UNITED STEELWORKERS

MAN · Manufacturing

Efforts to promote U.S. Manufacturing Sector; Issues surrounding the development of critical infrastructure manufacturing base and importance of manufacturing to national security; Implementation of administration actions, including Executive Orders, to promote domestic manufacturing and job creation and retention; 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; Policies to promote use of domestic materials in offshore wind projects; Implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act title of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (PL 117-44); Implementation of domestic content preferences in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (PL 117-169); Treatment of aluminum and alumina in implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (PL 117-169); Policies to promote union employment in semiconductors, batteries and superabrasives supply chains; Efforts to ensure that Nippon Steels proposed acquisition of domestic steel making assets is properly reviewed by the federal government; Implementation of 45X and 48c tax credits; Federal support for development of energy-efficiency improvement projects in aluminum smelting

ENV · Environment/Superfund

Manufacturing, workforce, and domestic content issues in climate change, energy efficiency, and infrastructure legislation, including Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (PL 117-44), and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (PL 117-169); Treatment of domestic energy intensive, trade exposed industries under potential energy and climate legislation; Treatment of steel in Buy Clean pilot programs funded by The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-169)

TRD · 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; Support for Eliminating Global Market Distortions to Protect American Jobs Act; Support for Rapid Response Mechanism Workers Rights cases under the USMCA; Labor and manufacturing issues in the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade; Proposals to address circumvention and evasion of existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders, including the Fighting Trade Cheats Act of 2025 (H.R. 1284); Support for Trade Adjustment Assistance Renewal; Policy Discussions regarding Generalized System of Preferences Renewal; Support for action under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to address Chinese Transportation, logistics, and maritime policies and their impact on domestic production and employment; Development of carbon border adjustment mechanisms and other trade tools to main domestic manufacturing production while driving decarbonization; Support for the Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act (H.R.1548/ S.691); Addressing surge of steel and aluminum imports from Mexico; Support for Administrations increase of tariffs on Chinese exports of steel and aluminum products; Opposition to proposal to dramatically expand authority for Japanese shipyards to repair and maintain U.S. naval vessels considered to be homeported under U.S. law; Support for retention of Section 301 tariffs against China; Support efforts to reform U.S. de minimis law and policy; Treatment of critical minerals in potential Critical Minerals Agreements; Tariff coverage for domestic chemical grade alumina under section 232 tariffs or other administration tariff actions; Support for strategic implementation of broad tariffs against countries engaged in unfair trade practices

Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 1284, H.R.1548, S.691