 
task force under subsection (a), the task force shall consult with 
industries in the United States with respect to countervailable 
subsidies and dumping.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for title VII of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 783 the following:

``Sec. 784. Task force to identify countervailable subsidies and 
                            dumping.''.
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