The following are the trade-related hearings scheduled for July 19-24, 2010:
On July 15, 2010, the following executive communications were received by Congress:
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has issued a press release announcing that on July 14, 2010, Committee Member Markey introduced a bill that would rescind unspent funds authorized for Members’ High Priority Projects in surface transportation bills dating back 23 years. H.R. 5730, the “Surface Transportation Earmark Rescission, Savings, and Accountability Act”, rescinds $713.208 million of federal-aid highway contract authority for 309 Member-designated high priority projects from the surface transportation authorization acts of 2005, 1998, 1991, and 1987
On July 15, 2010, the following reports were filed in the House:
On July 15, 2010, the Senate Appropriations Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills:
On July 15, 2010, the Senate agreed to the conference report for H.R. 4173, the financial reform bill, which contains provisions that would impose new requirements on companies that use “conflict minerals” and provide new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act whistleblower rewards, clearing the measure for the President. (See ITT's Online Archives or 07/14/10 news, 10071428, for details on the conference report's conflict minerals and FCPA whistleblower provisions.)
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;
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.
On July 14, 2010, the House of Representatives passed H.J. Res. 83, a resolution to approve the renewal of the Burma import ban and jadeite/ruby sanctions.
On July 15, 2010, the following trade-related bills were introduced: