[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 54 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 54

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importation of unfairly 
                        traded Canadian lumber.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 2001

Mr. Chambliss (for himself, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Ross, 
 Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Riley, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Graham, Mr. Shows, 
 Mr. Bishop, Mr. Coble, Mr. Rehberg, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Callahan, Mr. 
 Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Gary 
    Miller of California, and Mr. Baldacci) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
                                 Means

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importation of unfairly 
                        traded Canadian lumber.

Whereas the Provincial governments of Canada subsidize the Canadian lumber 
        industry by supplying timber to Canadian lumber companies at a fraction 
        of the fair market value of the timber;
Whereas the Provincial governments of Canada mandate that Canadian lumber 
        companies harvest timber and produce lumber regardless of market 
        conditions;
Whereas such subsidies and mandates have resulted in record levels of Canadian 
        lumber being imported into the United States at less than the fair value 
        of such lumber;
Whereas unfairly traded Canadian lumber now accounts for more than one-third of 
        the softwood lumber market in the United States;
Whereas the importation of unfairly traded Canadian lumber into the United 
        States has reduced the sales of domestic lumber companies, jeopardized 
        thousands of jobs, depressed timberland values, and contributed to the 
        collapse of lumber prices in the United States;
Whereas United States lumber companies, timberland owners, labor unions, and 
        officials in the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations have called 
        for an end to the Canadian subsidies; and
Whereas an agreement between the Government of the United States and the 
        Government of Canada regarding the trade of lumber is scheduled to 
        expire on March 31, 2001: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that the President, the United States 
Trade Representative, and the Secretary of Commerce should--
            (1) make the resolution of the problems associated with the 
        importation of unfairly traded Canadian lumber a top trade 
        priority of the United States;
            (2) make every effort to end--
                    (A) the subsidization of the Canadian lumber 
                industry by the Provincial governments of Canada; and
                    (B) the mandated overproduction of lumber imposed 
                on the Canadian lumber industry by the Provincial 
                governments of Canada;
            (3) vigorously, promptly, and fully enforce the trade laws 
        of the United States with regard to the importation of unfairly 
        traded lumber;
            (4) explore all options to stop the importation of unfairly 
        traded lumber; and
            (5) take actions to limit the injuries caused to the timber 
        and lumber industries of the United States by the importation 
        of unfairly traded lumber, including imposing duties in the 
        United States as soon as possible to offset the extent to which 
        such lumber is subsidized and imported at less than its fair 
        value.
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