On June 23, 2010, the Senate is scheduled to resume its consideration of amendments to the House-passed H.R. 4213, the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (the Tax Extenders or Jobs bill).
On June 23, 2010, the following trade-related hearings will be held:
On May 20, 2010, the Senate passed H.R. 4173, the financial reform bill. The House passed its own version of H.R. 4173 on December 11, 2009.
On June 21, 2010, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chairman Lincoln, (D), Ranking Member Chambliss, (R), and 23 other Senators sent a letter to the President urging him to address Russian trade barriers on U.S. poultry imports during his upcoming meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The Senators emphasized that internationally recognized science methodology has proven U.S. poultry to be safe and that current restrictions are unwarranted.
On June 22, 2010, the following trade-related hearings will be held:
The following are the trade-related hearings scheduled for June 21-26, 2010:
On June 17, 2010, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee posted a press release on the hearing on the nomination of John Pistole to be Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. According to the press release, Pistole testified on his priorities for TSA, the ongoing risks facing all forms of transportation, etc.
On June 16, 2010, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chairman Lincoln (D) and Ranking Member Chambliss (R) sent a letter to Richard A. Lidinsky, Jr., Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, expressing concern with reports that U.S. agricultural exporters are experiencing serious service issues with the foreign-flagged ocean carrier industry.
On June 16, 2010, the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on China’s trade and industrial policies.
The following are details of S. 1660, the “Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act” which the Senate passed as an amendment in the nature of a substitute1 on June 14, 2010.