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HR 4646 107th Congress House

Steel Industry Legacy Relief Act of 2002

Official title: To remedy certain effects of injurious steel imports by protecting benefits of steel industry retirees and encouraging the strengthening of the American steel industry.

Introduced: May 8, 2002 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 13, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Sep 10, 2002
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 17, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
May 2, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
May 2, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 13, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Steel Industry Legacy Relief Act of 2002 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to establish a steel industry retiree benefits protection program administered by the Secretary of Commerce and the Board of Trustees of the Steel Industry Legacy Relief Trust Fund (created by this Act) to provide specified medical benefits to eligible steel retirees and beneficiaries.

Prescribes qualifying events (acquisition, closing, election, or bankruptcy transfer) as a result of which the United States shall assume liability for the provision of steel retiree benefits for each eligible retiree and eligible beneficiary certified for participation in the retiree benefits program.

Requires transfer to the Trust Fund by a qualified steel company and any applicable acquiring company of all assets which, under the terms of an applicable collective bargaining agreement, were required to be set aside under an employee benefit plan or otherwise for the provision of the steel retiree benefits. Requires contributions to the Trust Fund by such companies.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 40
All 40 Democratic 24 Republican 1 Independent 1
D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Sep 17, 2002
LUCAS, KEN
· Jul 26, 2002
DEUTSCH, PETER
· Jul 18, 2002
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jul 18, 2002
TURNER, JIM
· Jun 20, 2002
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jun 12, 2002
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jun 12, 2002
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jun 4, 2002
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jun 4, 2002
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 4, 2002
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jun 4, 2002
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 21, 2002
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · May 21, 2002
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· May 15, 2002
MCCARTHY, KAREN
· May 15, 2002
LAMPSON, NICK
· May 8, 2002
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 8, 2002
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 8, 2002
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · May 7, 2002
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 7, 2002
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 2, 2002
CARSON, BRAD
· May 2, 2002
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · May 2, 2002
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 2, 2002
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · May 2, 2002
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 2, 2002
FROST, MARTIN
· May 2, 2002
GEPHARDT, RICHARD
· May 2, 2002
HOEFFEL, JOSEPH
· May 2, 2002
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 2, 2002
KLECZKA, GERALD
· May 2, 2002
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· May 2, 2002
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · May 2, 2002
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 2, 2002
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 2, 2002
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 2, 2002
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · May 2, 2002
QUINN, JACK
· May 2, 2002
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 2, 2002
SANDLIN, MAX
· May 2, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4646: Steel Industry Legacy Relief Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4646/
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"H.R. 4646: Steel Industry Legacy Relief Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4646/.
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