The following are the trade-related hearings scheduled for February 14-17, 2012:
On February 7, 2012 the following trade-related bills were introduced:
On February 13, 2012, the following trade-related bill was introduced:
At a February 7, 2012 hearing on “U.S. Export Controls, Arms Sales and Reform: Balancing U.S. Interests,” the House Foreign Affairs Committee examined the Administration’s proposals to create a new framework for U.S. strategic export controls. During the hearing, committee leaders urged the Administration to prioritize its re-write of the U.S. Munitions List. In addition, other witnesses urged action to reform export controls on satellites, etc.
On February 14, 2012, President Obama signed into law H.R. 658, the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act, which authorizes budget resources for the Federal Aviation Administration through FY 2015 and encourages acceleration of the Next Generation Air Transportation System and air traffic control modernization. (See ITT’s Online Archives 12021352 for summary of congressional passage of H.R. 658.)
On February 13, 2012, the President sent the following nominations to the Senate:
On February 8, 2012, the House passed H.R. 3521, the “Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011. H.R. 3521 would establish an expedited procedure for consideration of presidential proposals to rescind certain spending provisions in newly enacted spending legislation. Under the expedited procedure, Congress would be required to consider proposals to rescind specific funding included in spending legislation if the rescission is proposed by the president within 45 days of the spending bill’s enactment. The authority of the president to propose rescission packages for expedited consideration established by H.R. 3521 would expire on December 15, 2015.
On February 3, 2012, the House agreed to the conference report for H.R. 658, the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act. The Senate agreed to the conference report on February 6, 2012, and on February 8, 2012 the bill was presented to the President.
On February 9, 2013, the Senate began consideration of S. 1813, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, after agreeing to the motion to proceed, and agreeing to the committee-reported amendments, and that the bill, as amended, be considered original text for the purpose of further amendment.
On February 9, 2012, the Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee released a list of issues that will be priorities for the Committee during the second session of the 112th Congress.