[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 22 (Tuesday, March 5, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H685]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   TO FACILITATE POSITIVE ADJUSTMENT TO COMPETITION FROM IMPORTS OF 
CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Crenshaw) laid before the House the 
following message from the President of the United States; which was 
read and, together with the accompanying papers, without objection, 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  In accordance with section 203(b) of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
amended (the ``Act''), I hereby transmit documents to the Congress that 
describe the safeguard action that I have proclaimed on imports of 
certain steel products, pursuant to the authority vested in me by 
section 203(a)(1) of the Act and as President of the United States, and 
the reasons for taking that action.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, March 5, 2002.

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