[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 193 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 193

 To express the sense of Congress regarding negotiation objectives for 
the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT).


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 22, 1993

   Mr. Regula (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Mineta, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. 
  Yates, Mr. Costello, Mr. Applegate, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Hughes, Mr. 
   Edwards of California, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Filner, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
  Lipinski, Mr. Lancaster, Mrs. Bentley, Mr. Murtha, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. 
 Eshoo, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Pastor, 
 Mr. Ridge, Mr. Weldon, Mr. Carr of Michigan, Mr. Gekas, Mr. LaFalce, 
 Mr. Clay, Ms. Long, Mr. McDade, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Stokes, Mr. Dingell, 
Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Vento, Mr. McHale, Mr. Payne of Virginia, Mr. Brown of 
 Ohio, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Rush, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Slattery, Mr. Markey, Mrs. 
 Mink, Mr. Brown of California, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
Obey, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Sangmeister, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Synar, Mr. Boehlert, 
    Mr. Quinn, Mr. Roemer, Ms. Furse, Ms. Margolies-Mezvinsky, Mr. 
  Mollohan, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mrs. Kennelly, Mr. Pickle, Mr. 
   Bonior, Mr. Houghton, and Miss Collins of Michigan) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Ways and Means

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 To express the sense of Congress regarding negotiation objectives for 
the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT).

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 

SECTION 1. INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS ON ANTIDUMPING AND TRADE 
              DISTORTING SUBSIDIES.

    (a) It is the sense of Congress that the President shall not enter 
into any international trade agreement on antidumping requiring changes 
in United States antidumping laws which would reduce the effectiveness 
of such laws as a remedy against injurious dumped imports. In this 
regard, the Congress strongly urges the President to review carefully 
the provisions on antidumping contained in the Draft Final Act 
Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade 
Negotiations proposed by the Director-General of the General Agreement 
on Tariffs and Trade on December 21, 1991, and to seek those changes in 
such provisions that are necessary to maintain and to strengthen the 
effectiveness of United States antidumping laws, including, but not 
limited to, changes proposed by the United States in December 1992, any 
changes needed to clarify the continuing right to cumulate and cross-
cumulate imports under investigation, and the prohibition of procedures 
to sunset dumping and countervailing duty orders.
    (b) It is the sense of Congress that the United States Government 
shall not, as a matter of official policy, condone or legitimize the 
use by foreign governments of trade distorting subsidies, including 
development subsidies, that cause material injury to industries in the 
United States.

SEC. 2. PRINCIPAL TRADE NEGOTIATION OBJECTIVES OF THE UNITED STATES 
              CONCERNING DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISMS WITH RESPECT TO 
              UNITED STATES COUNTERVAILING DUTY AND ANTIDUMPING 
              ACTIONS.

    (a) It is the sense of Congress that the United States not enter 
into any international trade agreement on dispute settlement contained 
in the Draft Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of 
Multilateral Trade Negotiations proposed by the Director-General of the 
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade on December 21, 1991, unless 
with respect to review of countervailing duty and antidumping duty 
actions taken by a signatory to the General Agreement on Tariffs and 
Trade (GATT) under its national laws, the dispute settlement mechanisms 
and procedures shall not allow--
            (1) the review of issues that were not properly presented 
        to the investigating authorities for resolution during the 
        administrative proceeding conducted under such laws;
            (2) the review of issues before the conclusion of the 
        administrative proceeding conducted under such laws;
            (3) the conducting of an independent de novo investigation 
        of the circumstances leading to such actions; and
            (4) where a signatory to the GATT provides for the 
        administrative or judicial review, by an independent body, of 
        factual issues with respect to countervailing duty and 
        antidumping actions, the extension of the review beyond whether 
        the laws and regulations of that signatory, and the 
        interpretation of such laws and regulations by that signatory, 
        are consistent with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
In reaching the principal negotiating objectives described in this Act, 
and in section 1101 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 
1988, all necessary actions shall be taken to promote strong and 
effective limitations on the scope of and standards applicable to any 
review of countervailing duty or antidumping duty actions under the 
dispute settlement mechanisms and procedures described in this section.

SEC. 3. GLOBAL STRUCTURAL EXCESS CAPACITY.

    It is the sense of Congress that the principal negotiating 
objective of the United States regarding situations of global 
structural excess capacity is to negotiate multilateral rules to permit 
rapid realignment of capacity to demand.

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