A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the definition of industry in antidumping and countervailing duty investigations involving certain processed agricultural products.

Summary

Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to antidumping and countervailing duty investigations to require the producers or growers of agricultural products to be considered part of the industry that produces processed agricultural products if such products are produced from the raw agricultural product through a single continuous line of production, and there is a substantial coincidence of economic interest between the producers of the raw agricultural product and the producers of the processed agricultural product based upon certain economic factors. Sets forth specified factors, for purposes of this Act, to be considered to determine: (1) when a processed agricultural product shall be deemed to be processed from a raw agricultural product through a single continuous line of production; and (2) questions of coincidence of economic interest. Defines "raw agricultural product." Requires the International Trade Commission, with respect to whether imports (or sales for importation) of both a raw agricultural product and a product processed from such raw agricultural product threaten material injury to a U.S. industry, to consider, in addition to other relevant economic factors, the likelihood that an affirmative determination by the Commission with respect to either products (but not both) would result in an increase in the imports of the other agricultural product to an injurious level. Includes U.S. manufacturers, producers, or wholesalers engaged in the production of processed agricultural products as "interested parties" with respect to antidumping and countervailing duty investigations involving such products.

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Timeline

1. 26 March 1986

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 26 March 1986

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 2 April 1986

   Committee

   Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department, Agriculture Department.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 26 March 1986

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Chuck Grassley · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Zorinsky, Edward [D-NE] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Baucus, Max [D-MT-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Pressler, Larry [R-SD-1] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Mattingly, Mack [R-GA] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4] · R · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

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