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1		SENATE RESOLUTION
2		WHEREAS, United States Steel Corporation, which owns and
3		operates the Granite City Works steel facility in Granite City,
4		joins other steel-producing facilities throughout the State of
5		Illinois and the country in supporting the United States
6		Department of Commerce's thorough trade investigations into
7		South Korea's export of oil country tubular goods and
8		requesting full enforcement of United States trade laws
9		preventing steel dumping; and
10		WHEREAS, Domestic steelmakers like the United States Steel
11		Corporation are losing substantial sales to foreign countries
12		like South Korea, which have "dumped" their oil country tubular
13		goods into the United States market; and
14		WHEREAS, Hundreds of Illinois jobs are at stake, not only
15		at steel mills, but throughout the supply chain, if this
16		practice of "dumping" and circumventing United States trade law
17		is allowed to continue; and
18		WHEREAS, Oil country tubular goods are the steel pipe
19		products used in the extraction of oil and natural gas and play
20		a critical role in our efforts to become energy independent;
21		and

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1		WHEREAS, Domestic producers employ thousands of dedicated
2		American workers, who use state-of-the-art technology to
3		ensure that these products meet the highest standards; and
4		WHEREAS, These jobs are now in jeopardy due to the rapid
5		surge of oil country tubular goods imports at prices below fair
6		value and, in deceptive ways, evading international trade laws;
7		and
8		WHEREAS, The United States Department of Commerce's
9		International Trade Administration is expected to present a
10		final decision regarding investigations into South Korean
11		trade practices and potential "dumping" of oil country tubular
12		goods steel materials by July of 2014; therefore, be it
13		RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
14		ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the President
15		of the United States to ensure that the United States
16		Department of Commerce fully and thoroughly investigate all
17		facts surrounding the South Korean companies' trade practices
18		regarding steel products and to take necessary action against
19		any illegal activity in this matter; and be it further
20		RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21		delivered to President Barack Obama.