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H.R.808
Title: To provide certain safeguards with respect to the domestic steel industry.
Sponsor: Rep Visclosky, Peter J. [IN-1] (introduced 3/1/2001)      Cosponsors: 228
Related Bills: H.RES.304
Latest Major Action: 4/20/2001 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Note: On 12/19/2001, a motion was filed to discharge the Rules Committee from consideration of H.Res. 304. H.Res. 304 provides for the consideration of H.R. 808. A discharge petition requires 218 signatures for further action. (Discharge Petition No. 107-5: text with signatures.)
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
3/1/2001:
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
3/1/2001:
Referred to House Ways and Means
3/8/2001:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
3/1/2001:
Referred to House Financial Services
3/9/2001:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, Technology and Economic Growth, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
3/1/2001:
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
4/20/2001:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
COMMITTEE(S):
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COSPONSORS(228), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil - 3/1/2001 [HI-1] Rep Ackerman, Gary L. - 5/24/2001 [NY-5]
Rep Aderholt, Robert B. - 4/4/2001 [AL-4] Rep Allen, Thomas H. - 3/27/2001 [ME-1]
Rep Andrews, Robert E. - 3/1/2001 [NJ-1] Rep Baca, Joe - 4/26/2001 [CA-42]
Rep Bachus, Spencer - 3/13/2001 [AL-6] Rep Baldacci, John Elias - 5/24/2001 [ME-2]
Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 3/13/2001 [WI-2] Rep Barcia, James A. - 3/1/2001 [MI-5]
Rep Bentsen, Ken - 5/17/2001 [TX-25] Rep Berkley, Shelley - 3/22/2001 [NV-1]
Rep Berry, Marion - 3/1/2001 [AR-1] Rep Bilirakis, Michael - 3/1/2001 [FL-9]
Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. - 3/1/2001 [GA-2] Rep Blagojevich, Rod R. - 3/1/2001 [IL-5]
Rep Boehlert, Sherwood L. - 5/17/2001 [NY-23] Rep Bonior, David E. - 3/1/2001 [MI-10]
Rep Borski, Robert A. - 5/24/2001 [PA-3] Rep Boswell, Leonard L. - 3/1/2001 [IA-3]
Rep Boucher, Rick - 3/1/2001 [VA-9] Rep Boyd, Allen - 3/1/2001 [FL-2]
Rep Brady, Robert - 3/1/2001 [PA-1] Rep Brown, Corrine - 3/1/2001 [FL-3]
Rep Brown, Sherrod - 3/1/2001 [OH-13] Rep Bryant, Ed - 5/9/2001 [TN-7]
Rep Burton, Dan - 6/5/2001 [IN-6] Rep Capito, Shelley Moore - 3/20/2001 [WV-2]
Rep Capps, Lois - 3/20/2001 [CA-22] Rep Capuano, Michael E. - 3/27/2001 [MA-8]
Rep Cardin, Benjamin L. - 3/1/2001 [MD-3] Rep Carson, Brad - 12/13/2001 [OK-2]
Rep Carson, Julia - 3/20/2001 [IN-10] Rep Christensen, Donna M. - 3/1/2001 [VI]
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy - 3/27/2001 [MO-1] Rep Clayton, Eva M. - 4/26/2001 [NC-1]
Rep Clement, Bob - 3/27/2001 [TN-5] Rep Clyburn, James E. - 3/1/2001 [SC-6]
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 3/1/2001 [MI-14] Rep Costello, Jerry F. - 3/1/2001 [IL-12]
Rep Coyne, William J. - 3/1/2001 [PA-14] Rep Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. - 3/1/2001 [AL-5]
Rep Crowley, Joseph - 3/1/2001 [NY-7] Rep Cummings, Elijah E. - 3/1/2001 [MD-7]
Rep Davis, Danny K. - 3/13/2001 [IL-7] Rep Davis, Jo Ann - 9/10/2001 [VA-1]
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. - 3/15/2001 [OR-4] Rep DeGette, Diana - 4/3/2001 [CO-1]
Rep Delahunt, William D. - 4/4/2001 [MA-10] Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. - 4/26/2001 [CT-3]
Rep Deutsch, Peter - 9/13/2001 [FL-20] Rep Dingell, John D. - 3/1/2001 [MI-16]
Rep Doyle, Michael F. - 3/13/2001 [PA-18] Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. - 4/26/2001 [TN-2]
Rep Edwards, Chet - 5/24/2001 [TX-11] Rep Ehrlich, Robert L., Jr. - 5/17/2001 [MD-2]
Rep Engel, Eliot L. - 3/20/2001 [NY-17] Rep English, Phil - 3/1/2001 [PA-21]
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. - 6/27/2001 [CA-14] Rep Etheridge, Bob - 6/5/2001 [NC-2]
Rep Evans, Lane - 3/1/2001 [IL-17] Rep Fattah, Chaka - 5/9/2001 [PA-2]
Rep Ferguson, Mike - 5/24/2001 [NJ-7] Rep Filner, Bob - 3/1/2001 [CA-50]
Rep Ford, Harold E., Jr. - 4/26/2001 [TN-9] Rep Frank, Barney - 3/27/2001 [MA-4]
Rep Frost, Martin - 3/1/2001 [TX-24] Rep Gekas, George W. - 3/29/2001 [PA-17]
Rep Gephardt, Richard A. - 4/4/2001 [MO-3] Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. - 4/3/2001 [MD-1]
Rep Gillmor, Paul E. - 4/3/2001 [OH-5] Rep Gilman, Benjamin A. - 5/24/2001 [NY-20]
Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. - 3/13/2001 [TX-20] Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. - 3/20/2001 [VA-5]
Rep Gordon, Bart - 3/1/2001 [TN-6] Rep Graham, Lindsey O. - 4/26/2001 [SC-3]
Rep Green, Gene - 3/1/2001 [TX-29] Rep Greenwood, James C. - 4/3/2001 [PA-8]
Rep Grucci, Felix J., Jr. - 6/13/2001 [NY-1] Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. - 3/20/2001 [IL-4]
Rep Hall, Ralph M. - 6/13/2001 [TX-4] Rep Hall, Tony P. - 3/1/2001 [OH-3]
Rep Hart, Melissa A. - 3/1/2001 [PA-4] Rep Hastings, Alcee L. - 3/27/2001 [FL-23]
Rep Hill, Baron P. - 5/9/2001 [IN-9] Rep Hilliard, Earl F. - 3/1/2001 [AL-7]
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 3/1/2001 [NY-26] Rep Hinojosa, Ruben - 5/17/2001 [TX-15]
Rep Hoeffel, Joseph M. - 3/1/2001 [PA-13] Rep Holden, Tim - 3/1/2001 [PA-6]
Rep Holt, Rush D. - 5/9/2001 [NJ-12] Rep Honda, Michael M. - 5/17/2001 [CA-15]
Rep Hooley, Darlene - 3/1/2001 [OR-5] Rep Horn, Stephen - 3/1/2001 [CA-38]
Rep Hoyer, Steny H. - 4/26/2001 [MD-5] Rep Hulshof, Kenny C. - 10/17/2001 [MO-9]
Rep Hunter, Duncan - 5/24/2001 [CA-52] Rep Israel, Steve - 3/27/2001 [NY-2]
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. - 3/1/2001 [IL-2] Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 3/20/2001 [TX-18]
Rep Jefferson, William J. - 6/13/2001 [LA-2] Rep Jenkins, William L. - 4/3/2001 [TN-1]
Rep John, Christopher - 4/26/2001 [LA-7] Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice - 3/20/2001 [TX-30]
Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs - 3/1/2001 [OH-11] Rep Kanjorski, Paul E. - 3/1/2001 [PA-11]
Rep Kaptur, Marcy - 3/1/2001 [OH-9] Rep Kelly, Sue W. - 6/13/2001 [NY-19]
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. - 3/15/2001 [RI-1] Rep Kerns, Brian D. - 4/26/2001 [IN-7]
Rep Kildee, Dale E. - 3/1/2001 [MI-9] Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. - 3/1/2001 [MI-15]
Rep King, Peter T. - 6/13/2001 [NY-3] Rep Kleczka, Gerald D. - 3/1/2001 [WI-4]
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 3/1/2001 [OH-10] Rep LaFalce, John J. - 4/26/2001 [NY-29]
Rep Lampson, Nick - 3/27/2001 [TX-9] Rep Langevin, James R. - 3/27/2001 [RI-2]
Rep Lantos, Tom - 3/29/2001 [CA-12] Rep Larson, John B. - 5/24/2001 [CT-1]
Rep LaTourette, Steve C. - 4/26/2001 [OH-19] Rep Lee, Barbara - 3/13/2001 [CA-9]
Rep Lewis, John - 4/3/2001 [GA-5] Rep Lewis, Ron - 3/27/2001 [KY-2]
Rep Lipinski, William O. - 3/1/2001 [IL-3] Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. - 4/26/2001 [NJ-2]
Rep Lowey, Nita M. - 3/29/2001 [NY-18] Rep Lucas, Ken - 3/29/2001 [KY-4]
Rep Luther, Bill - 3/22/2001 [MN-6] Rep Lynch, Stephen F. - 3/7/2002 [MA-9]
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 4/3/2001 [NY-14] Rep Maloney, James H. - 4/3/2001 [CT-5]
Rep Markey, Edward J. - 5/24/2001 [MA-7] Rep Mascara, Frank - 3/1/2001 [PA-20]
Rep Matheson, Jim - 4/26/2001 [UT-2] Rep Matsui, Robert T. - 3/1/2001 [CA-5]
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn - 3/1/2001 [NY-4] Rep McCarthy, Karen - 3/1/2001 [MO-5]
Rep McCollum, Betty - 3/22/2001 [MN-4] Rep McGovern, James P. - 3/1/2001 [MA-3]
Rep McHugh, John M. - 5/9/2001 [NY-24] Rep McIntyre, Mike - 3/1/2001 [NC-7]
Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. - 3/1/2001 [GA-4] Rep McNulty, Michael R. - 3/1/2001 [NY-21]
Rep Meehan, Martin T. - 6/27/2001 [MA-5] Rep Meek, Carrie P. - 3/22/2001 [FL-17]
Rep Meeks, Gregory W. - 2/26/2002 [NY-6] Rep Menendez, Robert - 3/1/2001 [NJ-13]
Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita - 4/26/2001 [CA-37] Rep Miller, George - 3/1/2001 [CA-7]
Rep Mink, Patsy T. - 3/1/2001 [HI-2] Rep Mollohan, Alan B. - 3/1/2001 [WV-1]
Rep Moore, Dennis - 3/29/2001 [KS-3] Rep Murtha, John P. - 3/1/2001 [PA-12]
Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 5/9/2001 [NY-8] Rep Napolitano, Grace F. - 3/27/2001 [CA-34]
Rep Neal, Richard E. - 5/24/2001 [MA-2] Rep Ney, Robert W. - 3/1/2001 [OH-18]
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes - 3/1/2001 [DC] Rep Norwood, Charlie - 4/26/2001 [GA-10]
Rep Oberstar, James L. - 3/1/2001 [MN-8] Rep Olver, John W. - 3/20/2001 [MA-1]
Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. - 5/24/2001 [TX-27] Rep Owens, Major R. - 3/29/2001 [NY-11]
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. - 3/1/2001 [NJ-6] Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. - 3/1/2001 [NJ-8]
Rep Pastor, Ed - 3/27/2001 [AZ-2] Rep Payne, Donald M. - 3/13/2001 [NJ-10]
Rep Pelosi, Nancy - 5/17/2001 [CA-8] Rep Peterson, Collin C. - 3/27/2001 [MN-7]
Rep Peterson, John E. - 3/1/2001 [PA-5] Rep Phelps, David D. - 3/1/2001 [IL-19]
Rep Platts, Todd Russell - 5/17/2001 [PA-19] Rep Pomeroy, Earl - 5/24/2001 [ND]
Rep Price, David E. - 5/9/2001 [NC-4] Rep Quinn, Jack - 3/1/2001 [NY-30]
Rep Rahall, Nick J., II - 3/1/2001 [WV-3] Rep Regula, Ralph - 4/26/2001 [OH-16]
Rep Reyes, Silvestre - 4/3/2001 [TX-16] Rep Rivers, Lynn N. - 3/1/2001 [MI-13]
Rep Rodriguez, Ciro - 3/1/2001 [TX-28] Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana - 6/13/2001 [FL-18]
Rep Ross, Mike - 4/26/2001 [AR-4] Rep Rothman, Steve R. - 4/3/2001 [NJ-9]
Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille - 3/27/2001 [CA-33] Rep Rush, Bobby L. - 3/13/2001 [IL-1]
Rep Sabo, Martin Olav - 3/27/2001 [MN-5] Rep Sanchez, Loretta - 3/27/2001 [CA-46]
Rep Sanders, Bernard - 3/1/2001 [VT] Rep Sandlin, Max - 3/1/2001 [TX-1]
Rep Sawyer, Tom - 3/1/2001 [OH-14] Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 3/20/2001 [IL-9]
Rep Scott, Robert C. - 3/1/2001 [VA-3] Rep Serrano, Jose E. - 3/13/2001 [NY-16]
Rep Sherman, Brad - 3/20/2001 [CA-24] Rep Shimkus, John - 3/1/2001 [IL-20]
Rep Shows, Ronnie - 3/29/2001 [MS-4] Rep Shuster, Bill - 7/23/2001 [PA-9]
Rep Sisisky, Norman - 3/22/2001 [VA-4] Rep Skelton, Ike - 5/9/2001 [MO-4]
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh - 4/3/2001 [NY-28] Rep Smith, Christopher H. - 5/9/2001 [NJ-4]
Rep Solis, Hilda L. - 5/9/2001 [CA-31] Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 3/27/2001 [CA-13]
Rep Strickland, Ted - 3/1/2001 [OH-6] Rep Stupak, Bart - 3/29/2001 [MI-1]
Rep Sweeney, John E. - 6/27/2001 [NY-22] Rep Tanner, John S. - 5/17/2001 [TN-8]
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. - 3/13/2001 [CA-10] Rep Thompson, Bennie G. - 3/1/2001 [MS-2]
Rep Thompson, Mike - 5/17/2001 [CA-1] Rep Thurman, Karen L. - 3/1/2001 [FL-5]
Rep Towns, Edolphus - 3/1/2001 [NY-10] Rep Traficant, James A., Jr. - 3/1/2001 [OH-17]
Rep Turner, Jim - 3/22/2001 [TX-2] Rep Udall, Mark - 6/5/2001 [CO-2]
Rep Udall, Tom - 5/17/2001 [NM-3] Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. - 4/26/2001 [NY-12]
Rep Walsh, James T. - 3/1/2001 [NY-25] Rep Wamp, Zach - 3/29/2001 [TN-3]
Rep Waters, Maxine - 3/27/2001 [CA-35] Rep Watt, Melvin L. - 3/13/2001 [NC-12]
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. - 3/27/2001 [NY-9] Rep Weldon, Curt - 5/17/2001 [PA-7]
Rep Wexler, Robert - 3/1/2001 [FL-19] Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 3/20/2001 [CA-6]
Rep Wu, David - 4/3/2001 [OR-1] Rep Wynn, Albert Russell - 3/1/2001 [MD-4]

SUMMARY AS OF:
3/1/2001--Introduced.

Steel Revitalization Act of 2001 - Directs the President to impose quotas, tariff surcharges, or other measures on, and to negotiate enforceable voluntary export restraint agreements with respect to, imports of steel products in order to ensure that: (1) the tonnage of iron ore, coke and coke products, semifinished steel, and pig iron imported into the United States during any month does not exceed the average tonnage of each product that was imported monthly into the United States during the 36-month period preceding July 1997; and (2) the share of domestic consumption of any other applicable steel product in the United States derived from imports during any month does not exceed the average monthly share of domestic U.S. consumption of that steel product during any month in the 36-month period preceding July 1997. Authorizes the Customs Service to refuse entry into the U.S. customs territory for a five-year period of any steel products that exceed their allowable levels.

Establishes: (1) the Steel Retiree Health Care Board in the Department of Labor; (2) the Steelworker Retiree Health Care Trust Fund; and (3) the Health Care Benefit Costs Assistance Program. Sets forth the functions of the Board, including to: (1) provide, under the Health Care Benefit Costs Assistance Program, for payments to designated steelworker group health plans to assist in the funding of qualified retiree health benefits under such plans; and (2) establish policies for the investment and management of the Steelworker Retiree Health Care Trust Fund that provides for prudent investments and low administrative costs.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on steel sold by the manufacturer, producer, or importer (such taxes to be deposited into the Steelworker Retiree Health Care Trust Fund).

Amends the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 to increase the aggregate amount of loans guaranteed and outstanding (including additional costs of such loans) at any one time under Emergency Steel Guarantee Loan Program or with respect to a single qualified steel company. Requires the Loan Guarantee Board to approve or deny an application for a guarantee within 45 days after its receipt.

Authorizes any person who acquires another person that produces any of the specified categories of steel products contained in this Act to apply to the Secretary of Commerce for a grant to defray the costs necessary to bring, and maintain, the resulting entity into compliance with U.S. environmental laws. Requires the Secretary to make a determination whether or not such mergers will promote the retention of at least 80 percent of the jobs of the steel workers and production of capacity of such steel products. Sets forth penalties for failure to achieve such retention levels.