PRINTER'S NO. 2302
No. 163 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY COLAFELLA, GALLAGHER, KASUNIC, VAN HORNE,
J. L. WRIGHT, MAIALE, RYBAK, PISTELLA, ALDERETTE, ANGSTADT,
STEVENS, PRESTON, LETTERMAN, PETRARCA, BATTISTO, CIMINI,
LASHINGER, DALEY, GAMBLE, AFFLERBACH, HALUSKA, MICOZZIE,
KOSINSKI, CLARK, BOOK, GRUPPO, MORRIS, DeLUCA, MICHLOVIC,
GRIECO, FISCHER, LAUGHLIN, PETRONE, TELEK, WAMBACH,
E. Z. TAYLOR, CORDISCO, CAPPABIANCA, CIVERA, PRATT, MAYERNIK,
SALVATORE, GRUITZA, SEVENTY, DIETZ AND ITKIN, DECEMBER 6,
1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, DECEMBER 7, 1983
A RESOLUTION
1 Urging the 98th United States Congress to take action that will
2 limit foreign steel imports.
3 WHEREAS, The American steel industry has engaged in
4 extraordinary self-help efforts including the commitment of
5 millions of dollars to modernization and the reduction of
6 employment cost; and
7 WHEREAS, Foreign steel imports now account for approximately
8 20% of the steel consumed in the United States; and
9 WHEREAS, The American steel and coal industries, and those
10 particularly in Pennsylvania, are suffering from painfully high
11 levels of unemployment which result in large measure from
12 foreign steel imports; and
13 WHEREAS, Most steel entering the United States is unfairly
14 traded because it is dumped, subsidized or the beneficiary of
1 targeted foreign government development assistance; and
2 WHEREAS, United States trade laws have been ineffective in
3 stemming the tide of unfairly traded foreign steel; and
4 WHEREAS, Unfair trade in steel is the single most serious
5 threat to the survival of a healthy steel industry in
6 Pennsylvania and in the United States; and
7 WHEREAS, The American steel industry produces an industrial
8 material which is essential to the United States economy and
9 necessary to our national defense; and
10 WHEREAS, The steel industry is an important part of the
11 Pennsylvania economy, providing employment for thousands of the
12 Commonwealth's residents; and
13 WHEREAS, The American steel industry and Pennsylvania's coal
14 mining industry are linked by an important and mutually
15 beneficial customer-supplier relationship; therefore be it
16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
17 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge Congress to act immediately to
18 limit imports of foreign steel to not more than 15% of American
19 steel consumption for a period of at least five years; and be it
20 further
21 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be sent to each
22 member of the Pennsylvania Delegation to Congress, each member
23 of the Congressional Steel Caucus and the President of the
24 United States.
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