TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND FABRICS

Analyses

Northern Mariana Islands Covenant Implementation Act (S. 1275), S10653 [8OC]

Articles and editorials

Congress Should Act on Northern Marianas, E797 [30AP]

Made in the USA, E370-E372 [4MR]

Plans To Strip Northern Mariana Islands of Labor and Immigration Authority Not Surprising, E909 [13MY]

Save the Sweatshops, E2228 [8NO]

Scandal-Ridden Honduran Apparel Industry Seeks New Image—Embittered Industry Manufactures Its Own Code of Conduct, E2160 [31OC]

Take Daughters to Work? Union Offers Another Idea, E757 [24AP]

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: ensure competitiveness (see S. 646; H.R. 1504), S3662 [24AP], H2090 [30AP]

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see S. Con. Res. 52; H. Con. Res. 80), S9198 [11SE], H2784 [15MY]

Canada: limit imports of wool apparel (see H.R. 2432), H7008 [8SE]

Northern Mariana Islands: labeling, minimum wage, and immigration requirements relative to textile industry (see S. 1100; H.R. 1450), S8532 [31JY], H1891 [24AP]

———modify covenant relative to immigration, minimum wage, labor laws, and textile industry labeling requirements (see S. 1275), S10631 [8OC]

Tariff: certain industrial nylon fabrics (see H.R. 2336), H6704 [31JY]

———certain water resistant wool trousers (see S. 1127; H.R. 2287), S8532 [31JY], H6026 [29JY]

———industrial nylon fabrics (see S. 1289), S10787 [9OC]

———ski footwear (see S. 1101), S8532 [31JY]

———viscose rayon yarn (see S. 1474, 1475; H.R. 2148), S12118 [8NO], H5132 [10JY]

Contracts

Translation of Shadow Contract Signed by Alien Workers in the Northern Mariana Islands: Congressional Research Service, S8556 [31JY]

Letters

Maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label: Senators Abraham and Hollings and Representatives Dingell and Franks, S11445 [30OC]

Northern Mariana Islands covenant modifications relative to immigration, minimum wage, labor laws, and textile industry labeling requirements: Allen P. Stayman, Dept. of the Interior, S10655 [8OC]

———Senator Murkowski, S10654 [8OC]

Smithsonian Institution's planned exhibit on the history of sweatshops in the U.S.: Evan Smyth, E2228 [8NO]

———I. Michael Heyman, Smithsonian Institution, E2228 [8NO]

Memorandums

Confirmation That Huizhou Corp. of the Overseas Labor Services Is an Agency of the Chinese Government: Dept. of State, S8556 [31JY]

Remarks in House

Canada: limit imports of wool apparel (H.R. 2432), E1683 [8SE]

Dept. of Defense: purchase of boots from People's Republic of China, H1048 [18MR]

Honduras: establish apparel industry code of conduct, E2160 [31OC]

Northern Mariana Islands: labeling, minimum wage, and immigration requirements relative to textile industry (H.R. 1450), E748 [24AP], E797 [30AP], E888 [8MY], E909 [13MY]

Smithsonian Institution: planned exhibit on the history of sweatshops in the U.S., E2227 [8NO]

Remarks in Senate

Business and industry: ensure competitiveness (S. 646), S3937 [5MY]

———maintain standards for ``Made in the USA'' label, S8079 [24JY]

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (S. Con. Res. 52), S9219 [11SE], S9352 [15SE], S11444, S11445 [30OC]

New Ipswich, NH: tribute to Warwick Mills (business) for construction of the Mars Pathfinder air bags, S7145 [10JY]

Northern Mariana Islands: labeling, minimum wage, and immigration requirements relative to textile industry (S. 1100), S8552 [31JY]

———modify covenant relative to immigration, minimum wage, labor laws, and textile industry labeling requirements (S. 1275), S10649-S10656 [8OC]

Tariff: industrial nylon fabrics (S. 1289), S10797 [9OC]

Summaries

Federal Intiative on Labor, Immigration, and Law Enforcement in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, S8555 [31JY]

Texts of

H.R. 2432, limit imports of wool apparel from Canada, E1683 [8SE]

S. 1100, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Reform Act, S8553-S8555 [31JY]

S. 1275, Northern Mariana Islands Covenant Implementation Act, S10650-S10653 [8OC]

S. Con. Res. 52, maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label, S9219 [11SE]