TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND FABRICS

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]

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

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]

Foreign trade: remove preferential trade treatment for certain textile articles (see H.R. 5940), H6403 (see H.R. 5940), H6455 [29JY]

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]

Research: support innovation and research in the U.S. textile and fiber products industry (see H.R. 6060), H6570 [30JY]

Tariff: remove preferential treatment for sleeping bags under the Generalized System of Preferences (see S. 3823), S7352 [22SE]

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

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

GAO: study Armed Forces clothing allowance requirements list and determine if there is sufficient U.S. production of such items to adequately supply Armed Forces members, H2979, H2980 [28AP]

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

Remarks in Senate

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]

Tables

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

Texts of

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