On July 14, 2010, the following executive communications were received by Congress:
The following are the trade-related hearings scheduled for July 13-17, 2010:
On July 14, 2010, the following trade-related hearings will be held:
On July 13, 2010, the following trade-related bill was introduced:
On July 13, 2010, the Senate began consideration of 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. The Senate has scheduled a vote to end debate on the conference report on July 15, 2010.
On July 12, 2010, the following trade-related bills were introduced:
The Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security released a statement on the Department of Homeland Security's Bottom Up Review. In his statement, the Chairman noted that while the BUR provides more context for how DHS intends to execute is missions, it is not the "deep dive" that Congress was promised.
Senator Stabenow has issued a statement in response to the Treasury Department’s semi-annual currency report. According to Senator Stabenow, bipartisan legislation must be passed that would require the U.S. Departments of Treasury and Commerce to take action and stop currency violating countries from cheating.
During the week of June 28, 2010, the following House Appropriations Committee Subcommittees held mark-ups of their FY 2011 appropriations bills. During the mark-up, the Subcommittees approved their bills for full Committee Action.
On July 7, 2010, the President signed into law S. 16601, the “Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act,” which establishes national air emission standards for formaldehyde in domestic and imported composite wood products.