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HR 1905 99th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Coal Colombia Costs Foreign Trade and Investments Imports Mines and mineral resources Puerto Rico Tariff Tariff preferences

Coal Trade Equalization Act of 1985

Introduced: April 2, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 6, 1986
Executive Comment Received From ITC.
Jul 10, 1985
Executive Comment Received From Treasury, Commerce.
May 15, 1985
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 99-117 (Part I).
May 8, 1985
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
May 8, 1985
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 2, 1985
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
May 2, 1985
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 23, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources.
Apr 12, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
Apr 2, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 2, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Apr 2, 1985
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coal Trade Equalization Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to investigate and report to the Congress on the relationship between coal imports and: (1) the management of the Federal coal leasing program; and (2) the economic condition of the U.S. coal industry. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to include in such report appropriate legislative recommendations if the Secretary of the Interior finds that coal imports are adversely affecting the management of the Federal coal leasing program and the economic condition of one or more sectors of the U.S. coal industry.

Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to coal from any country that has historically imported more coal from the United States than it has exported to the United States. Imposes a duty on coal from other countries. Requires the President to adjust the duty in accordance with findings made by the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary). Requires the Secretary, upon receipt of a petition by an interested party, to determine the environmental, health, welfare, and safety cost for producing coal in a foreign country and in the United States. Requires the President to: (1) increase the duty if the U.S. cost exceeds the foreign country's cost; or (2) decrease the duty if the foreign country's cost exceeds the U.S. cost.

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to add coal subject to such duty to the list of articles which cannot be designated as eligible articles for the Generalized System of Tariff Preferences.

What's happening now January 6, 1986

Executive Comment Received From ITC.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1