[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3917 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3917

   To require the Secretary of Commerce to reimpose duties on steel 
  imported into the United States from Mexico, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 12, 2024

Mr. Cotton (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Casey, Mr. Scott of 
 Florida, Mr. Budd, Ms. Warren, Mr. Braun, Mr. Vance, and Mr. Boozman) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                          Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Commerce to reimpose duties on steel 
  imported into the United States from Mexico, 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 ``Stop Mexico's Steel Surge Act''.

SEC. 2. REIMPOSITION OF DUTIES ON AND ESTABLISHMENT OF QUOTAS OR TARIFF 
              RATE QUOTAS FOR STEEL IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES 
              FROM MEXICO.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the Government of Mexico is in material breach of the 
        commitments made under the Joint Statement; and
            (2) that material breach has caused significant damage to 
        the steel industry in the United States, which is vital to the 
        national security of the United States.
    (b) Reimposition of Duties.--
            (1) In general.--Pursuant to section 232 of the Trade 
        Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862), for a period of not 
        less than one year, the Secretary of Commerce shall impose 
        duties on steel imported into the United States from Mexico 
        equivalent to the duties that were in place on May 16, 2019.
            (2) Lifting of duties.--The Secretary of Commerce may not 
        decrease or eliminate the duties required to be imposed under 
        paragraph (1) unless the Secretary of Commerce and the United 
        States Trade Representative certify to Congress that--
                    (A) the Government of Mexico has adopted policies 
                and practices to bring that Government into compliance 
                with the terms of the Joint Statement; and
                    (B) the Secretary of Commerce and the United States 
                Trade Representative are confident that the Government 
                of Mexico will maintain the policies necessary to 
                remain in compliance with its commitments to the United 
                States in connection with the Joint Statement.
    (c) Quotas or Tariff Rate Quotas.--The President may impose 
supplementary quotas or tariff rate quotas on steel imported into the 
United States from Mexico to ensure that imports of steel into the 
United States from Mexico return to historic volumes of trade, as 
specified under the Joint Statement.
    (d) Joint Statement Defined.--In this section, the term ``Joint 
Statement'' means the Joint Statement by the United States and Mexico 
on Section 232 Duties on Steel and Aluminum, agreed to on May 17, 2019.
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