Sponsor
Haley Stevens
Representative · D-MI
Representative · D-MI
Requires the USITC to report within 180 days on security risks from U.S. aluminum scrap accessible to entities tied to Russia, China, Iran, or North Korea and recommend actions.
The bill requires a focused, evidence-based report that improves policymakers' ability to spot national-security and supply-chain risks in aluminum scrap flows and to consider domestic industry concerns, but it risks prompting export restrictions that could reduce revenues, create job uncertainty in the recycling/aluminum sectors, and increase compliance and enforcement costs.
Congress and the administration will receive a timely, evidence-based assessment of security risks from aluminum scrap flows to specified adversary countries, enabling more informed national-security policymaking.
U.S. aluminum producers and recycling firms will have their views considered in the assessment, increasing the chance that any policy response will balance security goals with protection of domestic industry and jobs.
Manufacturers, transport operators, and other supply-chain participants will get recommendations identifying vulnerabilities in aluminum material streams, which could lead to measures that improve long-term industrial and infrastructure resilience.
Workers in the recycling and aluminum sectors (including union members) could face job uncertainty or layoffs if the assessment prompts tighter controls that disrupt existing trade patterns.
Recycling and scrap-export businesses could face regulatory pressure or export limits if the report recommends restrictions, reducing export revenues for those firms.
If the findings prompt new export controls or sanctions, firms will face higher compliance costs and government will face increased enforcement burdens, raising costs for taxpayers and businesses.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Official title: To require the United States International Trade Commission to investigate national security concerns regarding the exportation of aluminum scrap to countries of concern, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 4, 2026 by Haley Stevens · Last progress June 4, 2026
Requires the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to produce a report within 180 days assessing national and economic security risks from U.S. aluminum scrap that is exported to, or otherwise available to, entities organized under or controlled by certain foreign governments (Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea). The USITC must consult U.S. aluminum producers, metal recyclers, and labor organizations and include recommendations for congressional and presidential actions to address identified risks. This is a short, targeted bill that creates a deadline-driven review and set of recommendations to inform potential policy or regulatory responses aimed at protecting U.S. aluminum supply chains and related national security interests.