To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that 5-year reviews of countervailing duty or antidumping duty orders would not be conducted in certain cases in which the merchandise subject to the orders was prohibited from being imported into the United States because of trade sanctions imposed against the country in which the merchandise originates.

Summary

Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the five-year review by the administering authority and the International Trade Commission of countervailing duty or antidumping duty orders, notices of injury determination, or determinations to continue an order or suspension agreement. Excludes from the computation of the five-year period preceding such a review any period during which the importation of the subject merchandise is prohibited on account of U.S. imposition of certain sanctions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act against the country in which such merchandise originates, if that country is not a member of the World Trade Organization.

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Timeline

1. 10 March 1998

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 10 March 1998

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 10 March 1998

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 4 August 1998

   Committee

   See H.R.4342.

   Source: Committee

5. 4 August 1998

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

   Source: Committee

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• Introduced in House · 10 March 1998 · Official file

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Sponsors

• Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-20] · R · Sponsor
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Related records

• related to ← Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1998