UNITED STEELWORKERS

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Trade law enforcement; Workers' Rights in international trade; Trade issues relating to surge in importation of steel and aluminum products into the United States; Treatment of Chinese overcapacity in steel, aluminum, paper and other industrial sectors; Section 232 investigations of the impact of steel and aluminum imports on national security, implementation of relief measures and potential legislative efforts to curtail Presidential authority and negotiations with the European Union on possible adjustment measures; Support for Section 301 investigation and relief measures on Chinese intellectual property rights violations; Support of Section 301 investigation by the USTR addressing currency manipulation by the Republic of Vietnam; Support for S. 1187, Eliminating Global Market Distortions to Protect American Jobs Act of 2021; Support for Rapid Response Mechanism Workers Rights cases under the USMCA

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Executive Office of the President (EOP) · U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) · Commerce, Dept of (DOC) · Interior, Dept of (DOI) · Federal Highway Administration (FHA)

Manufacturing

Policies to encourage increased energy efficiency in manufacturing, including the Job Creation Through Energy Efficient Manufacturing Act; Efforts to promote U.S. Manufacturing Sector; Issues surrounding the development of critical infrastructure manufacturing base and importance of manufacturing to national security; Buy America policies and implementation of such policies, and funding levels, for infrastructure programs, including the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, Water Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act program, Rural Utilities Service, and Community Development Block Grant Program in bills including potential energy and climate legislation including the CLEAN Future Act (HR 1512) and LIFT America Act (HR 1848), the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 (S 914), the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act (HR 1915), the INVEST in America Act (HR 3684), FY2022 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (HR 4372), FY2022 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (HR 4356), FY2022 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (HR 4550), the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (HR 3684), and potential budget reconciliation legislation; Treatment of aluminum and other manufactured products in Buy America policies in legislation including the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 and potential infrastructure legislation; Implementation of Executive Order 14005 (Executive Order on Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of Americas Workers), Executive Order 14008 (Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad), and Executive Order 14017 (Americas Supply Chains); Implementation of melted and poured standard for steel under Buy America; Legislative efforts to promote the rebuilding and expansion of infrastructure and promoting the use of domestically produced materials; Issues surrounding infrastructure investment programs, and support for domestic procurement policies, in potential economic stimulus legislation including the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (PL 117-2); Policies to promote use of domestic materials in offshore wind projects; Use of domestic content in FEMA non-emergency infrastructure programs