TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND FABRICS

Amendments

Textile Fiber and Wool Products Identification Improvement Act: enact (S. 1816), 18596 [25JN]

Articles and editorials

Customs Says Textiles Pose Serious Problem, 21383 [27JY]

J. A. Chapman, Jr., Textile Leader, Dies (sundry), 14-16 [23JA]

Joseph L. Lanier, Jr., Chairman and CEO, West-Point Pepperell, Inc., 31716 [10OC]

While Textile Makers Bemoan Imports, They Are Modernizing, Too, 26578 [24SE]

White House Tightens Textiles Import Rules, Adds Customs Agents, 21751 [1AU]

Bills and resolutions

Circular knitting machines: suspension of duties (see S. 2613)

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements: establish (see H.R. 4590)

Fiber and wool products: improve labeling (see H.R. 5638)

Flat knitting machines: extension of suspension of duty (see H.R. 5925)

Foreign trade: limitations on 1984-88 imports (see H.R. 5823)

———rescission of Customs Service regulations on determinations of country of origin (see H. Res. 589)

———temporary suspension of Customs Service operation of the interim regulations (see S. Res. 466)

Labeling (see H.R. 4643)

Lace-braiding machines: temporary suspension of duty (see H.R. 5283)

Narrow fabric looms: temporary suspension of duty (see S. 2838; H.R. 5284)

National Sewing Month (see S.J. Res. 302)

Neckties: return ad valorem and specific duties at 1981 level (see S. 2712)

Tariffs: suspend duty on circular knitting machines (see H.R. 6154)

Wearing apparel: clarify tariff classification (see S. 2839)

Broadcasts

James Alfred Chapman, Jr., WSPA-TV (Spartanburg, SC), 16 [23JA]

Letters

Bilateral textile trade agreement negotiations with the People's Republic of China: Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, 21752 [1AU]

Impact of regulations relating to textile imports: sundry, 27358 [26SE]

Importation of textile products: several Senators (sundry), 25757 [18SE]

Multifiber agreement: President Reagan (sundry), 26243 [20SE]

Lists

Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act textile industry supporters, 24979 [12SE]

Supporters of improved labeling for textile fiber and wool products, 20112 [29JN]

Trade Reform Action Coalition members, 25736 [18SE]

Memorials of legislature

South Carolina, 7868 [4AP], 8424 [9AP]

Virginia, 11119 [7MY]

Remarks in House

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements: establish (H.R. 4590), 152 [23JA]

Imports: employment impact on domestic industry, 12083 [14MY], 21430, 21453 [27JY], 26578 [24SE]

Labeling: designate whether U.S. or imported product, 24445 [6SE]

National Sewing Month: designate (S.J. Res. 302), 23026 [8AU]

National Textile Week: observance, 32577 [12OC]

Textile and apparel imports: Customs regulations affecting rules of origin, 26933 [25SE]

Textile Employment and Fair Trade Act: enact (H.R. 5823), 15984, 15988 [12JN], 16619 [14JN], 31715 [10OC]

Remarks in Senate

Chapman, James A., Jr.: tribute, 14 [23JA]

Imports: impact, 15602 [11JN], 21382 [27JY], 21751, 21752 [1AU], 25757 [18SE], 26242-26245 [20SE]

Narrow fabric looms: temporary suspension of duty (S. 2838), 20120 [29JN]

National Sewing Month: designate (S.J. Res. 302), 14121 [24MY], 15580 [8JN]

Neckties: return ad valorem and specific duties to 1981 level (S. 2712), 14116 [24MY]

Textile fiber and wool products: labeling, 20111-20113 [29JN]

Textile Fiber and Wool Products Identification Improvement Act: enact (S. 1816), 4360 [5MR], 6766 [27MR]

Textiles and apparel: relating to import quotas (S. Res. 466), 29178 [3OC]

Wearing apparel: clarify tariff classification (S. 2839), 20120 [29JN]

Reports

Labeling of Textile Fiber and Wool Products Improvement Amendments: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 1816) (S. Rept. 98-529), 18593 [25JN]

Reforms Available to U.S. Producers Regarding Unfair Competition: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 504) (H.R. 4784) (H. Rept. 98-791), 12839 [17MY]

Texts of

S. 2712, ad valorem and specific duties on neckties, 14117 [24MY]

S. 2838, temporary suspension of duty on narrow fabric looms, 20120 [29JN]

S. 2839, clarify tariff classification of certain wearing apparel, 20120 [29JN]

S. Res. 466, relating to import quotas on textiles and apparel, 29178 [3OC]

S.J. Res. 302, National Sewing Month, 15580 [8JN], 23026 [8AU]