On December 6, 2010, the Senate received the nomination of Daniel M. Ashe to be Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
On December 6, 2010, the Senate Judiciary Committee reported S. 3728, a bill to amend title 17, U.S. Code, to extend protection to fashion design, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
On December 6, 2010, the American Apparel and Footwear Association sent a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee Chairman and Ranking Member urging the Committee to reconsider its exclusion of dozens of footwear, apparel and textile provisions from the recently released Miscellaneous Tariff Bill discussion draft (2nd MTB). The letter states that the Office of U.S. Trade Representative has opposed their inclusion in the measure.
On December 3, 2010, the following trade-related bill was introduced:
On December 2, 2010, the following trade-related bills were introduced:
On December 4, 2010, the Senate resumed consideration of the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 4853, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49, U.S. Code, to extend authorizations for the airport improvement program.
On December 2, 2010 the House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2010, Part IV (H.R. 6473), to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to amend title 49, U.S. Code, to extend the airport improvement program.
On December 3, 2010, Representatives Camp (R) and Brady (R), Ranking Members of the House Ways and Means Committee and its Trade Subcommittee, issued a statement in response to the announcement of an agreement for the US- South Korea free trade agreement (KORUS FTA).
On December 4, 2010, the President signed into law H.J.Res. 101, which provides FY 2011 appropriations through December 18, 2010, for continuing projects and activities of the Federal Government provided under Public Law 111-242, the first FY 2011 Continuing Resolution.
On December 2, 2010, Representatives Camp (R) and Brady (R), Ranking Members of the House Ways and Means Committee and its Trade Subcommittee, issued statements regarding the Mexican trucking dispute as the NAFTA Commission meetings commence in Mexico.