TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND FABRICS

Bills and resolutions

CPSC: ban certain chemical flame retardants from upholstered furniture and children’s products (see S. 2811), S5588 [15SE]

Federal agencies and departments: require textile and apparel articles acquired for use be manufactured from articles, materials, or supplies entirely grown, produced, or manufactured in the U.S. (see S. 2001), S821 [6FE]

Tariff: extend preference level on imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber, fabric, apparel, and made-up goods from Bahrain under the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (see H.R. 4955), H5724 [24JN]

Remarks in House

American Woolen Co., Inc.: purchase of Warren Corp., textile mill in Stafford Springs, CT, H5650 [24JN]

Bangladesh: call for garment brands that sold garments produced by Rana Plaza factories to ensure International Labor Organization compensation fund benefitting fire survivors and victims’ families reaches full funding level, H9048 [11DE]

National Seersucker Day: observance, E729 [9MY]

Research: support innovation and research in the U.S. textile and fiber products industry (H.R. 937), H8048 [18NO]