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Other • To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to strengthen regulations concerning the flammability of children's clothing. [H.R.4185] • Discussion of social responsibility programs, like the WRAP program, with various legislative branch and executive branch officials. • Monitoring issues relating to apparel and footwear safety and product labeling. Miscellaneous Trade • Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 [HR5441] • United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act [HR 5684] • Garment Consumer's Right-to-Know Act of 2005[H.R.4613.IH] FY 2007 Science/State/Justice/Commerce Act [HR5672] • Trade Preference Extension and Expansion Act of 2006 [H.R.5070] • To modify temporarily certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws, to extend certain trade preference programs, and for other purposes. [HR 6046] • Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)[H.R.6111] • To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor, and for other purposes [HR5635/ S. 3485] Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2006 [HR4944] Insular Possessions Act of 2005 [S.1954] Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes. [H.J.RES.86] • Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act [H.R.32] • Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2005 [H.R.3] • GreenLane Maritime Cargo Security Act [S.2459] • TRADE Act of 2005 [S.191/HR 886] • United States Trade Rights Enforcement Act [H.R.3283] • To authorize appropriate action if the negotiations with the People's Republic of China regarding China's undervalued currency are not successful. [S.295] • Implementation of PL 106-200, PL 108-429, and PL 109-53 • Comments to ITC, Customs, USTR, and Commerce on implementation of various trade agreements and trade initiatives, such as Morocco, Andean, Peru, Colombia, Oman, Panama, AGOA, CAFTA, Thailand, Singapore, NAFTA, Jordan, Bahrain, Dominican Republic, the Free Trade Area of the Americas, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Korea and the operation of new bilateral agreement with respect to China. • The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, [HR 4241/S 1932] • CITA Transparency Act of 2005 [HR 3416] • To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam. [HR5602/S 3495] • To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax to qualified small employers who create new jobs. [H.R.5146] • The Stop Aid to Counterfeiters Act [HR 5249] • To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide protection for fashion design [HR 5055] • Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act [S.3485/HR5635] • The Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Act [S. 1984] For the Period July 1 to December 31, 2006 Berry Amendment/Federal Prison Industries/Military Apparel Procurement • Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2005 [H.R.2965] • To amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to establish a government wide policy requiring competition in certain executive agency procurements, and for other purposes. [S.749] • FY 2007 Science/State/Justice/Commerce Act [HR5672] • Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 [HR 4437] • National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 [S.2766/HR 5122] • Berry Amendment Extension Act [H.R.4946] • To amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to establish a government-wide policy requiring competition in certain executive agency procurements, and for other purposes.[S.749] • To authorize appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. [H.R.5814] • Comments on Berry Amendment, Federal Prison Industries, and JWOD programs See attached