[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 144 (Monday, October 12, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H10621-H10622]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENTION TO OFFER RESOLUTION RAISING QUESTION OF 
                        PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. TRAFICANT. Madam Chairman, pursuant to clause 2(a)(I) of rule IX, 
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hereby give notice of my intention to offer a resolution which raises a 
question of the privileges of the House.
  The form of the resolution is as follows:

       In accordance with House rule IX, clause 1, expressing the 
     sense of the House that its integrity has been impugned 
     because the anti-dumping provisions of the Trade and Tariff 
     Act of 1930, Subtitle B of Title VII, have not been 
     expeditiously enforced: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the House of Representatives that the House of 
     Representatives calls upon the President to:
       (1) Immediately review for a period of 10 days the entry 
     into the customs territory of the United States of hot-rolled 
     steel products or plate steel products that are the product 
     or manufacture of Japan, Russia, or Brazil;
       (2) If, after the above-reference review period, the 
     President finds that the governments of Japan, Russia, or 
     Brazil are not abiding by the spirit and letter of 
     international trade agreements with respect to dumping, the 
     President shall immediately impose a one-year ban on imports 
     of hot-rolled steel products and plate steel products that 
     are the product or manufacture of Japan, Russia or Brazil;
       (3) Establish a task force within the Executive Branch to 
     closely monitor U.S. imports of steel from other countries to 
     determine whether or not international trade agreements are 
     being violated with respect to dumping; and,
       (4) Report to the Congress by no later than January 5, 
     1999, on any other actions the Executive Branch has taken or 
     intends to take to ensure that all of the trading partners of 
     the United States abide by the spirit and letter of 
     international trade agreements with respect to the import 
     into the United States of steel products.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under rule IX, a resolution offered from the 
floor by a Member other than the majority leader or the minority leader 
as a question of the privileges of the House has immediate precedence 
only at a time or place designated by the Speaker in the legislative 
schedule within two legislative days of its being properly noticed. The 
Chair will announce the Chair's designation at a later time. The 
Chair's determination as to whether the resolution constitutes a 
question of privilege will be made at the time designated by the Chair 
for consideration of the resolution.

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