TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND FABRICS

Articles and editorials

Burma Sanctions' Value, S5457 [22MY]

Myanmar's Incorrigible Leaders, S5457 [22MY]

Rebuke to Forced Labor, S5457 [22MY]

Ruin of Myanmar, S5457 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: repeal wool and mohair subsidies (see H.R. 1740), H1924 [3MY]

Burma: prohibit importation of any textile or apparel article that is produced, manufactured, or grown in Burma (see S. 926), S5438 [22MY] (see H.R. 2211), H3258 [19JN]

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: provide trade benefits for certain textile covers (see S. 510), S2117 [9MR]

———provide trade benefits for socks and hosiery (see H.R. 1589), H1604 [25AP]

Dept. of Defense: codify and make modifications to certain Buy American Act provisions (see H.R. 1352), H1408 [3AP]

———limit exceptions to and expand Buy American Act requirements (see H.R. 1458), H1485 (see H.R. 1458), H1495 [4AP]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see S. 979), S5798 [26MY] (see H.R. 1988), H2710 [24MY]

FTC: establish a toll-free telephone number to assist consumers in determining if products are U.S.-made (see H.R. 725), H412 [26FE]

Labeling: require labeling of products processed or manufactured in a U.S. territory (see H.R. 3474), H10055 [12DE]

Northern Mariana Islands: labeling, minimum wage, tariff, and immigration requirements relative to textile industry (see H.R. 2661), H4724 [26JY]

———modify covenant relative to immigration laws (see S. 507), S2117 [9MR]

Pakistan: reduce or suspend duties on textiles (see S. 1675), S11719 [13NO]

South America: expand trade benefits to certain Andean countries (see S. 525), S2219 [13MR]

Tariff: hand-knotted or hand-woven carpets and leather gloves (see S. 1671), S11660 [9NO]

Remarks in House

Andean Trade Preference Act: prohibit duty free and quota free import of textiles and apparel, H8254-H8256, H8258, H8260, H8289, H8292, H8293, H8299 [16NO], E2127 [19NO]

Burma: prohibit importation of any textile or apparel article that is produced, manufactured, or grown in Burma (H.R. 2211), E1149 [19JN]

Customs Service: transshipment enforcement and monitoring funding, H8969 [6DE]

Dept. of Defense: codify and make modifications to certain Buy American Act provisions (H.R. 1352), E523 [3AP]

FTC: establish a toll-free telephone number to assist consumers in determining if products are U.S.-made (H.R. 725), H883-H885, H902 [14MR]

Magee Rieter Automotive Systems (business): General Motors Corp., Supplier of the Year Award recipient, E1486 [1AU]

National Textile Center: inclusion of Cornell University, H4168 [18JY]

———inclusion of University of California, Davis, H4168 [18JY], E1366 [18JY]

Northern Mariana Islands: labeling, minimum wage, tariff, and immigration requirements relative to textile industry (H.R. 2661), E1442 [26JY]

Price support programs: wool and mohair, H3911-H3915 [11JY]

Remarks in Senate

Burma: prohibit importation of any textile or apparel article that is produced, manufactured, or grown in Burma (S. 926), S5455 [22MY], S8456 [31JY]

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: provide trade benefits for certain textile covers (S. 510), S2131 [9MR]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (S. 979), S5798-S5800 [26MY]

Milliken, Roger: Textile Hall of Fame inductee, S10261 [4OC]

Northern Mariana Islands: modify covenant relative to immigration laws (S. 507), S8999 [3AU]

Pakistan: reduce or suspend duties on textiles (S. 1675), S11720 [13NO]

South America: expand trade benefits to certain Andean countries (S. 525), S2225-S2227 [13MR], S12436, S12437, S12461 [5DE]

———expand trade benefits to certain Andean countries (S. 525), star print, S3766 [6AP]

Reports filed

Made in America Information Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 725) (H. Rept. 107-21), H874 [13MR]

Northern Mariana Covenant Implementation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 507) (S. Rept. 107-28), S5830 [5JN]

Statements

Wealth of Nations—U.S. Manufacturing in Serious Trouble: Roger Milliken, S10261 [4OC]

Texts of

H.R. 725, Made in America Information Act, H883 [14MR]

H.R. 2211, Burma Freedom Act, E1150 [19JN]

S. 510, provide trade benefits for certain textile covers under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, S2131 [9MR]

S. 926, prohibit importation of any textile or apparel article that is produced, manufactured, or grown in Burma, S5456 [22MY]