CLOTHING INDUSTRY

Bills and resolutions

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: amend relative to certain footwear (see H.R. 5369, 5370), H6228 (see H.R. 5372), H6229 [11SE]

Children and youth: manufacture children's sleepwear in accordance with stricter flammability standards (see S. 2208), S2950 [18AP]

Foreign trade: respond to serious injury currently being experienced by the U.S. textile and apparel industry (see H.J. Res. 105), H4553 [11JY]

Haiti: duty-free treatment of certain apparel articles relative to certification of market, political, and social reforms (see S. 3123), S10571 [16OC] (see H.R. 5650), H8021 [16OC]

Sweatshops: provide access to information about sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 4768), H2607 [16MY]

Tariff: classification of certain costumes and related accessories (see H.R. 4159), H1200 [10AP]

———footwear (see S. 2041), S2260 [21MR]

———hand-woven wool fabrics (see H.R. 4157), H1200 [10AP]

———include shoulder pads as finding or trimming under the African Growth and Opportunity Act and the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (see S. 2257), S3434 [25AP]

Remarks in House

Customs Service: transshipment enforcement and monitoring funding, H2878 [22MY]

Foreign trade: respond to serious injury currently being experienced by the U.S. textile and apparel industry (H.J. Res. 105), E1244 [11JY]

Haiti: duty-free treatment of certain apparel articles relative to certification of market, political, and social reforms (H.R. 5650), E1919 [17OC]

Textile industry and fabrics: impact of duty-free imports on domestic industry, H5228 [23JY], H5972 [26JY]

———require certain imported apparel be dyed and finished in the U.S. to qualify for duty-free treatment, H5225, H5228 [23JY], H5972 [26JY]

———tribute to machine embroidery, E1372 [25JY]

Remarks in Senate

African Growth and Opportunity Act: duty-free treatment for certain apparel made from regional fabrics, S7818 [1AU]

Foreign trade: eligibility of unemployed textile and apparel workers for trade adjustment assistance and health insurance benefits, S4751, S4752 [23MY]

Haiti: duty-free treatment of certain apparel articles relative to certification of market, political, and social reforms (S. 3123), S10582 [16OC]

Textile industry and fabrics: require certain imported apparel be dyed and finished in the U.S. to qualify for duty-free treatment, S7277 [24JY]

Texts of

H.R. 5650, Haiti Economic Recovery, Opportunity Act, E1920 [17OC]