text: SECTION 1. REDUCTION IN VOLUME OF STEEL IMPORTS.
  
      (a) Reduction.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, within 
  60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
  shall take the necessary steps, by imposing quotas, tariff surcharges, 
  negotiated enforceable voluntary export restraint agreements, or 
  otherwise, to ensure that the volume of steel products imported into 
  the United States during any month does not exceed the average volume 
  of steel products that was imported monthly into the United States 
  during the 36-month period preceding July 1997.
      (b) Enforcement Authority.--Within 60 days after the date of the 
  enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, through the 
  United States Customs Service, and the Secretary of Commerce shall 
  implement a program for administering and enforcing the restraints on 
  imports under subsection (a). The Customs Service is authorized to 
  refuse entry into the customs territory of the United States of any 
  steel products that exceed the allowable levels of imports of such 
  products.
      (c) Applicability.--
              (1) Categories.--This section shall apply to the following 
          categories of steel products: semifinished, plates, sheets and 
          strips, wire rods, wire and wire products, rail type products, 
          bars, structural shapes and units, pipes and tubes, iron ore, 
          and coke products.
              (2) Volume.--Volume of steel products for purposes of this 
          section shall be determined on the basis of tonnage of such 
          products.
      (d) Expiration.--This section shall expire at the end of the 3-year 
  period beginning 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
  
  SEC. 2. STEEL IMPORT NOTIFICATION AND MONITORING PROGRAM.
  
      (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
  enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with 
  the Secretary of the Treasury, shall establish and implement a steel 
  import notification and monitoring program. The program shall include a 
  requirement that any person importing a product classified under 
  chapter 72 or 73 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
  obtain an import notification certificate before such products are 
  entered into the United States.
      (b) Steel Import Notification Certificates.--
              (1) In general.--In order to obtain a steel import 
          notification certificate, an importer shall submit to the 
          Secretary of Commerce an application containing--
                      (A) the importer's name and address;
                      (B) the name and address of the supplier of the 
                  goods to be imported;
                      (C) the name and address of the producer of the 
                  goods to be imported;
                      (D) the country of origin of the goods;
                      (E) the country from which the goods are to be 
                  imported;
                      (F) the United States Customs port of entry where 
                  the goods will be entered;
                      (G) the expected date of entry of the goods into 
                  the United States;
                      (H) a description of the goods, including the 
                  classification of such goods under the Harmonized 
                  Tariff Schedule of the United States;
                      (I) the quantity (in kilograms and net tons) of the 
                  goods to be imported;
                      (J) the cost insurance freight (CIF) and free 
                  alongside ship (FAS) values of the goods to be entered;
                      (K) whether the goods are being entered for 
                  consumption or for entry into a bonded warehouse or 
                  foreign trade zone;
                      (L) a certification that the information furnished 
                  in the certificate application is correct; and
                      (M) any other information the Secretary of Commerce 
                  determines to be necessary and appropriate.
              (2) Entry into customs territory.--In the case of 
          merchandise classified under chapter 72 or 73 of the Harmonized 
          Tariff Schedule of the United States that is initially entered 
          into a bonded warehouse or foreign trade zone, a steel import 
          notification certificate shall be required before the 
          merchandise is entered into the customs territory of the United 
          States.
              (3) Issuance of steel import notification certificate.--The 
          Secretary of Commerce shall issue a steel import notification 
          certificate to any person who files an application that meets 
          the requirements of this section. Such certificate shall be 
          valid for a period of 30 days from the date of issuance.
      (c) Statistical Information.--
              (1) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce shall compile 
          and publish on a weekly basis information described in 
          paragraph (2).
              (2) Information described.--Information described in this 
          paragraph means information obtained from steel import 
          notification certificate applications concerning steel imported 
          into the United States and includes with respect to such 
          imports the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
          classification (to the tenth digit), the country of origin, the 
          port of entry, quantity, value of steel imported, and whether 
          the imports are entered for consumption or are entered into a 
          bonded warehouse or foreign trade zone. Such information shall 
          also be compiled in aggregate form and made publicly available 
          by the Secretary of Commerce on a weekly basis by public 
          posting through an Internet website. The information provided 
          under this section shall be in addition to any information 
          otherwise required by law.
      (d) Fees.--The Secretary of Commerce may prescribe reasonable fees 
  and charges to defray the costs of carrying out the provisions of this 
  section, including a fee for issuing a certificate under this section.
      (e) Single Producer and Exporter Countries.--Notwithstanding any 
  other provision of law, the Secretary of Commerce shall make publicly 
  available all information required to be released pursuant to 
  subsection (c), including information obtained regarding imports from a 
  foreign producer or exporter that is the only producer or exporter of 
  goods subject to this section from a foreign country.
      (f) Regulations.--The Secretary of Commerce may prescribe such 
  rules and regulations relating to the steel import notification and 
  monitoring program as may be necessary to carry the provisions of this 
  section.
  
              Passed the House of Representatives March 17, 1999.
  
              Attest:
  
                                                   JEFF TRANDAHL,
  
                                                                   Clerk.
target: Directs the President to impose quotas, tariff surcharges, or negotiate enforceable voluntary export restraint agreements in order to ensure that the volume of imported steel products (semifinished, plates, sheets and strips, wire rods, wire and wire products, rail type products, bars, structural shapes and units, pipes and tubes, iron ore, and coke products) during any month does not exceed the average volume of imported steel for the 36-month period preceding July 1997.  Directs the Secretaries of the Treasury and of Commerce to implement a program for administering and enforcing the restraints on such imports.  Authorizes the Customs Service to refuse entry into the U.S. customs territory for a three year period of any steel products that exceed the allowable levels of such products. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and implement a steel import notification and monitoring program.  Requires any person who intends to import steel products into the United States to first obtain an import notification certificate.  Sets forth specified import notification certificate requirements. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to publish on a weekly basis through the Internet certain information obtained from steel import notification certificate applications regarding imported steel, including country of origin, the port of entry, quantity, value of steel imported, single producer or exporter countries, and whether such imports are entered into a bonded warehouse or foreign trade zone.  Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to charge reasonable fees to defray the costs of carrying out this Act.
feat_title: To provide for a reduction in the volume of steel imports, and to establish a steel import notification and monitoring program.