On April 29, 2010, a House subcommittee1 held a hearing to discuss draft legislation, The Consumer Product Safety Enhancement Act (CPSEA), intended to address some of the “unintended consequences” of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA).
"Daily Update on Capitol Hill Trade Actions" is a daily International Trade Today compilation of the most relevant legislation, hearings, and actions by Congress involving international trade. The following are brief summaries of recent Capitol Hill actions:
On April 22, 2010, a coalition of 41 business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to the Senate leadership opposing a provision in the “Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009,” House financial overhaul legislation (H.R. 4173), that would significantly expand the Federal Trade Commission’s rulemaking and enforcement authority.
On April 28, 2010, Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committee leaders1 introduced the Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP) Act (S. 3275, H.R. 5160) to expand duty-free access to the U.S. market for Haitian textile and apparel exports and extend existing trade preference programs for Haiti through 2020.
"Daily Update on Capitol Hill Trade Actions" is a daily International Trade Today compilation of the most relevant legislation, hearings, and actions by Congress involving international trade. The following are brief summaries of recent Capitol Hill actions:
On April 22, 2010, over 50 trade associations1 sent a letter to Senators Harkin (D) and Enzi (R), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee regarding the Senate’s upcoming consideration of the Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510).
Four members of the House of Representatives1 have sent a letter to President Obama urging him to utilize all available resources to reform U.S. agricultural subsidy programs, in particular cotton, instead of moving forward with the measures the U.S. recently agreed to as a temporary solution to the upland cotton dispute with Brazil.
The following are the trade-related hearings scheduled for April 26-May 1, 2010:
The “Safe Chemicals Act” (S. 3209) was introduced on April 15, 2010 to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act by establishing extensive new reporting requirements for manufacturers (including importers), processors, and distributors in commerce (including exporting or offering for export) of chemical substances.
"Daily Update on Capitol Hill Trade Actions" is a daily International Trade Today compilation of the most relevant legislation, hearings, and actions by Congress involving international trade. The following are brief summaries of recent Capitol Hill actions: