TRADE ACT

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Commerce: delegate to the Under Sec. of Commerce for International Trade the functions relating to trade adjustment assistance for firms (see H.R. 3949), H1071 [11MR]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers and to certain communities (see H.R. 5030), H6898 [8SE]

———permit eligible workers who are rehired by the same employer to continue to receive trade adjustment assistance if unable to work because of a lock-out or labor dispute (see H.R. 4708), H4927 (see H.R. 4708), H5071 [24JN]

Foreign trade: amend relative to identifying trade expansion priorities (see H.R. 4120), H2019 [1AP]

———include shifts in production, for purposes of trade adjustment assistance, to countries to which the U.S. has extended permanent normal trade relations (see S. 2230), S3096 [24MR]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: identify foreign trade barriers adversely affecting U.S. exports and negotiate remedies to eliminate such barriers (see S. 2372), S4692 [29AP]

Messages

Extension of Trade Act Waiver Authority for Belarus: President Bush, S6447 [3JN], H3749 [3JN]

Extension of Trade Act Waiver Authority for Turkmenistan: President Bush, S6448 [3JN], H3749 [3JN]

Extension of Trade Act Waiver Authority for Vietnam: President Bush, S6447 [3JN], H3749 [3JN]

Remarks in House

Textile industry and fabrics: impact of duty-free imports on domestic industry, E748 [5MY]

Remarks in Senate

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: identify foreign trade barriers adversely affecting U.S. exports and negotiate remedies to eliminate such barriers (S. 2372), S4700 [29AP]

Texts of

S. 2372, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative identification of foreign trade barriers adversely affecting U.S. exports and negotiation of remedies to eliminate such barriers, S4701 [29AP]