TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND FABRICS

Analyses

Dept. of Defense-Funded Contracts Under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold: USASpending.gov (Internet site), H3204 [14MY]

Bills and resolutions

CPSC: ban certain chemical flame retardants from upholstered furniture and children’s products (see S. 1976), S6380 [5AU]

Depts. of Homeland Security and the Treasury: provide authority to more aggressively enforce trade laws relative to textile or apparel articles (see S. 892), S2041 [26MR]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend (see S. 1009), S2272 [20AP] (see S. 1267), S2759 [11MY] (see H.R. 1891), H2315 [17AP]

Morocco: extend preferential tariff treatment for certain textile goods (see H.R. 1894), H2318 [20AP]

Nepal: authorize preferential treatment for certain imports (see S. 81), S58 [7JA] (see H.R. 2659), H3913 [4JN]

U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement: extend tariff preference level on imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber, fabric, apparel, and made-up goods from Bahrain (see H.R. 1696), H2109 [26MR]

Letters

Dept. of Defense simplified acquisition threshold for certain textile, clothing, and apparel items: David Costello, Warrior Protection and Readiness Coalition, H3204 [14MY]

——— Scott N. Paul, Alliance for American Manufacturing, H3204 [14MY]

——— several textile and apparel organizations, H3203 [14MY]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Defense: maintain current simplified acquisition threshold for certain textile, clothing, and apparel items, H3203 [14MY]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend, H4117 [10JN], H4172–H4218 [11JN], H4657–H4662, H4689–H4692 [25JN], E910 [16JN], E917 [17JN], E921 [18JN], E981 [25JN]

Poser, Sue: Minnesota Quilter’s Inc., Quilter of the Year award recipient, E390 [24MR]

Remarks in Senate

Bangladesh: anniversary of Rana Plaza garment factory collapse, S2394 [23AP]

——— call for garment brands that sold garments produced by Rana Plaza factories to ensure International Labor Organization compensation fund benefiting fire survivors and victims’ families reaches full funding level, S2394 [23AP]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend, S2836, S2841–S2845 [13MY], S2897, S2899, S2903–S2905, S2907, S2910, S2946 [14MY], S4291 [18JN], S4523 [23JN], S4579, S4590 [24JN]

——— extend (S. 1009), S2661 [6MY]

National Seersucker Day: observance, S3234 [21MY]

Nepal: authorize preferential treatment for certain imports (S. 81), S61 [7JA]

Reports filed

AGOA Extension and Enhancement Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1891) (H. Rept. 114–101), H2790 [1MY]

Trade Preferences Extension Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1267), S2759 [11MY]

——— Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1267) (S. Rept. 114–43), S2793 [12MY]

Tables

Potentially sensitive items for Generalized System of Preferences by harmonized tariff schedule number, H4212 [11JN]