1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Automotive Jobs Act of 2018 . 2. Study of well-being of United States automotive industry; stay of certain investigation (a) Study required The United States International Trade Commission (in this section referred to as the Commission ) shall conduct a study of the economic well-being, health, and vitality of the United States automotive industry, which shall include an assessment of the following: (1) The number of automotive jobs in the United States, regardless of whether the parent entity of the United States automotive producer is headquartered in the United States or another country. (2) Any growth or decline in number of automobile manufacturing facilities and automotive parts suppliers in the United States since 1980. (3) The effect an automotive plant has on the unemployment rate, per capita income, and education level in the community in which the plant is located. (4) The effect an automotive plant has on the region in which the plant is located in helping the region attract and expand nonautomotive jobs and the effect on that region of the wages from those jobs. (5) The number of automobiles assembled in the United States that are exported each year and to which countries. (6) The percentage of component parts of automobiles assembled in the United States that are imported. (7) The number of component parts for automobiles that are not produced in the United States and would thus not be available to United States automotive producers if prohibitively high duties were imposed on imports of those parts. (8) The effect an increase in automotive manufacturing costs would have on jobs in the United States. (b) Report Not earlier than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than one year after such date of enactment, the Commission shall submit to the President and Congress a report on— (1) the findings of the study required by subsection (a)