To provide for a reduction in the volume of steel imports, and to establish a steel import notification and monitoring program.
Directs the President to impose quotas, tariff surcharges, or negotiate enforceable voluntary export restraint agreements in order to ensure that the volume of imported steel products (semifinished, plates, sheets and strips, wire rods, wire and wire products, rail type products, bars, structural shapes and units, pipes and tubes, iron ore, and coke products) during any month does not exceed the average volume of imported steel for the 36-month period preceding July 1997. Directs the Secretaries of the Treasury and of Commerce to implement a program for administering and enforcing the restraints on such imports. Authorizes the Customs Service to refuse entry into the U.S. customs territory for a three year period of any steel products that exceed the allowable levels of such products.
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and implement a steel import notification and monitoring program. Requires any person who intends to import steel products into the United States to first obtain an import notification certificate. Sets forth specified import notification certificate requirements.
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to publish on a weekly basis through the Internet certain information obtained from steel import notification certificate applications regarding imported steel, including country of origin, the port of entry, quantity, value of steel imported, single producer or exporter countries, and whether such imports are entered into a bonded warehouse or foreign trade zone. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to charge reasonable fees to defray the costs of carrying out this Act.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 32.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 114 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 975. It shall be in order without intervention of any point of order to consider the bill in the House. The bill shall be considered as read for amendment. The previous question shall be considered as ordered to final passage without intervening motion except (1) ninety minutes of debate equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means and (2) one motion to recommit. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments.
Rule H. Res. 114 passed House.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 114. (consideration: CR H1349-1370, H1382-1383)
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 975. It shall be in order without intervention of any point of order to consider the bill in the House. The bill shall be considered as read for amendment. The previous question shall be considered as ordered to final passage without intervening motion except (1) ninety minutes of debate equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means and (2) one motion to recommit. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with ninety minutes of debate on H.R. 975.
DEBATE - The House resumed debate on H.R. 975.
The previous question was ordered without objection.
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VOTE POSTPONED - The Chair put the question on passage of H.R. 975 by voice vote and announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Archer subsequently demanded the yeas-and-nays. Pursuant to clause 8 of Rule XX the chair postponed further proceedings on the measure until later in the legislative day.
Considered as unfinished business.
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 289 - 141 (Roll no. 56).
Roll Call #56 (House)On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 289 - 141 (Roll no. 56).
Roll Call #56 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 66.
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S7260)
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S7260)
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S7260)
Motion to proceed considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S7393-7406)
Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 42-57. Record Vote No: 178. (consideration: CR S7405)
Roll Call #178 (Senate)