Trade-Related Bills, Resolutions Introduced on May 26
On May 26, 2011, the following trade-related bills were introduced:
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- Air cargo security. A bill to address aviation security in the United States by bolstering passenger and air cargo screening procedures, to ensure that purchases of screening technologies are thoroughly evaluated for the best return on investment of the taxpayer's money, and for other purposes (S. 1092)
- Critical minerals. A bill to facilitate the reestablishment of domestic, critical mineral designation, assessment, production, manufacturing, recycling, analysis, forecasting, workforce, education, research, and international capabilities in the United States, and for other purposes (S. 1113)
- USA PATRIOT Act. A bill to extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 until May 31, 2011 (S. 1114)
- Commerce, Labor, SBA merger. A bill to merge the Department of Labor, the Department of Commerce, and the Small Business Administration to establish a Department of Commerce and the Workforce, and for other purposes (S. 1116)
- Propane as transport fuel. A bill to encourage greater use of propane as a transportation fuel, to create jobs, and for other purposes (S. 1120)
- Arsenic and lead in glass beads. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to establish standards limiting the amounts of arsenic and lead contained in glass beads used in pavement markings (S. 1122)
- U.S. trade laws. A bill to strengthen the United States trade laws and for other purposes (S. 1130)
- AD/CV evasion. A bill to prevent the evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders, and for other purpose (S. 1133)
- Burma. A joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 (S J. Res. 17)
- Export reform. A bill to authorize the President to control the transfer of goods, services, technology, and software to protect the national security, and to promote the foreign policy, of the United States, and for other purposes (H.R. 2004)
- Critical minerals. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an assessment of the capability of the Nation to meet our current and future demands for the minerals critical to United States manufacturing competitiveness and economic and national security in a time of expanding resource nationalism, and for other purposes (H.R. 2011)
- Propane as transport fuel. A bill to encourage greater use of propane as a transportation fuel, to create jobs, and for other purposes (H.R. 2014)
- FY2012 DHS Appropriations. A bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes (H.R. 2017)
- Border enforcement. A bill to amend title 32, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense to provide funds to support the use by a State of the National Guard, State defense forces, and law enforcement agencies in securing an international border that forms part of the border of the State, and for other purposes (H.R. 2025)
- Plastic nightlights. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on nightlights of plastics (H.R. 2039)
- APEC travel cards. A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to establish a program to issue Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards, and for other purposes (H.R. 2042)
- Food, dietary supplement claims. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act concerning claims about the effects of foods and dietary supplements on health-related conditions and disease, and for other purposes (H.R. 2044)
- Dietary supplements, ingredient ads. A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act concerning the burden of proof in false advertising cases involving dietary supplements and dietary ingredients (H.R. 2045)
- LIBERTAD Act. A bill to amend the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 to exclude from the United States aliens who contribute to the ability of Cuba to develop petroleum resources located off Cuba's coast and to provide for the imposition of sanctions and prohibition on facilitation of development of Cuba's petroleum resources, and for other purposes (H.R. 2047)
- Burma. A joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 (H.J. Res. 66)