New Legislation Affecting International Trade for February 2-6, 2009
The following are the trade-related bills and resolutions that were introduced in the House or Senate during February 2-6, 2009:
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| Bill No. | Introduced | Brief Description |
|---|---|---|
| S. 363 | 02/02/09 | to make determinations by the U.S. Trade Representative under title III of the Trade Act of 1974 reviewable by the Court of International Trade and to ensure that the USTR considers petitions to enforce U.S. trade rights, and for other purposes |
| H.R. 814 | 02/03/09 | to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to improve the safety of food, meat, and poultry products through enhanced traceability, and for other purposes |
| H.R. 815 | 02/03/09 | to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for improved public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement, and for other purposes |
| H.R. 820 | 02/03/09 | to ensure the development and responsible stewardship of nanotechnology |
| H.R. 831 | 02/03/09 | to direct the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the legal requirements and policies followed by the Department of Transportation in deciding whether to approve international alliances between air carriers and foreign air carriers and grant exemptions from the antitrust laws in connection with such international alliances, and for other purposes |
| H.R. 836 | 02/03/09 | to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level, and for other purposes |
| H.R. 841 | 02/03/09 | to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to order a mandatory recall of any product that is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, and for other purposes |
| S. 374 | 02/04/09 | to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide regulatory relief to small and family-owned businesses |
| H.R. 858 | 02/04/09 | to prohibit the manufacture, marketing, sale, or shipment in interstate commerce of products designed to assist in defrauding a drug test |
| H.R. 875 | 02/04/09 | to establish the Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes |
| H.R. 876 | 02/04/09 | to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan |
| S. 389 | 02/05/09 | to establish a conditional stay of the ban on lead in children's products, and for other purposes |
| S. 384 | 02/05/09 | to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to provide assistance to foreign countries to promote food security, to stimulate rural economies, and to improve emergency response to food crises, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other purposes |
Details on these bills and resolutions are available at http://thomas.loc.gov/ (search by bill number).