Fairness in Respondent Selection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2945
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-06-25
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits

Government studies and investigations

Tariffs
Latest action: action_date: 2015-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-06-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Fairness in Respondent Selection Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the administering authority (i.e., the Secretary of Commerce, or any other officer of the United States to whom the responsibility for carrying out duties under such Act regarding countervailing and antidumping duties are transferred by law) to determine an individual countervailable subsidy rate for an exporter or producer, upon the request of such exporter or producer, if four or fewer exporters and producers are involved in the investigation or review.</p> <p>The bill shall apply to any investigation or review initiated by such authority on or after March 1, 2015.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2945 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 25, 2015 Mr. Welch introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To require the administering authority to determine an individual countervailable subsidy rate upon request if four or fewer exporters and producers are involved in the investigation or review, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fairness in Respondent Selection Act of 2015 . 2. Requirement to determine individual countervailable subsidy rate if four or fewer exporters and producers are involved in the investigation or review (a) In general Section 777A(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1677f–1(e) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) Individual subsidy rate upon request (A) In general If the administering authority determines under paragraph (2) that it is not practicable to determine an individual countervailable subsidy rate for an exporter or producer and the number of exporters and producers involved in the investigation or review is not more than 4, the administering authority shall, at the request of the exporter or producer, determine an individual countervailable subsidy rate for the exporter or producer. (B) Rule of construction Subparagraph (A) may not be construed as specifying that more than 4 exporters and producers constitutes a large number of exporters and producers for purposes of paragraph (2). . (b) Effective date (1) In general The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any investigation or review initiated by the administering authority on or after March 1, 2015. (2) Administering authority defined In this subsection, the term administering authority has the meaning given that term in section 771(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1677(1) ).