    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND FABRICS
      Articles and editorials
        For Workers, Island Jobs Can Be a Losing Proposition, E130 [11FE]
        ``Made in the USA'' Is at Heart of the Second Battle of Saipan, E986
            [3JN]
        South Carolina's Factory Workers Lowest Paid in Southeast Economic
            Grade, S7712 [9JY]
        Your Pricey Clothing Is Their Low-Pay Work, E125-E127 [11FE]
      Bills and resolutions
        American Samoa:  clarify rules of origin for textile and apparel
            products, (see H.R. 3377), H903 [5MR]
        Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements:  report to
            Congress on the availability of certain wool fabric, (see S.
            2653), S12871 [21OC]
        Foreign trade:  clarify rules of origin for certain textile
            products, (see S. 2394), S9426 [30JY]
        ------ clarify rules of origin for certain textile products, (see
            H.R. 4526), H7494 [9SE]
        Silk:  modify marketing of certain silk products and containers,
            (see H.R. 3294, S. 2002), S3783 [29AP], H677 [26FE]
        Tariff:  ink-jet textile printing machinery, (see S. 1620), S585
            [10FE]
        ------ pile fabrics of man-made fibers, (see S. 1772), S2113 [17MR]
        ------ textile industry and water treatment chemicals, (see H.R.
            3486), H1298 [18MR]
        ------ textile industry chemicals, (see H.R. 3349), H902 [5MR], (see
            H.R. 3492), H1298 [18MR]
        ------ textile machinery, (see S. 1633), S667 [11FE], (see S. 1633),
            S836 [23FE], (see S. 1694), S1200 [2MR], (see S. 1714), S1435
            [5MR]
        ------ weaving machines, (see S. 1632), S836 [23FE], (see H.R.
            3289), H676 [26FE]
        ------ wool fabrics, (see S. 2338), S8658 [21JY], (see H.R. 4358),
            H6819 [30JY]
      Cost Estimates
        Northern Mariana Islands Covenant Implementation Act (S. 1275):
            CBO, S5995-S5997 [9JN]
      Remarks in House
        American Samoa:  clarify rules of origin for textile and apparel
            products (H.R. 3377), E318 [5MR]
        Children and youth:  provide that children's sleepwear be
            manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability standards,
            H5647 [16JY], H5648 [16JY], H5649 [16JY]
        CPSC:  upholstery flammability standards, H5755 [17JY], H5758
            [17JY], H6573 [29JY], H6577 [29JY], H6590 [29JY], H6591 [29JY],
            E1505 [31JY]
        India:  remove most-favored-nation status on textile and apparel
            products, H3374 [19MY]
        Northern Mariana Islands:  labeling, minimum wage, and immigration
            requirements relative to textile industry, E985 [3JN]
        ----- labeling, minimum wage, and immigration requirements relative
            to textile industry (H.R. 1450), E125 [11FE], E130 [11FE]
        ------ labor abuses, E125 [11FE], E130 [11FE]
        Tariff:  wool fabrics (H.R. 4358), E1495 [31JY]
      Remarks in Senate
        Agriculture:  price supports for wool and mohair, S11560 [6OC]
        Customs Service:  prohibit illegal shipment of textiles from Mexico,
            S9233 [29JY]
        Foreign trade:  impact of policies and agreements on domestic
            businesses, S7711-S7713 [9JY]
        Tariff:  ink-jet textile printing machinery (S. 1620), S585 [10FE]
        ------ textile machinery (S. 1633), S667 [11FE]
        ------ textile machinery (S. 1714), S1441 [5MR]
        ------ wool fabrics (S. 2338), S8671 [21JY]
      Reports filed
        Northern Mariana Islands Covenant Implementation Act:  Committee on
            Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1275) (S. Rept. 105-
            201), S5694 [5JN]
      Tables
        U.S. textile imports from major suppliers and from sub-Saharan
            Africa, H953 [10MR]
      Texts of
        S. 1620, tariff on ink-jet textile printing machinery, S586 [10FE]
        S. 1633, tariff on textile machinery, S667 [11FE]
        S. 2338, tariff on wool fabrics, S8671 [21JY]