TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND FABRICS

Bills and resolutions

Foreign trade: allow goods manufactured in a foreign trade zone that comply with rules of origin under a trade agreement may enter customs territory at the rate of duty applicable under the agreement (see H.R. 6415), H6175 [26JN]

———require country-of-origin labeling on certain laminated woven bags (see H.R. 6744), H7786 [31JY]

Tariff: acrylic fiber tow (see S. 3220, 3221), S6327 [27JN] (see H.R. 4983, 4984), H293 [16JA] (see H.R. 5190), H556 [29JA]

———acrylic or modacrylic filament tow (see H.R. 5093), H389 [22JA]

———acrylic or modacrylic staple fibers, carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning (see H.R. 5094), H389 [22JA]

———acrylic or modacrylic staple fibers, not carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning (see H.R. 5092), H389 [22JA]

———chemical used for dyeing apparel home textiles (see H.R. 5163, 5164), H555 [29JA]

———chemical used in the production of textiles (see H.R. 5162), H555 [29JA]

———filament tow of rayon (see H.R. 5095), H389 [22JA]

———gaiters of textile materials (see H.R. 5147), H479 [28JA]

———rayon staple fibers (see S. 3357), S7629 [29JY]

———staple fibers of viscose rayon, carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning (see H.R. 5097), H389 [22JA]

———staple fibers of viscose rayon, not carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning (see H.R. 5096, 5098), H389 [22JA]

Remarks in House

Greensboro, NC: anniversary, H3754 [13MY]

Haiti: expand trade agreement by allowing preferential treatment for U.S. imports of textile and apparel articles, H3804 [14MY]

Higher Dimension Materials, Inc.: tribute, E1329 [24JN]

Paducah, KY: designate the Museum of the American Quilter's Society as the ``National Quilt Museum of the U.S.'' (H. Con. Res. 209), H828, H829 [12FE]

Remarks in Senate

CPSC: conduct a study on the use of formaldehyde in textiles and apparel articles and establish safety standards for such articles, S1570 [5MR]

Haiti: expand trade agreement by allowing preferential treatment for U.S. imports of textile and apparel articles, S4218 [15MY]

Paducah, KY: designate the Museum of the American Quilter's Society as the ``National Quilt Museum of the U.S.'', S2879 [10AP]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 209, designate the Museum of the American Quilter's Society, Paducah, KY, as the ``National Quilt Museum of the U.S.'', H828 [12FE]