TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND FABRICS

Articles and editorials

Picture of U.S.-Barbados Trade, E283 [7FE]

Bills and resolutions

Animals: ensure that domestic dog and cat fur is prohibited from being imported, exported, manufactured, sold, or advertised in the U.S. and require the labeling of all fur products under the Fur Products Labeling Act (see H.R. 891), H1343 [7FE]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 708), H986 [29JA]

———clarify the rules of origin for certain textile and apparel products (see S. 491), S1626 [6FE] (see H.R. 857), H1271 [6FE]

Haiti: extend date for Presidential certification of market, political, and social reforms relative to duty-free treatment of certain apparel articles (see S. 222), S282 [9JA] (see H.R. 1001), H1471 [12FE]

Northern Mariana Islands: modify covenant relative to immigration laws (see S. 1634), S7792 [15JN]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: redesignate the Special Textile Negotiator as the Chief Textiles Negotiator and confer the rank of Ambassador upon that position (see S. 318), S671 [17JA] (see H.R. 504), H670 [17JA]

Paducah, KY: designate the Museum of the American Quilter's Society as the ``National Quilt Museum of the U.S.'' (see H. Con. Res. 209), H10369 [14SE]

Tariff: acrylic fiber tow (see H.R. 2456), H5723 [23MY]

———acrylic or modacrylic synthetic filament tow (see H.R. 4433, 4434, 4435, 4439), H15316 [11DE]

———acrylic synthetic staple fiber (see H.R. 4465, 4470, 4471, 4472, 4473), H15412 [12DE] (see H.R. 4578, 4579), H15466 [13DE]

———camel hair (see H.R. 4478), H15412 [12DE]

———camel hair not processed (see H.R. 4482), H15413 [12DE]

———camel hair waste (see H.R. 4479), H15412 [12DE]

———carded camel hair yarn (see H.R. 4475), H15412 [12DE]

———carded cashmere yarn (see H.R. 4474, 4477), H15412 [12DE]

———carded or combed camel hair (see H.R. 4480), H15412 [12DE]

———combed cashmere yarn or camel hair yarn (see H.R. 4476), H15412 [12DE]

———Grilamid TR 90 (see H.R. 4692), H15468 [13DE]

———Grilbond IL 6-50%F (see H.R. 4693), H15468 [13DE]

———Kashmir goat hair (see H.R. 4484), H15413 [12DE]

———men's footwear covering the ankle with coated or laminated textile fabrics (see H.R. 4731, 4732), H15737 [17DE]

———noils of camel hair (see H.R. 4483), H15413 [12DE]

———nonwoven air filter and diffusion media comprising tackifier-coated polyester fibers (see H.R. 4699), H15468 [13DE]

———synthetic staple fibers that are not carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning (see H.R. 4413, 4414, 4415, 4416, 4417, 4418, 4419), H15315 (see H.R. 4425, 4426, 4427, 4428, 4436, 4437, 4438, 4440), H15316 [11DE]

———wool products (see H.R. 4831), H16833 [18DE]

———woven fabric containing vicuna hair (see H.R. 4481), H15413 [12DE]

Trade Act: amend relative to the Trade Adjustment Assistance program for textile and apparel workers (see S. 1652), S7887 [19JN]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Commerce: prohibit funding for National Textile Center, H8629-H8633, H8671, H8673 [26JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: foreign textile transportation enforcement funding, H6499 [15JN]

Haiti: U.S. policy, E283 [7FE]

Sew Much Comfort (organization): tribute, E2030 [1OC]