[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1710 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1710

 To require a study of the well-being of the United States automotive 
  industry and stay the implementation of tariffs until the study is 
                   completed, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2019

   Ms. Sewell of Alabama (for herself and Mr. Upton) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
 and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period 
    to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require a study of the well-being of the United States automotive 
  industry and stay the implementation of tariffs until the study is 
                   completed, 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 ``Automotive Jobs Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. STUDY OF WELL-BEING OF UNITED STATES AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; STAY 
              OF ACTION ON CERTAIN INVESTIGATION.

    (a) Study Required.--The United States International Trade 
Commission (in this section referred to as the ``Commission'') shall 
conduct a study of the economic well-being, health, and vitality of the 
United States automotive industry, which shall include an assessment of 
the following:
            (1) The number of automotive jobs in the United States, 
        regardless of whether the parent entity of the United States 
        automotive producer is headquartered in the United States or 
        another country.
            (2) Any growth or decline in number of automobile 
        manufacturing facilities and automotive parts suppliers in the 
        United States since 1980.
            (3) The effect an automotive plant has on the unemployment 
        rate, per capita income, and education level in the community 
        in which the plant is located.
            (4) The effect an automotive plant has on the region in 
        which the plant is located in helping the region attract and 
        expand nonautomotive jobs and the effect on that region of the 
        wages from those jobs.
            (5) The number of automobiles assembled in the United 
        States that are exported each year and to which countries.
            (6) The percentage of component parts of automobiles 
        assembled in the United States that are imported.
            (7) The number of component parts for automobiles that are 
        not produced in the United States and would thus not be 
        available to United States automotive producers if 
        prohibitively high duties were imposed on imports of those 
        parts.
            (8) The effect an increase in automotive manufacturing 
        costs would have on jobs in the United States.
    (b) Report.--Not earlier than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and not later than one year after such date of 
enactment, the Commission shall submit to the President and Congress a 
report on--
            (1) the findings of the study required by subsection (a); 
        and
            (2) any recommendations relating to the automotive industry 
        that the Commission considers appropriate based on the study.
    (c) Stay of Action Relating to Investigation Into National Security 
Effects of Automotive Imports.--For purposes of the requirements of 
subsection (c) of section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 
U.S.C. 1862), any report on the findings of the Secretary of Commerce 
from the investigation of the Department of Commerce under such section 
into the effects on national security of imports of automobiles and 
automotive parts initiated on May 23, 2018, shall not be deemed to be 
submitted until the date on which--
            (1) the Commission submits to the President and Congress 
        the report required by subsection (b) of this section; and
            (2) the President, after reviewing the report and 
        considering the findings and recommendations of the Commission 
        included in the report, determines not to reopen the 
        investigation of the Department of Commerce.
    (d) United States Automotive Producer Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``United States automotive producer'' means an entity that 
manufactures or assembles automobiles or component parts for 
automobiles in the United States.
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