Trade Security Act of 2019
Latest action · Feb 6, 2019 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.
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Trade Security Act of 2019
This bill revises provisions related to the adjustment of U.S. imports due to a national security threat.
The bill allows Congress to block a presidential import adjustment through a joint resolution. This provision retroactively applies to adjustments made on or after July 1, 2018. However, it shall not apply to specified steel and aluminum import adjustments.
The Department of Defense (currently, the Department of the Treasury) must
- investigate the national security threat of a U.S. import, and
- report to the President the results of that investigation.
Treasury must provide recommendations regarding such imports upon request by the President.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 6, 2019 to Jul 31, 2020; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IL | Darin LaHood | Original | Feb 6, 2019 |
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | Original | Feb 6, 2019 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Feb 6, 2019 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Feb 11, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Tj Cox | Feb 11, 2019 | |
| I-MI | Paul Mitchell | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Feb 28, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Mar 21, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Apr 12, 2019 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | May 10, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jun 5, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Aug 27, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Oct 4, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Nov 19, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | Jul 31, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2019 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred Feb 6, 2019 | |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 6, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 6, 2019Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Feb 6, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 23, February 6, 2019, page H1392.
CRS reports 4
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 4
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF13006 | Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 | Resource | Sep 2, 2026 |
| R45249 | Section 232 Investigations: Overview and Issues for Congress Archived | Report | May 18, 2021 |
| R45529 | Trump Administration Tariff Actions: Frequently Asked Questions Archived | Report | Dec 15, 2020 |
| R45929 | China’s Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Agriculture: In Brief Archived | Report | Sep 24, 2019 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 365 | Trade Security Act of 2019 | Identical bill | Feb 6, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to require the Secretary of Defense to initiate investigations and to provide for congressional disapproval of certain actions, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Trade Security Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional-executive branch relations
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Infrastructure development
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Military readiness
- Oil and gas
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Public participation and lobbying
- Tariffs
- Trade restrictions
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 6, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
