The following hearings or mark ups are scheduled for December 8, 2010:
On December 7, 2010, H.R. 2142, a bill to require quarterly performance assessments of Government programs for purposes of assessing agency performance and improvement, and to establish agency performance improvement officers and the Performance Improvement Council, was reported in the Senate with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
On December 7, 2010, the Senate passed the Truth in Fur Labeling Act (H.R. 2480), a bill to improve the accuracy of fur product labeling.
The following are the trade-related hearings scheduled for December 6-11, 2010:
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.