Trade-Related Bills, Resolutions Introduced on Jan 7
On January 7, 2011, the following trade-related bills and resolutions were introduced:
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- Rulemaking moratorium. A bill to establish a moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, and for other purposes (H.R. 213)
- Regulation sunset. A bill to establish a Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis, to require the periodic review and automatic termination of Federal regulations, and for other purposes (H.R. 214)
- Searches of electronic devices. A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue a rule with respect to border security searches of electronic devices, and for other purposes (H.R. 216)
- Motor vehicle inspections. A bill to amend title 23, U.S. Code, to establish national standards for State safety inspections of motor vehicles, and for other purposes (H.R. 229)
- Spending reductions. A bill to reduce unsustainable spending (H.R. 235)
- Marking. A bill to amend title 35, U.S. Code, to modify the penalty for false marking, and for other purposes (H.R. 243)
- Food. A bill to amend the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the egg, meat, and poultry inspection laws to ensure that consumers receive notification regarding food products produced from crops, livestock, or poultry raised on land on which sewage sludge was applied (H.R. 254)
- Cuba. A bill to lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes (H.R. 255)
- Budget. A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the U.S. (H.J. Res. 18)
- TSA. A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Transportation Security Administration should, in accordance with existing law, enhance security against terrorist attack and other security threats to our Nation's rail and mass transit systems and other modes of surface transportation; and for other purposes (H. Res. 28)