,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ciag  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ab1    
#bjbd,mr4 ,cotton 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,brown1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,mr4  
,scott of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,budd1 ,ms4    
,warren1 ,mr4 ,braun1 ,mr4 ,vance1 and  
,mr4 ,boozman7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill
  ,to require the ,secretary of         
,commerce to reimpose duties on steel   
imported into the ,united ,states from  
,mexico1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,stop ,mexico's ,steel ,surge ,act4 
#b4 ,reimposition of duties on and      
establishment of quotas or tariff rate  
quotas for steel imported into the      
,united ,states from ,mexico  7a7 ,sense
 of ,congress ,it is the sense of       
,congress that-- 7#a7 the ,government of
 ,mexico is in material breach of the   
commitments made under the ,joint       
,statement2 and  7#b7 that material     

breach has caused significant damage to 
the steel industry in the ,united       
,states1 which is vital to the national 
security of the ,united ,states4  7b7   
,reimposition of duties  7#a7 ,in       
general ,pursuant to section #bcb of the
 ,trade ,expansion ,act of #aifb 7#ai   
,u4,s4,c4 #ahfb71 for a period of not   
less than one year1 the ,secretary of   
,commerce shall impose duties on steel  
imported into the ,united ,states from  
,mexico equivalent to the duties that   
were in place on ,may #af1 #bjai4  7#b7 
,lifting of duties ,the ,secretary of   
,commerce may not decrease or eliminate 
the duties required to be imposed under 
paragraph 7#a7 unless the ,secretary of 
,commerce and the ,united ,states ,trade
 ,representative certify to ,congress   
that-- 7,a7 the ,government of ,mexico  
has adopted policies and practices to   
bring that ,government into compliance  
with the terms of the ,joint ,statement2
 and  7,b7 the ,secretary of ,commerce  
and the ,united ,states ,trade          

,representative are confident that the  
,government of ,mexico will maintain the
 policies necessary to remain in        
compliance with its commitments to the  
,united ,states in connection with the  
,joint ,statement4  7c7 ,quotas or      
tariff rate quotas ,the ,president may  
impose supplementary quotas or tariff   
rate quotas on steel imported into the  
,united ,states from ,mexico to ensure  
that imports of steel into the ,united  
,states from ,mexico return to historic 
volumes of trade1 as specified under the
 ,joint ,statement4  7d7 ,joint         
,statement defined ,in this section1 the
 term ,joint ,statement means the ,joint
 ,statement by the ,united ,states and  
,mexico on ,section #bcb ,duties on     
,steel and ,aluminum1 agreed to on ,may 
#ag1 #bjai4