,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aba  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #ae1       
#bjai,mr4 ,jones 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,alexander1 and ,mrs4 ,blackburn7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
require a study of the well-being of the
 ,united ,states automotive industry and
 to stay the investigation into the     
national security effects of automotive 
imports until the study is completed1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,automotive ,jobs ,act of #bjai4  #b4   
,study of well-being of ,united ,states 
automotive industry2 stay of certain    
investigation  7a7 ,study required ,the 
,united ,states ,international ,trade   
,commission 7in this section referred to
 as the ,commission7 shall conduct a    
study of the economic well-being1       
health1 and vitality of the ,united     
,states automotive industry1 which shall

 include an assessment of the following3
  7#a7 ,the number of automotive jobs in
 the ,united ,states1 regardless of     
whether the parent entity of the ,united
 ,states automotive producer is         
headquartered in the ,united ,states or 
another country4  7#b7 ,any growth or   
decline in number of automobile         
manufacturing facilities and automotive 
parts suppliers in the ,united ,states  
since #aihj4  7#c7 ,the effect an       
automotive plant has on the unemployment
 rate1 per capita income1 and education 
level in the community in which the     
plant is located4  7#d7 ,the effect an  
automotive plant has on the region in   
which the plant is located in helping   
the region attract and expand           
nonautomotive jobs and the effect on    
that region of the wages from those     
jobs4  7#e7 ,the number of automobiles  
assembled in the ,united ,states that   
are exported each year and to which     
countries4  7#f7 ,the percentage of     
component parts of automobiles assembled

 in the ,united ,states that are        
imported4  7#g7 ,the number of component
 parts for automobiles that are not     
produced in the ,united ,states and     
would thus not be available to ,united  
,states automotive producers if         
prohibitively high duties were imposed  
on imports of those parts4  7#h7 ,the   
effect an increase in automotive        
manufacturing costs would have on jobs  
in the ,united ,states4  7b7 ,report    
,not earlier than #ahj days after the   
date of the enactment of this ,act1 and 
not later than one year after such date 
of enactment1 the ,commission shall     
submit to the ,president and ,congress a
 report on--  7#a7 the findings of the  
study required by subsection 7a72 and   
7#b7 any recommendations relating to the
 automotive industry that the           
,commission considers appropriate based 
on the study4  7c7 ,stay of             
investigation into national security    
effects of automotive imports  7#a7 ,in 
general ,the ,secretary of ,commerce    

shall stay the investigation of the     
,department of ,commerce under section  
#bcb of the ,trade ,expansion ,act of   
#aifb 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #ahfb7 into the    
effects on national security of imports 
of automobiles and automotive parts     
initiated on ,may #bc1 #bjah1 until--   
7,a7 the ,commission submits to the     
,president and ,congress the report     
required by subsection 7b72 and  7,b7   
the ,president1 after reviewing the     
report and considering the findings and 
recommendations of the ,commission      
included in the report1 determines to   
reopen or terminate the investigation4  
7#b7 ,tolling of certain deadline ,the  
deadline for completion of              
investigations under section            
#bcb7;b77#c77;,a7 of the ,trade         
,expansion ,act of #aifb 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 
#ahfb7;b77#c77;,a77 shall be tolled for 
the investigation described in paragraph
 7#a7 during the period during which the
 investigation is stayed under this     
subsection4  7d7 ,united ,states        

automotive producer defined ,in this    
section1 the term ,united ,states       
automotive producer means an entity that
 manufactures or assembles automobiles  
or component parts for automobiles in   
the ,united ,states4