CLOTHING INDUSTRY

Articles and editorials

Factory Defies Sweatshop Label, but Can It Thrive?, E1418-E1420 [26JY]

Bills and resolutions

Cambodia: prohibit reduction or forgiveness of debt to U.S. and duty-free treatment of textile and apparel imports (see H.R. 5349), H3701 [20MY]

Copyrights: provide protection for fashion design (see S. 3728), S6883 [5AU]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide authority to more aggressively enforce trade laws relative to textile or apparel articles (see S. 3741), S6884 [5AU] (see H.R. 5393), H3823 [25MY]

Haiti: extend certain trade preferences and encourage foreign investment (see S. 2978), S440 [2FE]

———provide customs support services (see S. 3275), S2758 [28AP] (see H.R. 5160), H3013 [28AP]

Tariff: provide preferential duty treatment to certain apparel articles of the Philippines (see S. 3170), S2115 [25MR]

Letters

Haiti Economic Lift Program Act: Augustine D. Tantillo, American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition, and Cass M. Johnson, National Council of Textile Organizations, S2762 [28AP], H3137 [5MY]

———William J. Clinton and George W. Bush, Clinton Bush Haiti Fund (organization), H3137 [5MY]

Remarks in House

Al Barry Foundation: tribute to Barry Basics modular medical apparel, E1504 [30JY]

Foreign trade: impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, H3138 [5MY], H3545, H3546, H3547 [19MY]

Haiti: provide customs support services (H.R. 5160), H3132-H3140 [5MY], E770, E789 [6MY]

Knights Apparel (company): tribute to Dominican Republic factory production of goods without use of sweatshop labor, E1418 [26JY]

Labeling: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (H.R. 2480), H6194-H6196 [28JY], E1475, E1488 [29JY]

Remarks in Senate

Copyrights: provide protection for fashion design (S. 3728), S6893 [5AU]

Haiti: extend certain trade preferences and encourage foreign investment (S. 2978), S442 [2FE]

———provide customs support services (H.R. 5160), S3384 [6MY]

———provide customs support services (S. 3275), S2761 [28AP]

Labeling: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (H.R. 2480), S8605 [7DE]

Reports filed

Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 3728), S8554 [6DE]

Truth in Fur Labeling Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2480) (H. Rept. 111-571), H6162 [27JY]

Tables

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 2480, Truth in Fur Labeling Act, H6280 [28JY]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 5160, Haiti Economic Lift Program Act, H3200 [5MY]

Texts of

H.R. 2480, Truth in Fur Labeling Act, H6194 [28JY]

H.R. 5160, Haiti Economic Lift Program Act, H3132-H3136 [5MY]