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HR 808 107th Congress House

Steel Revitalization Act of 2001

Official title: To provide certain safeguards with respect to the domestic steel industry.

Introduced: March 20, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Apr 20, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Mar 9, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, Technology and Economic Growth, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Mar 8, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 1, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and 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.
Mar 1, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 20, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Steel Revitalization Act of 2001 - Directs the President to impose quotas, tariff surcharges, or other measures on, and to negotiate enforceable voluntary export restraint agreements with respect to, imports of steel products in order to ensure that: (1) the tonnage of iron ore, coke and coke products, semifinished steel, and pig iron imported into the United States during any month does not exceed the average tonnage of each product that was imported monthly into the United States during the 36-month period preceding July 1997; and (2) the share of domestic consumption of any other applicable steel product in the United States derived from imports during any month does not exceed the average monthly share of domestic U.S. consumption of that steel product during any month in the 36-month period preceding July 1997. Authorizes the Customs Service to refuse entry into the U.S. customs territory for a five-year period of any steel products that exceed their allowable levels.

Establishes: (1) the Steel Retiree Health Care Board in the Department of Labor; (2) the Steelworker Retiree Health Care Trust Fund; and (3) the Health Care Benefit Costs Assistance Program. Sets forth the functions of the Board, including to: (1) provide, under the Health Care Benefit Costs Assistance Program, for payments to designated steelworker group health plans to assist in the funding of qualified retiree health benefits under such plans; and (2) establish policies for the investment and management of the Steelworker Retiree Health Care Trust Fund that provides for prudent investments and low administrative costs.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on steel sold by the manufacturer, producer, or importer (such taxes to be deposited into the Steelworker Retiree Health Care Trust Fund).

Amends the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 to increase the aggregate amount of loans guaranteed and outstanding (including additional costs of such loans) at any one time under Emergency Steel Guarantee Loan Program or with respect to a single qualified steel company. Requires the Loan Guarantee Board to approve or deny an application for a guarantee within 45 days after its receipt.

Authorizes any person who acquires another person that produces any of the specified categories of steel products contained in this Act to apply to the Secretary of Commerce for a grant to defray the costs necessary to bring, and maintain, the resulting entity into compliance with U.S. environmental laws. Requires the Secretary to make a determination whether or not such mergers will promote the retention of at least 80 percent of the jobs of the steel workers and production of capacity of such steel products. Sets forth penalties for failure to achieve such retention levels.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 47
All 47 Democratic 26 Republican 4 Independent 1
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 7, 2002
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Feb 26, 2002
CARSON, BRAD
· Dec 13, 2001
DEUTSCH, PETER
· Sep 13, 2001
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · May 24, 2001
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · May 24, 2001
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · May 24, 2001
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · May 17, 2001
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · May 17, 2001
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 9, 2001
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 9, 2001
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 26, 2001
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Apr 26, 2001
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Apr 26, 2001
JOHN, CHRISTOPHER
· Apr 26, 2001
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Apr 26, 2001
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Apr 4, 2001
GEPHARDT, RICHARD
· Apr 4, 2001
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Apr 3, 2001
GREENWOOD, JAMES
· Apr 3, 2001
LUCAS, KEN
· Mar 29, 2001
LAMPSON, NICK
· Mar 27, 2001
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 27, 2001
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 22, 2001
TURNER, JIM
· Mar 22, 2001
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Mar 20, 2001
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 20, 2001
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Mar 20, 2001
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 13, 2001
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 13, 2001
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 1, 2001
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Mar 1, 2001
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Mar 1, 2001
FROST, MARTIN
· Mar 1, 2001
HOEFFEL, JOSEPH
· Mar 1, 2001
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 1, 2001
KLECZKA, GERALD
· Mar 1, 2001
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Mar 1, 2001
MCCARTHY, KAREN
· Mar 1, 2001
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 1, 2001
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 1, 2001
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 1, 2001
QUINN, JACK
· Mar 1, 2001
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 1, 2001
SANDLIN, MAX
· Mar 1, 2001
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Mar 1, 2001
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Mar 1, 2001
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