H.Res. 298-- The Maintain United States Trade Law Resolution
Introduced by Rep. Pete Visclosky (September 22, 1999)
Cosponsors: Ney - OH,
Traficant - OH,
Regula - OH,
Murtha - PA,
Quinn - NY,
Gephardt - MO,
English - PA,
Bonior - MI,
Norwood - GA,
Dingell - MI,
Young -FL,
Matsui - CA,
Houghton - NY,
Levin - MI,
Callahan - AL,
Coyne - PA,
Kasich - OH,
Neal - MA,
Wise - WV,
Klink - PA,
Mollohan - WV,
Aderholt - AL,
Strickland - OH,
Coburn - OK,
LaFalce - NY,
Skeen - NM,
Oberstar - MN,
Bachus - AL,
Stabenow - MI,
Peterson - PA,
Cardin - MD,
LaTourette - OH,
Conyers - MI,
Mascara - PA,
Foley - FL,
Doyle - PA,
McIntosh - IN,
Evans - IL,
Buyer - IN,
Kaptur - OH,
Burton - IN,
Costello - IL,
Walsh - NY,
Brown - OH,
Gekas - PA,
Frost - TX,
Erlich - MD,
Hall - TX,
Greenwood - PA,
Blagojevich - IL,
Horn - CA,
Lipinski - IL,
Cook - UT,
Cramer - AL,
Gutierrez - IL,
Tubbs-Jones - OH,
Pitts - PA,
Kucinich - OH,
Chenoweth - ID,
Stupak - MI,
McHugh - NY,
Abercrombie - HI,
Cannon - UT,
Spratt - SC,
Shows - MS,
McGovern - MA,
Hinchey - NY,
Rahall - WV,
Riley - AL,
Hoeffel - PA,
Clyburn - SC,
DeFazio - OR,
Boyd - FL,
Weygand - RI,
Hilliard - AL,
Sandlin - TX,
Borski - PA,
Maloney - CT,
Cummings - MD,
Danner - MO,
Turner - TX,
Roemer - IN,
DeLauro - CT,
Pallone - NJ,
Filner - CA,
Andrews - NJ,
Barcia - MI,
Davis - IL,
Capuano - MA,
Thurman - FL,
Bishop - GA,
Jackson - IL,
Brady - PA,
Brown - FL,
Lee - CA,
Kildee - MI,
Green - TX,
Berry - AR,
Delahunt - MA,
Hayes - NC,
Holden - PA,
Rush - IL,
Lampson - TX,
Kilpatrick - MI,
Tierney - MA,
Schakowsky - IL,
Bilirakis - FL,
Wexler - FL,
McNulty - NY,
Faleomavaega - AS,
Meek - FL,
Vento - MN,
Minge - MN,
Becerra - CA,
Goodling - PA,
Myrick - NC,
Lofgren - CA,
Franks - NJ,
Stark - CA,
Hunter - CA,
Wu - OR,
Baird - WA,
Sanders - VT,
Snyder - AR,
Weller - IL,
Phelps - IL,
Olver - MA,
LoBiondo - NJ,
Kennedy - RI,
Everett - AL,
Eshoo - CA,
Rivers - MI,
Farr - CA,
McKinney - GA,
Thompson - MS,
Frank - MA,
McKinney - GA,
Thompson - MS,
Kanjorski - PA,
Ros-Lehtinen - FL,
Ackerman - NY,
Forbes - NY,
Meehen - MA,
Hastings - FL,
Millender-McDonald - CA,
Wynn - MD,
Sabo - MN,
McCarthy - NY,
Crowley - NY,
Miller - CA,
Sherwood - PA,
Radanovich - CA,
Clay - MO,
Towns - NY,
Kleczka - WI,
Pastor - AZ,
Nadler - NY,
Hoyer - MD,
Roybal-Allard - CA,
Engel - NY,
Condit - CA,
Moakley - MA,
Hall - OH,
Pomeroy - ND,
Skelton - MO,
Menendez - NJ,
Gilchrest - MD,
DeGette - CO,
Romero-Barcelo - PR,
Davis - FL,
Waters - CA,
Hobson - OH,
Lewis - GA,
Meeks - NY,
Maloney - NY,
Pelosi - CA,
McIntyre - NC,
Carson - IN,
Holt - NJ,
Norton - DC,
Dixon - CA,
Capps - CA,
Lucas - KY,
Luther - MN,
Hostettler - IN,
Bartlett - MD,
McCarthy - MO,
Lantos - CA,
Martinez - CA,
Lowey - NY,
Slaughter - NY,
Berkley - NV,
Deutsch - FL,
Reyes - TX,
Waxman - CA,
Berman - CA,
Ford - TN,
Vitter - LA,
Peterson - MN,
Underwood - GU,
Boswell - LA,
John - LA,
Hooley - OR,
Boucher - VA,
Gordon - TN,
Clayton - NC,
Payne - NJ,
Dicks - WA,
Watt - NC,
Rothman - NJ,
Weiner - NY,
Owens - NY,
Christensen - VI,
Udall - NM,
Barrett - WI,
Sweeney - NY,
Sherman - CA,
Pascrell - NJ,
Woolsey - CA,
Allen - ME,
Shuster - PA,
Mink - HI,
Price - NC,
Toomey - PA,
Lewis - KY,
Duncan - TN,
Goode - VA,
Tauzin - LA,
Ballenger - NC
Referred to: House Committee on Ways and Means
Summary:
I, along with over 100 of my colleagues, introduced the Maintain United States Trade (MUST) Law Resolution, H.Res 298. This resolution will send a clear message to our trading partners that the President and the Congress will maintain our antidumping and countervailing duty laws. This measure will put the House on record as opposing the renegotiation of these critical trade laws at the upcoming Seattle round of the World Trade Organization. These laws are the cornerstone of a free and fair open market policy, and represent one of the few means of redress for American producers and workers.
According to the U.S. International Trade Association, as of March 1, 1999, over 290 products from 59 different countries were under antidumping and countervailing duty orders. Following my statement are a list of over 120 of these products. Throughout the steel crisis, antidumping and countervailing duty laws have represented one of the few means of relief for American steel workers. These laws are far reaching and effect countless products throughout the United States. It is imperative that the administration uphold these important trade laws at the WTO Seattle Round.
The World Trade Organization's Ministerial Conference, to be held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999, will launch a new round of trade negotiations. These talks will focus on reshaping WTO rules regarding agriculture, services, and intellectual property. However, many foreign countries are seeking to expand the agenda in order to debate the WTO's antidumping and countervailing duty laws. The MUST Law Resolution will allow the Administration to attend the Seattle negotiations with a unified statement from the Congress declaring that the United States must not agree to reopen negotiations on any antidumping and countervailing duty laws.
The MUST Law Resolution will call upon the President to not participate in any international negotiation in which antidumping and antisubsidy rules are part of the negotiation agenda, refrain from submitting for congressional approval agreements that require changes to the current antidumping and countervailing duty laws and enforcement policies of the United States, and enforce the antidumping and countervailing duty laws vigorously in all pending and future cases.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
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