The following are trade-related highlights of the Executive Communications sent to Congress on July 18-31, 2011:
On July 29, 2011, the following trade-related bills were introduced:
On July 29, 2011, the following measure was reported in the Senate:
On July 28, 2011, Senator Feinstein (D) introduced S. 1443, the Asia-South Pacific Trade Preferences Act. This bill would to extend certain trade preferences to certain least-developed countries in Asia and the South Pacific, and for other purposes.
On July 28, 2011, the following trade-related bills were introduced:
At a July 27, 2011 House Small Business Committee hearing on obstacles facing small exporters, various Administration and small business witnesses testified on the Administration’s National Export Initiative strategy, and suggestions for increasing exports, particularly those of small business.
On July 27, 2011, a House Appropriations Subcommittee approved, without amendment, a draft fiscal year 2012 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill. According to Congressional sources, the full Committee is expected to hold its mark-up of the draft bill during the week of August 1, 2011.
On July 27, 2011, a Senate Commerce Subcommittee held a hearing on a draft bill to reauthorize the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The hearing focused on the highways and vehicle safety aspect of the NHTSA in the context of the Senate’s efforts to reauthorize the Highway Trust Fund.
On July 28, 2011, the Senate passed H.R. 2608, a bill that would provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, after agreeing to an amendment in the nature of a substitute. The House passed its version of H.R. 2608 on July 26, 2011.
On July 27, 2011, the Senate passed S. 1188, a bill that would require the purchase of domestically made flags of the U.S. for use by the Federal Government, after agreeing to an amendment in the nature of a substitute.