TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND FABRICS

Articles and editorials

``High Tide'' of Labor Unrest in China—Striking Workers Risk Arrest To Protest Pay Cuts, Corruption, E169 [14FE]

Where the Recovery Won't Reach, S3892 [6MY]

Bills and resolutions

CPSC: amend flammability standards for children's sleepwear (see S. 2188), S2829 [17AP] (see H.R. 4896), H3291 [6JN]

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]

Tariff: acrylic fiber tow (see S. 2106), S2577 [11AP] (see H.R. 4135), H1199 [10AP]

———Basyntan MLB powder (see H.R. 4569), H1619 [24AP]

———Bayderm bottom 10-UD (see H.R. 4568), H1619 [24AP]

———Bayderm bottom 51-UD (see H.R. 4565), H1618 [24AP]

———Bayderm bottom DLV (see H.R. 4566), H1618 [24AP]

———carded cashmere yarn of 6 run or finer (see H.R. 4450), H1337 [16AP]

———combed cashmere and camel hair yarn (see H.R. 4449), H1337 [16AP]

———filament yarns (see S. 2302, 2303), S3434 [25AP] (see H.R. 4217, 4218), H1288 [15AP]

———fine animal hair of Kashmir (cashmere) goats (see S. 2456, 2457), S3900 [6MY]

———high tenacity rayon filament yarn (see H.R. 4471), H1409 (see H.R. 4472), H1410 [17AP]

———Luganil brown NGT powder (see H.R. 4571), H1619 [24AP]

———nylon MXD6 (see H.R. 4144), H1199 [10AP]

———pretanned bovine leather (see H.R. 4563), H1618 [24AP]

———Relugan D (see H.R. 4567), H1618 [24AP]

———textile machinery (see S. 2269, 2270), S3434 [25AP] (see S. 2337, 2338), S3466 [26AP] (see H.R. 4216, 4219, 4220, 4221), H1288 [15AP]

———tire cord fabric of high tenacity rayon filament (see H.R. 4473), H1410 [17AP]

———upholstery leather (see H.R. 4562), H1618 [24AP]

Remarks in House

China, People's Republic of: human rights violations, E168 [14FE]

Clothing industry: tribute to machine embroidery, E1372 [25JY]

CPSC: amend flammability standards for children's sleepwear (H.R. 4896), E997 [7JN]

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

Foreign trade: 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]

———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]

Tariff: textile machinery (H.R. 4216), E544 [16AP]

———textile machinery (H.R. 4219), E544 [16AP]

———textile machinery (H.R. 4220), E544 [16AP]

———textile machinery (H.R. 4221), E544 [16AP]

Remarks in Senate

CPSC: amend flammability standards for children's sleepwear (S. 2188), S2841 [17AP]

Dept. of Labor: authorize grants to community colleges to establish job training programs for workers adversely affected by trade agreements, S4353-S4357, S4363, S4364 [15MY], S4801 [23MY]

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

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

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

Texts of

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

S. 2188, Children's Safe Sleepwear and Burn Prevention Act, S2842 [17AP]