On July 13, 2010, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy held a hearing to consider the impact of China’s new Antimonopoly Law (AML) on U.S. companies.
On July 15, 2010, House Foreign Affairs Chairman Berman issued a statement praising the inclusion of a bipartisan provision to restrict the illegal trade in “conflict minerals” in the financial reform conference report (H.R. 4173) recently passed by the House and Senate.
On July 15, 2010, the following reports were filed in the House:
On July 15, 2010, the following measures were reported in the Senate:
On July 15, 2010, the following trade-related bills were introduced:
On July 15, 2010, House Appropriations Committee Subcommittees took the following actions:
On July 15, 2010, the Senate Appropriations Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills:
On July 15, 2010, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation ordered favorably reported S. 3566, to authorize certain maritime programs of the Department of Transportation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
The Senate agreed to resume consideration on July 20, 2010 of the Senate amendment of House-passed H.R. 4213, the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (Tax Extenders or Jobs bill). (The House-passed version of H.R. 4213 included cotton and wool fund provisions, etc.)
On July 15, 2010, the House Energy and Commerce Committee ordered reported, as amended, the following bills: H.R. 2480, Truth in Fur Labeling Act of 2010; and H.R. 1796, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act.