Automotive Jobs Act of 2019

Automotive Jobs Act of 2019

This bill directs the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to report on the status of the U.S. automotive industry.

The bill suspends the Department of Commerce's investigation initiated on May 23, 2018, regarding the effects on national security of importing automobiles and automotive parts until the USITC submits its report to the President and Congress and the President subsequently determines whether to reopen the investigation.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 121 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 121

 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 completed, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 15, 2019

 Mr. Jones (for himself, Mr. Alexander, and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                               on Finance

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                                 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 completed, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Automotive Jobs Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. STUDY OF WELL-BEING OF UNITED STATES AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; STAY 
              OF CERTAIN INVESTIGATION.

    (a) Study Required.--The United States International Trade 
Commission (in this section referred to as the ``Commission'') shall 
conduct a study of the economic well-being, health, and vitality of the 
United States automotive industry, which shall include an assessment of 
the following:
            (1) The number of automotive jobs in the United States, 
        regardless of whether the parent entity of the United States 
        automotive producer is headquartered in the United States or 
        another country.
            (2) Any growth or decline in number of automobile 
        manufacturing facilities and automotive parts suppliers in the 
        United States since 1980.
            (3) The effect an automotive plant has on the unemployment 
        rate, per capita income, and education level in the community 
        in which the plant is located.
            (4) 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 jobs.
            (5) The number of automobiles assembled in the United 
        States that are exported each year and to which countries.
            (6) The percentage of component parts of automobiles 
        assembled in the United States that are imported.
            (7) 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 
        parts.
            (8) The effect an increase in automotive manufacturing 
        costs would have on jobs in the United States.
    (b) Report.--Not earlier than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and not later than one year after such date of 
enactment, the Commission shall submit to the President and Congress a 
report on--
            (1) the findings of the study required by subsection (a); 
        and
            (2) any recommendations relating to the automotive industry 
        that the Commission considers appropriate based on the study.
    (c) Stay of Investigation Into National Security Effects of 
Automotive Imports.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce shall stay the 
        investigation of the Department of Commerce under section 232 
        of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862) into the 
        effects on national security of imports of automobiles and 
        automotive parts initiated on May 23, 2018, until--
                    (A) the Commission submits to the President and 
                Congress the report required by subsection (b); and
                    (B) the President, after reviewing the report and 
                considering the findings and recommendations of the 
                Commission included in the report, determines to reopen 
                or terminate the investigation.
            (2) Tolling of certain deadline.--The deadline for 
        completion of investigations under section 232(b)(3)(A) of the 
        Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862(b)(3)(A)) shall be 
        tolled for the investigation described in paragraph (1) during 
        the period during which the investigation is stayed under this 
        subsection.
    (d) United States Automotive Producer Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``United States automotive producer'' means an entity that 
manufactures or assembles automobiles or component parts for 
automobiles in the United States.
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