Trade-Related Bills, Resolutions Introduced on Feb 10
On February 10, 2011, the following trade-related bills were introduced:
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- Airport screening. A bill to increase the use of security cameras at airport security screening checkpoints and exits, to impose increased penalties on individuals who circumvent security screening at airports, and for other purposes (S. 218)
- Importation of prescription drugs. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes (S. 319)
- Firearms. A bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the U.S. by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Department of State or the Department of Defense, and for other purposes (H.R. 615)
- Radioactive waste. A bill to prohibit the importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the U.S. (H.R. 617)
- Rare earth minerals. A bill to develop a rare earth materials program, to amend the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980, and for other purposes (H.R. 618)
- Surface transportation programs. A bill to rescind amounts for certain surface transportation programs (H.R. 619)
- ATPA extension. A bill to extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, and for other purposes (H.R. 622)
- HTF. A bill to permit a State to elect to receive the State's contributions to the Highway Trust Fund in lieu of its Federal-aid Highway program apportionment for the next fiscal year, and for other purposes (H.R. 632)
- Earmarks. A bill to rescind unused earmarks (H.R. 633)
- China currency. A bill to amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relating to a fundamentally undervalued currency of any foreign country (H.R. 639)