Trade Security Act of 2019

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This bill revises provisions related to the adjustment of U.S. imports due to a national security threat.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Feb 6, 2019

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Trade Security Act of 2019

Latest action (Feb 6, 2019): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Feb 6, 2019

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.