[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1407 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1407

     To provide that certain wire rods shall not be subject to any 
             antidumping duty or countervailing duty order.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2005

Mr. LaTourette introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide that certain wire rods shall not be subject to any 
             antidumping duty or countervailing duty order.

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

SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF ANTIDUMPING OR COUNTERVALING DUTIES ON CERTAIN 
              WIRE RODS.

    (a) Suspension.--Wire rods described in subsection (b) shall not be 
subject to any antidumping or countervailing duty order.
    (b) Description of Wire Rods.--
            (1) Composition.--The wire rods referred to in subsection 
        (a) are wire rods, produced by using either of the processes 
        described in paragraph (2), that--
                    (A) contain by weight .06 to .10 percent carbon, 
                1.40 percent to 1.60 percent manganese, and .80 percent 
                to 1.00 percent silicon;
                    (B) are used to produce metal inert gas (mig) 
                welding wire (also referred to as gas metal arc welding 
                wire) meeting the American Welding Society ER 70S-6 
                classification; and
                    (C) are provided for in subheading 7227.20.00 of 
                the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
            (2) Processes.--The processes referred to in paragraph (1) 
        are the following:
                    (A) The electric arc furnace process with a minimum 
                90 percent virgin iron unit charge (using direct 
                reduced iron or a combination of direct reduced iron 
                and pig iron) in order to achieve the following 
                residual maximums: phosphorous .020 percent; sulphur 
                .015 percent; nitrogen .009 percent; copper .06 
                percent; nickel .10 percent; chromium .06 percent; 
                molybdenum .02 percent; tin .01 percent; vanadium .01 
                percent; calcium .001 percent; mercury 10ppm (except 
                that processing must preclude mercury (Hg.) 
                contamination); aluminum .01 percent; and a total 
                sulphur, phosphorous and nitrogen level of .034 
                percent, if the wire rods are cooled on a stelmore 
                conveyer with covers to achieve retarded cooling.
                    (B) Steel from a basic oxygen furnace which 
                duplicates the maximum residual element levels and 
                mechanical requirements set forth in subparagraph (A), 
                which are achieved by using a 90 percent virgin iron 
                unit charge.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section applies to goods entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 15th day 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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