Trade Expansion Act of 1962—(Sections 232 and 233)
Public Law 87–794, as amended
Trade Expansion Act of 1962—(Sections 232 and 233)
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100–418
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Trade Expansion Act of 1962—(Sections 232 and 233)
[(Public Law 87–794; Enacted October 11, 1962)]
[As Amended Through P.L. 100–418; Enacted August 23, 1988]
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AN ACT
To promote the general welfare, foreign policy, and security of the United States through international trade agreements and through adjustment assistance to domestic industry, agriculture, and labor, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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TITLE II—

TRADE AGREEMENTS
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CHAPTER 3—

REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING NEGOTIATIONS
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SEC. 232.
[19 U.S.C. 1862]

SAFEGUARDING NATIONAL SECURITY.
(a)
No action shall be taken pursuant to section 201(a) or pursuant to section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to decrease or eliminate the duty or other import restriction on any article if the President determines that such reduction or elimination would threaten to impair the national security.
(b)
(1)
(A)
Upon request of the head of any department or agency, upon application of an interested party, or upon his own motion, the Secretary of Commerce (hereafter in the section referred to as the “Secretary”) shall immediately initiate an appropriate investigation to determine the effects of the national security of imports of the article which is the subject of such request, application, or motion.
(B)
The Secretary shall immediately provide notice to the Secretary of Defense of any investigation initiated under this section.
(2)
(A)
In the course of any investigation conducted under this subsection, the Secretary shall—
(i)
consult with the Secretary of Defense regarding the methodological and policy questions raised in any investigation initiated under paragraph (1),
(ii)
seek information and advice from, and consult with, appropriate officers of the United States, and
(iii)
if it is appropriate and after reasonable notice, hold public hearings or otherwise afford interested parties an opportunity to present information and advice relevant to such investigation.
(B)
Upon the request of the Secretary, the Secretary of Defense shall provide the Secretary an assessment of the defense requirements of any article that is the subject of an investigation conducted under this section.
(3)
(A)
By no later than the date that is 270 days after the date on which an investigation is initiated under paragraph (1) with respect to any article, the Secretary shall submit to the President a report on the findings of such investigation with respect to the effect of the importation of such article in such quantities or under such circumstances upon the national security and, based on such findings, the recommendations of the Secretary for action or inaction under this section. If the Secretary finds that such article is being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security, the Secretary shall so advise the President in such report.
(B)
Any portion of the report submitted by the Secretary under subparagraph (A) which does not contain classified information or proprietary information shall be published in the Federal Register.
(4)
The Secretary shall prescribe such procedural regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection.
(c)
(1)
(A)
Within 90 days after receiving a report submitted under subsection (b)(3)(A) in which the Secretary finds that an article is being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security, the President shall—
(i)
determine whether the President concurs with the finding of the Secretary, and
(ii)
if the President concurs, determine the nature and duration of the action that, in the judgment of the President, must be taken to adjust the imports of the article and its derivatives so that such imports will not threaten to impair the national security.
(B)
If the President determines under subparagraph (A) to take action to adjust imports of an article and its derivatives, the P resident shall implement that action by no later than the date that is 15 days after the day on which the President determines to take action under subparagraph (A).
(2)
By no later than the date that is 30 days after the date on which the President makes any determinations under paragraph (1), the President shall submit to the Congress a written statement of the reasons why the President has decided to take action, or refused to take action, under paragraph (1). Such statement shall be included in the report published under subsection (e).
(3)
(A)
If—
(i)
the action taken by the President under paragraph (1) is the negotiation of an agreement which limits or restricts the importation into, or the exportation to, the United States of the article that threatens to impair national security, and
(ii)
either—
(I)
no such agreement is entered into before the date that is 180 days after the date on which the President makes the determination under paragraph (1)(A) to take such action, or
(II)
such an agreement that has been entered into is not being carried out or is ineffective in eliminating the threat to the national security posed by imports of such article, the President shall take such other actions as the President deems necessary to adjust the imports of such article so that such imports will not threaten to impair the national security. The President shall publish in the Federal Register notice of any additional actions being taken under this section by reason of this subparagraph.
(B)
If—
(i)
clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A) apply, and
(ii)
the President determines not to take any additional actions under this subsection, the President shall publish in the Federal Register such determination and the reasons on which such determination is based.
(d1)
For the purposes of this section, the Secretary and the P resident shall, in the light of the requirements of national security and without excluding other relevant factors, give consideration to domestic production needed for projected national defense requirements, the capacity of domestic industries to meet such requirements, existing and anticipated availabilities of the human resources, products, raw materials, and other supplies and services essential to the national defense, the requirements of growth of such industries and such supplies and services including the investment, exploration, and development necessary to assure such growth, and the importation of goods in terms of their quantities, availabilities, character, and use as those affect such industries and the capacity of the United States to meet national security requirements. In the administration of this section, the Secretary and the President shall further recognize the close relation of the economic welfare of the Nation to our national security, and shall take into consideration the impact of foreign competition on the economic welfare of individual domestic industries; and any substantial unemployment, decrease in revenues of government, loss of skills or investment, or other serious effects resulting from the displacement of any domestic products by excessive imports shall be considered, without excluding other factors, in determining whether such weakening of our internal economy may impair the national security.
(d1)
(1)
Upon the disposition of each request, application, or motion under subsection (b), the Secretary shall submit to the Congress, and publish in the Federal Register, a report on such disposition.
(2)
The President shall submit to the Congress an annual report on the operation of the provisions of this section.
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The double subsection (d)’s is so in law. See amendments made in section 1501(a) and (b)(1) of Public Law 100-418.
(f)
(1)
An action taken by the President under subsection (c) to adjust imports of petroleum, or petroleum products shall cease to have force and effect upon the enactment of a disapproval resolution, provided for in paragraph (2), relating to that action.
(2)
(A)
T his paragraph is enacted by the Congress—
(i)
as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedures to be followed in that House in the case of disapproval resolutions and such procedures supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and
(ii)
with the full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as any other rule of that House.
(B)
For purposes of this subsection, the term “disapproval resolution” means only a joint resolution of either House of Congress the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: “That the Congress disapproves the action taken under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 with respect to petroleum imports under ______ dated ______.”, the first blank space being filled with the number of the proclamation, Executive order, or other Executive act issued under the authority of subsection (c) of such section 232 for purposes of adjusting imports of petroleum or petroleum products and the second blank being filled with the appropriate date.
(C)
(i)
All disapproval resolutions introduced in the House of Representatives shall be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and all disapproval resolutions introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on Finance.
(ii)
No amendment to a disapproval resolution shall be in order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate, and no motion to suspend the application of this clause shall be in order in either House nor shall it be in o rder in either House for the P residing Officer to entertain a request to suspend the application of this clause by unanimous consent.
SEC. 233.
[19 U.S.C. 1864]

IMPORT SANCTIONS FOR EXPORT VIOLATIONS.
Any person who violates any national security export control imposed under section 5 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2404), or any regulation, order, or license issued under that section, may be subject to such controls on the importing of goods or technology into the United States as the President may prescribe.
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