United States International Trade Commission

UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

500 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20436

Phone, 202-205-2000. Internet, http://www.usitc.gov/.

Chairman Marcia E. Miller

Vice Chairman Lynn M. Bragg

Commissioners Carol T. Crawford, (3 vacancies)

General Counsel Lyn M. Schlitt

Director, Office of External Relations Daniel F. Leahy

Congressional Relations Officer Nancy M. Carman

Public Affairs Officer Margaret M. O'Laughlin

Trade Remedy Assistance Officer Elizabeth Seltzer

Administrative Law Judges Sidney Harris, Paul J. Luckern

Secretary Donna R. Koehnke

Inspector General Jane Altenhofen

Director, Office of Operations Robert Rogowsky

Director, Office of Investigations Lynn Featherstone

Director, Office of Economics Robert Rogowsky, Acting

Director, Office of Industries M. Vern Simpson, Jr.

Division Chief, Agriculture and Cathy L. Jabara

Forest Products

Division Chief, Minerals, Metals, Larry L. Brookhart

Machinery, and Miscellaneous Manufactures

Division Chief, Energy, Chemicals, John J. Gersic

and Textiles

Division Chief, Electronics and Norman McLennan

Transportation

Division Chief, Services and Richard Brown

Investment

Director, Office of Tariff Affairs and Trade Eugene A. Rosengarden

Agreements

Director, Office of Unfair Import Investigations Lynn Levine

Director, Office of Information Services Martin Smith

Director, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Jacqueline A. Waters

Director, Office of Administration Stephen McLaughlin

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The United States International Trade Commission furnishes studies, reports, and recommendations involving international trade and tariffs to the President, the U.S. Trade Representative, and congressional committees. The Commission also conducts a variety of investigations pertaining to international trade relief.

The United States International Trade Commission is an independent agency created by act of September 8, 1916 (39 Stat. 795), and originally named the United States Tariff Commission. The name was changed to the United States International Trade Commission by section

171 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2231). The Commission's present powers and duties are provided for largely by the Tariff Act of 1930; the Agricultural Adjustment Act; the Trade Expansion Act of 1962; the Trade Act of 1974; the Trade Agreements Act of 1979; the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988; the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act; and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Six Commissioners are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate for 9-year terms, unless appointed to fill an unexpired term. The Chairman and Vice Chairman are designated by the President for 2-year terms, and succeeding Chairmen may not be of the same political party. The Chairman generally is responsible for the administration of the Commission. Not more than three Commissioners may be members of the same political party (19 U.S.C. 1330).

Activities

The Commission performs a number of functions pursuant to the statutes referred to above. Under the Tariff Act of 1930, the Commission is given broad powers of investigation relating to the customs laws of the United States and foreign countries; the volume of importation in comparison with domestic production and consumption; the conditions, causes, and effects relating to competition of foreign industries with those of the United States; and all other factors affecting competition between articles of the United States and imported articles. The Commission is required to make available to the President and to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Finance of the Senate, whenever requested, all information at its command and is directed to make such investigations and reports as may be requested by the President or by either of said committees or by...