[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 146 (Wednesday, October 14, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10848]
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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO OFFER RESOLUTION RAISING QUESTION OF PRIVILEGES 
                              OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to a question of privileges of the 
House and offer a privileged resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under rule IX, the gentleman will state the 
form of the resolution.
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, in accordance with House rule IX, clause 
1, expressing the sense of the House that the House's 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 of the United States 
     to:
       (1) Immediately review and investigate for a period of 10 
     days the entry into the customs territory of the United 
     States of all steel products that are the product or 
     manufacture of Australia, China, South Africa, Ukraine, 
     Indonesia, India, Japan, Russia, South Korea, or Brazil;
       (2) Immediately impose a one-year ban on imports of all 
     steel products that are the product or manufacture of 
     Australia, China, South Africa, Ukraine, Indonesia, India, 
     Japan, Russia, South Korea, or Brazil, if, after the above 
     referenced review period, he finds that the governments of 
     those countries are not abiding by the spirit and letter of 
     international trade agreements with respect to dumping or 
     other illegal actions.
       (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 other illegal 
     actions.
       (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 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 Chair within two legislative 
days after the resolution is properly noticed.
  Pending that designation, the form of the resolution noticed by the 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Traficant) will appear in the Record at this 
point.
  The Chair will not at this point determine whether the resolution 
constitutes a question of privilege. That determination will be made at 
the time designated for consideration of the resolution.
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chair.

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