[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 152 (Tuesday, November 2, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H11324-H11325]
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. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Rule IX, clause 1, I 
rise to give notice of my intent to present a question of privilege of 
the House.
  Mr. Speaker, the question of privilege expresses the sense of the 
House that its integrity has been impuned because the antidumping 
provisions of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1930, Subtitle B of title 
VII, have not been enforced.
  Therefore, the resolution calls upon the President to, number one, 
immediately obtain volunteer restraint agreements from Japan, Russia, 
the Ukraine, Korea and Brazil which limit those countries in July to 
June fiscal year 1999 to their exports calculated from fiscal year 
1998.
  Number two, to immediately impose a 1-year ban on imports of hot-
rolled steel products and plate steel products that are the product of 
manufacture of Japan, Russia, the Ukraine, Korea or Brazil, if the 
President is unable to obtain such volunteer restraint agreements 
within 10 days.

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  Number three, to pursue with all tools at his disposal a more 
equitable sharing of the burden of accepting imports of finished steel 
products from Asia and the countries within the Commonwealth of 
Independent States.
  Number four, to establish a task force to closely monitor the imports 
of steel.
  Finally, to report to Congress by no later than January 5 with a 
comprehensive plan for responding to this import surge, including ways 
of limiting its deleterious effect on employment, prices and investment 
in the United States steel industry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. As previously stated by the Chair, the form 
of the resolution noticed by the gentleman from Ohio will appear in the 
Record at this point, and the Speaker will later designate a time for 
its consideration and will at that point determine whether the 
resolution constitutes a question of the privilege. The gentleman will 
be notified.

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