IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Defense: prohibit purchase of certain steel or equipment, products, or systems made with steel that is not melted and poured in the U.S. (see H.R. 628), H322 [5FE]

Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2881), H7616 [24JY]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 2365), H5043 [5JN]

———oppose OPIC, IMF or Eximbank aid to countries that subsidize their steel industries and for projects producing goods subject to antidumping duties (see H.R. 3072), H8175 [10SE]

———prohibit investment of loan proceeds in foreign steel companies and prohibit use of loan proceeds to import steel products from foreign countries that are subject to certain trade remedies (see H.R. 629), H322 [5FE]

———reinstate safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see S. 1997), S16120 [9DE] (see H.R. 3699), H12920 [8DE]

———revocation of certain exclusions from safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H.R. 2877), H7616 [24JY]

———treat semifinished or slab steel as being in direct competition with taconite pellets for trade remedy purposes and provide assistance for impacted workers (see S. 1989), S16120 [9DE] (see H.R. 3624), H12308 [21NO]

ITC: take certain actions relative to temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see S. Con. Res. 27), S4166 [20MR] (see H. Con. Res. 23), H244 [29JA]

Steel Industry National Historic Site: establish (see S. 1787), S13377 [28OC] (see H.R. 521), H274 [4FE]

Tariff: exclude certain wire rods from any anti-dumping or countervailing duty order relative to investigations of carbon and certain alloy steel rods (see S. 456), S2839 [26FE]

Taxation: expand availability of the refundable tax credit for health insurance costs of certain displaced steelworkers and extend the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see S. 1018), S5859 [7MY] (see H.R. 1999), H3760 [7MY]

———expand availability of the refundable tax credit to the health insurance costs paid by former employers (see H.R. 3601), H12307 [21NO]

World Trade Organization: disapprove report which concluded that U.S. safeguards on imports of certain steel products were in violation of certain agreements and call for reforms in dispute settlement system (see H. Res. 441), H11359 [17NO] (see H. Res. 445), H11391 (see H. Res. 445), H11515 [18NO]

———request investigation of cause of confidential interim report on U.S. steel safeguard measure being widely leaked to the media (see H. Res. 328), H7225 [21JY]

Remarks in House

Coast Guard: ensure materials used in bridge alteration projects are produced in the U.S., H10420 [5NO]

Foreign trade: evaluation of Bush Administration policies, H9355 [8OC]

———oppose OPIC, IMF or Eximbank aid to countries that subsidize their steel industries and for projects producing goods subject to antidumping duties (H.R. 3072), E1768 [11SE]

International economic relations: respond to the surge of steel imports, E383, E384, E386 [6MR], E387, E402, E403, E404 [7MR]

ITC: take certain actions relative to temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products (H. Con. Res. 23), E106 [29JA]

Taxation: expand availability of the refundable tax credit for health insurance costs of certain displaced workers, H5595, H5596 [19JN]

Unemployment: job loss and bankrupting of companies, H8002 [5SE]

Remarks in Senate

Foreign trade: end steel tariffs, S9484-S9486 [16JY], S10960 [2SE], S11746-S11748 [22SE], S14447 [11NO]

———reinstate safeguards on imports of certain steel products, S16135-S16137 [9DE]

Steel Industry National Historic Site: establish (S. 1787), S13380 [28OC]

Tariff: exclude certain wire rods from any anti-dumping or countervailing duty order relative to investigations of carbon and certain alloy steel rods (S. 456), S2848 [26FE]

Reports filed

Steel Industry National Historic Site Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 521) (H. Rept. 108-360), H11205, H11358 [17NO]

Texts of

S. 456, exclude certain wire rods from any anti-dumping or countervailing duty order relative to investigations of carbon and certain alloy steel rods, S2848 [26FE]

S. Con. Res. 27, request ITC take certain actions relative to temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products, S4181 [20MR]