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Trade Security Act of 2019
Introduced: February 6, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 6, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 6, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Trade Security Act of 2019
This bill revises provisions related to the adjustment of U.S. imports due to a national security threat.
The bill allows Congress to block a presidential import adjustment through a joint resolution. This provision retroactively applies to adjustments made on or after July 1, 2018. However, it shall not apply to specified steel and aluminum import adjustments.
The Department of Defense (currently, the Department of Commerce) must
- investigate the national security threat of a U.S. import, and
- report to the President the results of that investigation.
Commerce must provide recommendations regarding such imports upon request by the President.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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