TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND FABRICS

Bills and resolutions

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: provide preferential treatment for certain apparel articles that are cut, sewn or otherwise assembled in one or more beneficiary countries (see H.R. 3176), H5601 [30JN]

Foreign trade: prohibit application of foreign affairs exemption to certain rule making requirements relative to actions of the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (see H.R. 3416), H6431 [25JY]

———provide relief for cotton shirt industry (see S. 738), S3278 [6AP]

Haiti: duty-free treatment of certain apparel articles relative to certification of market, political, and social reforms (see S. 1937), S12007 [27OC] (see H.R. 4211), H9555 [2NO]

Labeling: require proper and accurate labeling for products identified, described, or sold as ``chamois'' (see H.R. 3902), H8386 [27SE]

Tariff: acrylic or modacrylic synthetic filament tow (see H.R. 1535), H1850 [8AP]

———aramid chopped fiber (see H.R. 3105), H5434 (see H.R. 3105), H5479 [29JN]

———camel hair (see H.R. 2462, 2464, 2466), H3555 [18MY]

———camel hair waste (see H.R. 2463), H3555 [18MY]

———carded cashmere yarn (see H.R. 2460), H3555 [18MY]

———cashmere hair (see H.R. 2461), H3555 [18MY]

———certain synthetic staple fibers that are carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning (see H.R. 1536), H1850 [8AP]

———certain synthetic staple fibers that are not carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning (see H.R. 1534), H1850 [8AP]

———combed cashmere and camel hair yarn (see H.R. 2459), H3555 [18MY]

———cotton fabrics (see H.R. 1945), H2647 [27AP]

———cuprammonium rayon yarn (see H.R. 2573), H3892 [24MY]

———fabric woven with certain continuous filament wholly nylon type-66 textured yarns (see H.R. 3106), H5434 (see H.R. 3106), H5479 [29JN]

———filament yarns (see H.R. 2589, 2590), H3893 [24MY]

———fine animal hair of Kashmir (cashmere) goats (see H.R. 2467), H3556 [18MY]

———high tenacity rayon filament yarn (see H.R. 2096), H2977 [4MY]

———noils of camel hair (see H.R. 2468), H3556 [18MY]

———nylon woolpacks used to package wool (see H.R. 1851), H2549 [26AP]

———plain woven fabrics (see H.R. 2845), H4355 [9JN]

———suit pants (see S. 2142), S14064 [19DE]

———woven fabric containing vicuna hair (see H.R. 2465), H3555 [18MY]

———yarn of synthetic staple fibers, not put up for retail sale (see H.R. 2591), H3893 [24MY]

Wool Products Labeling Act: revise requirements for labeling of certain wool and cashmere products (see H.R. 4583), H12048 [16DE]

Letters

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): several textile and apparel business organizations, S7706 [30JN]

Remarks in House

China, People's Republic of: U.S. implementation of safeguards against clothing imports, H3588 [19MY]

Immigration: require U.S. Border Patrol uniforms be manufactured in the U.S., H11115 [7DE], H11842, H11843 [15DE]

Remarks in Senate

Foreign trade: provide relief for cotton shirt industry (S. 738), S3315 [6AP]