A bill to provide that, for purposes of making determinations for certain trade remedies and trade adjustment assistance, imported semi-finished steel slabs and taconite pellets produced in the United States shall be considered to be articles like or directly competitive with each other.

Summary

Declares that U.S.-produced taconite pellets shall be considered an article like or directly competitive with semi-finished steel slabs for purposes of: (1) any International Trade Commission determination that semi-finished steel slabs are being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury (or threat) to the domestic industry producing taconite pellets (thus requiring remedial action); (2) any investigation leading to the imposition of countervailing and antidumping duties; and (3) the Secretary of Labor's determination of the eligibility of a group of adversely-affected workers for trade adjustment assistance.

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Timeline

1. 9 December 2003

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 9 December 2003

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 9 December 2003 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 December 2003

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
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Related records

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