[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 2580 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2580

        To amend the Trade Act of 1974, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

              October 8 (legislative day, October 2), 1998

Mr. Specter (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Hollings, 
and Mr. Durbin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
        To amend the Trade Act of 1974, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Trade Fairness Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO TRADE ACT OF 1974.

    Section 202 of the Trade Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-618, 88 Stat. 
1978) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (b)(1)(A) by striking ``substantial'';
            (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting--
                    ``(B) In making a determination that imports are a 
                cause of serious injury, the Commission shall not 
                attribute to imports injury caused by other factors.''; 
                and
            (3) by striking subparagraph (C)(1)(A) and inserting--
                    ``(A) with respect to serious injury--
                            ``(i) the rate and amount of the increase 
                        in imports of the product concerned in absolute 
                        and relative terms;
                            ``(ii) the share of the domestic market 
                        taken by increased imports;
                            ``(iii) changes in the level of sales;
                            ``(iv) production;
                            ``(v) productivity;
                            ``(vi) capacity utilization;
                            ``(vii) profits and losses; and
                            ``(viii) employment.''.
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