[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2722 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                 S. 2722

   To maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring 
                                program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 22, 2004

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring 
                                program.

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

SECTION 1. MAINTENANCE AND EXPANSION OF STEEL IMPORT LICENSING AND 
              MONITORING PROGRAM.

    (a) Maintenance of Program.--The steel import licensing and 
monitoring program established by the Secretary of the Treasury and the 
Secretary of Commerce pursuant to the Memorandum signed by the 
President on March 5, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 10593 through 10597) (pursuant 
to the authority of the President under section 203(g) of the Trade Act 
of 1974), shall, notwithstanding any other action taken by the 
President under section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 concerning the 
steel products described in the Memorandum, remain in effect and be 
established by the Secretary of Commerce as a permanent program.
    (b) Expansion of Program.--
            (1) In general.--In carrying out the program in accordance 
        with subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury and the 
        Secretary of Commerce shall expand the program to include all 
        iron and steel, and all articles of iron or steel, described in 
        paragraph (2). The import and licensing data made available to 
        the public as part of this program shall be released based upon 
        classifications at the tenth digit level of the Harmonized 
        Tariff Schedule of the United States.
            (2) Iron and steel described.--The iron and steel, and 
        articles of iron or steel, referred to in subparagraph (A) are 
        the iron and steel, and articles of iron or steel, contained in 
        the following headings and subheadings of the Harmonized Tariff 
        Schedule of the United States:
                    (A) Each of the headings 7206 through 7229 
                (relating to mill products).
                    (B) Each of the headings 7301 through 7307 
                (relating to rails, structurals, pipe and tubes, and 
                fittings and flanges).
                    (C) Heading 7308 (relating to fabricated 
                structurals).
                    (D) Subheading 7310.10.00 (relating to barrels and 
                drums).
                    (E) Heading 7312 (relating to strand and rope).
                    (F) Heading 7313.00.00 (relating to barbed and 
                fence wire).
                    (G) Headings 7314, 7315, and 7317.00 (relating to 
                fabricated wire).
                    (H) Heading 7318 (relating to industrial 
                fasteners).
                    (I) Heading 7326 (relating to fence posts).
    (c) Additional Authority.--The Secretary of the Treasury and the 
Secretary of Commerce are hereby authorized and directed to take such 
actions as are necessary--
            (1) to maintain the program described in subsection (a) in 
        accordance with such subsection; and
            (2) to expand, as necessary and appropriate, such program 
        in accordance with subsection (b).
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