[House Document 118-41]
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118th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-41
 
                      VETO MESSAGE ON H.J. RES. 39

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                                MESSAGE

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                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

                      VETO MESSAGE ON H.J. RES. 39









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                  May 16, 2023.--Ordered to be printed   
                  
                  
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To the House of Representatives:
    I am returning herewith without my approval H.J. Res. 39, a 
resolution that would disapprove the Department of Commerce's 
rule titled ``Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquidation, 
Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord With Presidential 
Proclamation 10414.''
    For too long, because of unfair trade practices and 
underinvestment in domestic manufacturing, the United States 
has been reliant on China for solar energy products. From day 
one, my Administration has bet on America to create a strong 
solar supply chain. We have worked to create good-paying jobs 
and build manufacturing facilities in the United States for 
solar energy and other important global industries--and our 
plan is working.
    Thanks to my Investing in America agenda, 51 new and 
expanded solar equipment manufacturing plants have been 
announced since I took office. Since the passage of Public Law 
117-169, commonly referred to as the Inflation Reduction Act of 
2022, last August, private companies have announced commitments 
to build enough solar panel manufacturing capacity to power 
nearly six million homes.
    America is now on track to increase domestic solar panel 
manufacturing capacity eight-fold by the end of my first term. 
But that production will not come online overnight. The 
Department of Commerce's rule supports American businesses and 
workers in the solar industry and helps provide sufficient, 
clean, and reliable electricity to American families, while 
continuing to hold our trading partners accountable.
    The rule implements a temporary, 24-month bridge to make 
sure that when these new factories are operational, we have a 
thriving solar installation industry ready to deploy American-
made solar products to homes, businesses, and communities 
across the Nation. Given the progress we are making on American 
solar, I do not intend to extend the tariff suspension at the 
conclusion of the 2-year period in June 2024.
    Passage of this resolution bets against American 
innovation. It would undermine these efforts and create deep 
uncertainty for American businesses and workers in the solar 
industry.
    Therefore, I am vetoing this resolution.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, May 16, 2023.






























                    One Hundred Eighteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          at the first session

 Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the third day of 
                 January, two thousand and twenty-three

                            JOINT RESOLUTION

Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Commerce relating 
        to ``Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquidation, Duties and 
        Estimated Duties in Accord With Presidential Proclamation 
        10414''.
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress 
disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Commerce 
relating to ``Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquidation, 
Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord With Presidential 
Proclamation 10414'' (87 Fed. Reg. 56868), and such rule shall 
have no force or effect.
                                   Kevin McCarthy,
                                           Speaker of the House of 
                                               Representatives.
                                   Patty Murray,
                                           President of the Senate pro 
                                               tempore.

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