Senate Poised to Pass Budget that Includes Strengthened Textile, Apparel Enforcement
The Senate is scheduled to vote on Dec. 18 on the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, H.J.Res.59 (here), following a Senate vote the day before to clear a procedural hurdle and enter into final debate (here). The legislation puts “force…
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and effect” into non-binding language from a budget passed by the Senate in March (here) that would strengthen textile and apparel enforcement in free trade agreements. Section 367, introduced by Senator Kay Hagan, D-N.C., enables the Senate to institute a deficit neutral reserve fund to strengthen enforcement through increasing training, monitoring and verification of textile and apparel articles.