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1 of imports of the like or directly competitive articles are the

2 primary cause of such injury or threat thereof.

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(c) In the course of any proceeding under subsection

4 (b), the Tariff Commission shall, after reasonable notice, 5 hold public hearings and shall afford interested parties an 6 opportunity to be present, to present evidence, and to be 7 heard at such hearings.

8 (d) (1) The Tariff Commission shall report to the Presi9 dent its findings under subsection (b) and the basis therefor 10 and include in each report any dissenting or separate views. 11 The Tariff Commission shall furnish to the President a tran12 script of the hearings and any briefs which may have been 13 submitted in connection with each investigation.

14 (2) The report of the Tariff Commission of its deter15 mination under subsection (b) shall be made at the earliest 16 practicable time, but not later than three months after the 17 date on which the petition is filed (or the date on which the 18 request or resolution is received or the motion is adopted, as 19 the case may be), unless prior to the end of the three-month 20 period, the Tariff Commission makes a finding that a fair and 21 thorough investigation cannot be made within that time and 22 publishes its finding in the Federal Register. In such cases, 23 the period within which the Tariff Commission must make its 24 report shall be extended by two months.

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1 Commission shall also promptly make it public (with the 2 exception of information which the Commission determines to

3 be confidential) and have a summary of it published in the 4 Federal Register.

5 (e) No investigation for the purposes of this section 6 shall be made with respect to the same subject matter as a 7 previous investigation under this section, unless one year has 8 elapsed since the Tariff Commission made its report to the 9. President of the results of such previous investigation. 10. (f) (1) For the purposes of this section the term "the 11 primary cause" means the largest single cause.

12 (2) For the purposes of this section, a condition of 13 market disruption shall be found to exist whenever a showing 14 has been made that imports of a like or directly competitive 15 article are substantial, that they are increasing rapidly both 16 absolutely and as a proportion of total domestic consumption, 17 and that they are offered at prices substantially below those 18 of comparable domestic articles.

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(g) Any investigation by the Tariff Commission under 20 subsection (b) of section 301 of the Trade Expansion Act of 21 1962 (as in effect before the date of the enactment of this 22 Act) which is in progress immediately before such date of 23 enactment shall be continued under this section in the same 24 manner as if the investigation had been instituted originally 25 under the provisions of this section. For purposes of sub

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1 section (d) (2), the petition for any investigation to which 2 the preceding sentence applies shall be treated as having been 3 filed, or the request or resolution as having been received 4 or the motion having been adopted, as the case may be, 5 on the date of the enactment of this Act.

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(h) If, on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 7 President had not taken any action with respect to any report 8 of the Tariff Commission containing an affirmative deter9 mination resulting from an investigation undertaken by it 10 pursuant to section 301 (b) of the Trade Expansion Act of 11 1962 (as in effect before the date of the enactment of this 12 Act) such report shall be treated by the President as a report 13 received by him under this section on the date of the 14 enactment of this Act.

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SEC. 202. PRESIDENTIAL ACTION AFTER INVESTIGA16 TIONS.-(a) After receiving a report from the Tariff Com17 mission containing an affirmative finding that increased im18 ports have been the primary cause of serious injury or threat 19 thereof under section 201 (d) with respect to an industry, 20 the President may

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(1) provide import relief for such industry in

accordance with section 203; or

(2) direct the Secretary of Labor to give expeditious consideration to petitions for adjustment assistance for workers in the industry concerned; or

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(3) take any combination of these actions.

(b) Within sixty days after receiving a report from the

3 Tariff Commission containing an affirmative finding under 4 section 201 (b), the President shall make his determination 5 whether to provide import relief pursuant to section 203: 6 Provided, That in the event the Tariff Commission was 7 equally divided, the President shall act within one hundred 8 and twenty days. If the President determines not to provide 9 import relief, he shall immediately submit a report to the 10 House of Representatives and to the Senate stating the 11 considerations on which his decision was based...

12 (c) In determining whether to provide import relief 13 pursuant to section 203, the President shall take into account, 14 in addition to such other considerations as he may deem 15 relevant

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(1) information and advice from the Secretary of Labor on the extent to which workers in the industry have applied for, are receiving, or are likely to receive adjustment assistance or benefits from other manpower

programs;

(2) the probable effectiveness of import relief as a means to promote achievement of the adjustment purpose, the efforts being made or to be implemented by the

industry concerned to adjust to import competition and

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other considerations relative to the position of the indus

try in the Nation's economy;

(3) the effect of import relief upon consumers, including the price and availability of the imported article

and the like or directly competitive article produced in the United States, and upon competition in the domestic markets for such articles;

(4) the effect of import relief on United States international economic interests;

(5) the impact upon United States industries and firms as a consequence of any possible modification of duties or other import restrictions which may be required for purposes of compensation;

(6) the geographic concentration of imported prod

ucts marketed in the United States; and

(7) alternative economic and social costs that would be incurred by taxpayers, communities, and workers, if import relief were or were not provided.

(d) The President may, within forty-five days after the 20 date on which he receives an affirmative finding of the Tariff 21 Commission under section 201 (b) with respect to an in22 dustry, request additional information from the Tariff Com23 mission. The Tariff Commission shall as soon as practicable 24 but in no event more than sixty days after the date on which 25 it receives the President's request, furnish additional informa

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