Trade Law Reform Act of 2003
Latest action · Jun 12, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 5, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Trade Law Reform Act of 2003 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise various factors that the International Trade Commission (ITC) must consider in making material injury determinations in countervailing duty and antidumping duty proceedings.
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to change the standard for determining if an imported product is harming domestic producers by requiring a showing that the product causes or threatens to cause serious injury. (Current law requires a product to be a substantial cause of injury).
Amends the Trade Act of 2002 to: (1) direct the U.S. Trade Representative to reject any trade agreement proposal whether through the World Trade Organization (WTO) or with any country if such agreement would weaken existing U.S. trade remedy laws; and (2) expand the President's reporting duties under such Act.
Congressional Advisory Commission on WTO Dispute Settlement Act - Establishes the Congressional Advisory Commission on WTO Dispute Settlement to review all decisions made by a WTO appellate body or dispute settlement panel adversely affecting the United States to determine if such entity acted properly under existing law. Authorizes the Commission to hold public hearings to solicit views concerning a report of such an entity. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) a private U.S. person who is supportive of a U.S. position in a trade matter before such an entity should be permitted to observe and have access to the proceedings; (2) the U.S. Trade Representative should provide such person with all pertinent information, and (3) the U.S. Trade Representative should consult with such person and involve such person in dispute settlement proceedings.
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and implement a steel import licensing and surge monitoring program. Requires a person to have a steel import license before entering certain steel products into the United States.
Applies the amendments made by this Act to goods from Canada and Mexico.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 5, 2003 to Jan 28, 2004, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Amo Houghton | Original | Jun 5, 2003 |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Original | Jun 5, 2003 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Jun 10, 2003 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Jul 25, 2003 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Jul 25, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-PA | Melissa A. Hart | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-NC | Cass Ballenger | Sep 10, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Sep 10, 2003 | |
| D-IL | William O. Lipinski | Sep 10, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Sep 16, 2003 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Sep 24, 2003 | |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Sep 24, 2003 | |
| R-NY | John M. McHugh | Oct 7, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Oct 28, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- Jun 5, 2003Introduced in House
- Jun 5, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
- Administrative fees
- Administrative remedies
- Agriculture and Food
- Agriculture in foreign trade
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Canada
- Commerce
- Confidential communications
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Countervailing duties
- Damages
- Dispute settlement
- Dumping
- Economics and Public Finance
- Evidence (Law)
- Federal advisory bodies
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Free trade
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Import relief
- Import restrictions
- Imports
- International Affairs
- International agencies
- Iron and steel industry
- Latin America
- Law
- Licenses
- Mexico
- Parties to actions
- Prices
- Steel
- Subsidies
- Tariff
- Trade agreements
- Trade negotiations
- U.S. International Trade Commission
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