In written testimony before the Senate Finance Committee on June 23, 2010, Commerce Secretary Locke laid out his Department's position on the U.S. trade relationship with China, touching on issues such as currency in the context of pending countervailing duty investigations, market access, intellectual property rights, indigenous innovation, etc.
On June 24, 2010, both the House and Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 2194, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act.
On June 24, 2010, a unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the Senate agree to the request that the Senate return to the House, H.R. 5136, Department of Defense Authorization Act.
On June 23, 2010, the House passed S. 1660, a bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the emissions of formaldehyde from composite wood products. (The Senate passed S. 1660 on June 14, 2010.)
On June 23, 2010, the House Homeland Security Committee marked up the following homeland security legislation: H.R. 5498, The “WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2010” and H.R. 5562, The “Homeland Security Grant Management Improvement Act.”
On June 24, 2010, the following trade-related hearings will be held:
On June 23, 2010, the following trade-related bills were introduced:
On June 23, 2010, the Senate resumed 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). The Senate is expected to continue its consideration of H.R. 4213 on June 24, 2010.
On June 23, 2010, the following report was filed in the House:
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).