TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND FABRICS

Bills and resolutions

African Growth and Opportunity Act: extend third country fabric program (see H.R. 2493), H4851 [11JY]

———extend third country fabric program to South Sudan (see S. 2007), S8680 [15DE]

Clothing industry: provide preferential duty treatment to certain apparel articles of the Philippines (see S. 105), S125 [25JA] (see S. 1244), S4023 [22JN] (see H.R. 2387), H4574 [24JN]

Dept. of Defense: provide a special rule relative to purchases of textile and apparel products of Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (see H.R. 2312), H4526 [23JN]

Depts. of Homeland Security and the Treasury: provide authority to more aggressively enforce trade laws relative to textile or apparel articles (see S. 1683), S6461 [12OC] (see H.R. 2754), H5884 [1AU]

Research: support innovation and research in the U.S. textile and fiber products industry (see H.R. 2275), H4455 [22JN]

Tariff: cotton shirting fabrics (see S. 529), S1502 [9MR]

Letters

Preferential treatment for sleeping bags under the Generalized System of Preferences removal: Bob Kunik, Consolidated Fibers (company), S5719 [19SE]

———Danny Kennedy, Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., S5718 [19SE]

———Jerry Wigutow, Wiggy's Inc., S5718 [19SE]

———Jimmy Jarrett, Martex Fiber Southern Corp., S5718 [19SE]

———John Giatinna, Rusken Packaging, Inc., S5718 [19SE]

———Lew Neuman, Royal Slide Sales Co., Inc., S5718 [19SE]

———Randy Layman, Stein Fibers, LTD., S5717 [19SE]

———Robbie Owens, Dunlap Industries, Inc., S5718 [19SE]

Remarks in House

African Growth and Opportunity Act: extend third country fabric program (H.R. 2493), E1287 [11JY]

Agriculture: terminate marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for mohair producers, H1288 [18FE]

Coast Guard: prohibit funding for items classified as textiles or apparel that are not grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the U.S., H7339 [4NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: terminate marketing assistance loans for mohair producers, H4256 [15JN]

———terminate storage and handling payments for cotton and peanuts, H4256, H4257 [15JN]

Remarks in Senate

Clothing industry: provide preferential duty treatment to certain apparel articles of the Philippines (S. 1244), S4025 [22JN]

Tariff: remove preferential treatment for sleeping bags under the Generalized System of Preferences, S5716, S5719 [19SE]

Texts of

S. 1244, Save Our Industries (SAVE) Act, S4026-S4028 [22JN]