[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1018 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1018

 Requesting the President to transmit to the House of Representatives 
 certain documents in the possession of the President relating to the 
  determination to impose certain tariffs and to the strategy of the 
                  United States with respect to China.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2018

Mr. Pascrell submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Ways and Means

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Requesting the President to transmit to the House of Representatives 
 certain documents in the possession of the President relating to the 
  determination to impose certain tariffs and to the strategy of the 
                  United States with respect to China.

    Resolved, That the President is requested to transmit (in a manner 
the President determines is appropriate to protect classified 
information) to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days 
after the adoption of this resolution, any and all documents in draft 
or final form, including reports, memos, spreadsheets, and slide deck 
presentations, in the possession of the President that relate to--
            (1) the determination of the President on March 8, 2018, to 
        impose, pursuant to section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 
        1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862)--
                    (A) a global tariff on steel imports and aluminum 
                imports from all countries, instead of the targeted 
                tariffs identified as ``Alternative 2--Tariffs on a 
                Subset of Countries'' in the recommendations included 
                in the January 11, 2018, report of the Department of 
                Commerce entitled ``The Effect of Imports of Steel on 
                the National Security'' or in the January 17, 2018, 
                report of the Department entitled ``The Effects of 
                Imports of Aluminum on the National Security''; or
                    (B) tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and of 
                10 percent on aluminum imports from all countries, 
                instead of the levels of 24 percent and 7.7 percent, 
                respectively, identified as ``Alternative 1B. Global 
                Tariff'' in the recommendations included in the January 
                11, 2018, report of the Department of Commerce entitled 
                ``The Effect of Imports of Steel on the National 
                Security'' or in the January 17, 2018, report of the 
                Department entitled ``The Effects of Imports of 
                Aluminum on the National Security'';
            (2) the strategy of the Administration with respect to 
        negotiations with the Government of the People's Republic of 
        China to resolve the concerns of the United States regarding 
        China's acts, policies, and practices that are unjustifiable or 
        that burden or restrict United States commerce, as described in 
        the findings provided in the March 22, 2018, report completed 
        by the Office of the United States Trade Representative 
        entitled ``Findings of the Investigation into China's Acts, 
        Policies, and Practices related to Technology Transfer, 
        Intellectual Property, and Innovation under Section 301 of the 
        Trade Act of 1974'', including--
                    (A) actions the Administration took to address 
                those concerns on a bilateral or multilateral basis 
                before imposing the initial set of tariffs pursuant to 
                section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411) 
                on July 6, 2018; and
                    (B) actions the Administration has taken and 
                intends to take to address those concerns on a 
                bilateral or multilateral basis since July 6, 2018; and
            (3) any actions the Administration has considered taking to 
        offset harm to United States exporters facing tariffs that have 
        been or will be imposed by other countries in response to 
        United States tariffs imposed pursuant to section 232 of the 
        Trade Expansion Act of 1962 or section 301 of the Trade Act of 
        1974.
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