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HR 422 99th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Coal Costs Foreign Trade and Investments Imports Mines and mineral resources Tariff Tariff preferences

Imported Coal Tariff and Trade Equalization Act of 1985

Introduced: January 3, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 3, 1985
Executive Comment Received From State.
Apr 16, 1985
Executive Comment Received From ITC.
Feb 21, 1985
Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, Labor, Customs, ITC, USTR.
Feb 7, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
Jan 3, 1985
Introduced in House
Jan 3, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Imported Coal Tariff and Trade Equalization Act of 1985 - 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. 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 July 3, 1985

Executive Comment Received From State.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1