3rd Quarter - Report

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEXTILE ORGANIZATIONS for NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEXTILE ORGANIZATIONS

Period 3rd Quarter 2010 Filed Oct 20, 2010 Signed by Robin Haynes, Director of Finance & Administration

Official filing
Firm
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEXTILE ORGANIZATIONS
Client
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEXTILE ORGANIZATIONS
Income
—
Expenses
$8,373
Expense method
B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

10 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R.2454 - American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, Safe Climate Act -- Sets forth provisions concerning clean energy, energy efficiency, reducing global warming pollution, transitioning to a clean energy economy, and providing for agriculture and forestry related offsets.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JACKIE LYNN RAY —

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Small Business Administration (SBA)

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (111th)

Defense DEF

H.R.2647, H. Res. 572, S.1390, S.1391 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 2010 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense for FY2010. H.R.1, H.R.679, S.336 (Public Law 111-5) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Buy American provision -- legislation to expand the Berry Amerndment to the Dept of Homeland Security -- importance of legislation and its benefit to the US textile industry. H.R. 3116 Berry Amendment Extension Act -- To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from procuring certain items directly related to the national security unless the items are grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States, and for other purposes.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CASS JOHNSON —
SARAH FAYE PIERCE —
JACKIE LYNN RAY —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Small Business Administration (SBA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: S. 1391 (111th), H.Res. 572 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th), S. 1390 (111th), H.R. 3116 (111th), H.R. 2647 (111th), H.R. 679 (111th), S. 336 (111th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

H.R. 2936 BUILD Act: Bill to Underwrite Increased Lending to Domestic (BUILD) Manufacturing Act -- To create a program to guarantee loans made to manufacturing companies in order to promote increased domestic lending to the United States manufacturing industry.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CASS JOHNSON —
SARAH FAYE PIERCE —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA)

Bills named: H.R. 2936 (111th)

Apparel/Clothing Industry/Textiles APP

H.R.1, H.R.679, S.336 (Public Law 111-5) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Buy American provision -- legislation to expand the Berry Amerndment to the Dept of Homeland Security -- importance of legislation and its benefit to the US textile industry. H.R. 3116 Berry Amendment Extension Act -- to require U.S. government to source domestic textile and apparel products for the Department of Homeland Security. H.R.1318, S.496 Afghanistan-Pakistan Security and Prosperity Enhancement Act -- To provide duty-free treatment for certain goods from designated Reconstruction Opportunit Zones in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and for other purposes. H.R.2647, H. Res. 572, S.1390, S.1391 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 2010 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense for FY2010. H.R.3039 To provide for preferential duty treatment to certain apparel articles of the Philippines. H.R. 5393 Textile Enforcement & Security Act of 2010 -- To provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection with authority to more agressively enforce trade laws relating to textile or apparel articles, and for other purposes. Least Developed Countries -- seek to provide a duty free/quota free program to LDCs U.S. Peru Trade Promotion Agreement -- all provisions relating to U.S.-Peru trade in textiles and apparel. U.S.-Columbia Trade Promotion Agreement -- all provisions elating to U.S.-Columbia trade in textiles and apparel. U.S.-Korea Freed Trade Agreement -- all provisions relating to U.S.-Korea trade in textiles and apparel. Doha Round -- WTO Multilateral Negotiations -- all provisions relating to tariff rates, rules of origin and customs enforcement. Vietnam and China Import Monitoring -- ensure effective implementation and analysis of imports of certain apparel from China and Vietnam.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CASS JOHNSON —
SARAH FAYE PIERCE —
JACKIE LYNN RAY —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Small Business Administration (SBA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)

Bills named: H.R. 3039 (111th), H.R. 1318 (111th), S. 1391 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th), H.Res. 572 (111th), S. 336 (111th), H.R. 679 (111th), H.R. 5393 (111th), H.R. 3116 (111th), S. 496 (111th), H.R. 2647 (111th), S. 1390 (111th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R.1409, S.560 - Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 -- To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CASS JOHNSON —
SARAH FAYE PIERCE —

Contacted: SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: S. 560 (111th), H.R. 1409 (111th)

Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills) TAR

H.R. 4380, Public Law No: 111-227 United States Manufacturing Enhancement Act of 2010

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CASS JOHNSON —
SARAH FAYE PIERCE —

Contacted: U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 4380 (111th)

Homeland Security HOM

H.R.1, H.R.679, S.336 (Public Law 111-5) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Buy American provision -- legislation to expand the Berry Amerndment to the Dept of Homeland Security -- importance of legislation and its benefit to the US textile industry.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CASS JOHNSON —
SARAH FAYE PIERCE —
JACKIE LYNN RAY —

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Bills named: H.R. 679 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th), S. 336 (111th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

H.R.1, H.R.679, S.336 (Public Law 111-5) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Buy American provision -- legislation to expand the Berry Amerndment to the Dept of Homeland Security -- importance of legislation and its benefit to the US textile industry. H.R. 2378, S. 1027 Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act -- To amend Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify that fundamental exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is actionable under United States countervailing and antidumping duty laws, and for other purposes. S. 3134 Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2010 -- A bill to provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes. H.R.3039 Philippines 809: Save Our Industries Act of 2009 -- Grants duty-free treatment, subject to specified conditions, to certain apparel wholly assembled in the United States or the Philippines, or both, and cetain components of such apparel. H.R. 3012, S. 2821 Trade Act of 2009: Trade Reform, Accountability, Development, and Employment Act of 2009 -- To require a review of existing trade agreements and renegotiation of existing trade agreements based on the review, to set terms for future trade agreements, to express the sense of the Congress that the role of Congress in trade policymaking should be strengthened, and for other purposees. H.R. 4101, S.114 Least Developed Countries (Bangladesh/Cambodia): New Partnership for Trade Development Act of 2009 -- To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act and the Trade Act of 1974 to provide improved duty-free treatment for certain articles from certain least-developed countries, and for other purposes. S. 1141 Least Developed Countries (Bangladesh/Cambodia): Tariff Relief Assistance for Developing Economies Act of 2009 -- Authorizes the President to designate Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Maldives, Nepal, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yemen, and Sri Lanka or their successor political entities as beneficiary TRADE Act of 2009 countries eligible to receive duty-free treatment for certain articles that are the growth, product, or manufacture of such countries. H.R. 4284 Extension of Andean (ATPA) and GSP Programs until December 31, 2010 -- To extend the Generalized System of Preferences and the Andean Trade Preserence Act, and for other purposes. S. 1982 Trade Enforcement Priorities Act -- A bill to renew and extend the provisions relating to the identification of trade enforcement priorities, and for other purposes. H.R. 5393 Textile Enforcement & Securities Act of 2010 -- To provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection with authority to more agressively enforce trade laws relating to textile or apparel articles, and for other purposes. U.S. Peru Trade Promotion Agreement -- all provisions relating to U.S.-Peru trade in textiles and apparel. U.S.-Columbia Trade Promotion Agreement -- all provisions relating to U.S.-Columbia trade in textiles and apparel. U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement -- all provisions relating to U.S.-Korea trade in textiles and apparel. Doha Round -- WTO Multilateral Negotiations -- all provisions relating to tariff rates, rules of origin and customs enforcement. Vietnam and China Import Monitoring -- ensure effective implementation and analysis of imports of certain apparel from China and Vietnam.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CASS JOHNSON —
SARAH FAYE PIERCE —
JACKIE LYNN RAY —

Contacted: Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: S. 336 (111th), S. 2821 (111th), H.R. 4101 (111th), H.R. 2378 (111th), S. 3134 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th), H.R. 3012 (111th), S. 1141 (111th), S. 1982 (111th), S. 1027 (111th), H.R. 5393 (111th), S. 114 (111th), H.R. 679 (111th), H.R. 3039 (111th), H.R. 4284 (111th)

Manufacturing MAN

H.R.1, H.R.679, S.336 (Public Law 111-5) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Buy American provision -- legislation to expand the Berry Amerndment to the Dept of Homeland Security -- importance of legislation and its benefit to the US textile industry. H.R. 3116 Berry Amendment Extension Act -- To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from procuring certain items directly related to the national security unless the items are grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States, and for other purposes. H.R. 2378, S. 1027 Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act -- To amend Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify that fundamental exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is actionable under United States countervailing and antidumping duty laws, and for other purposes. S. 3134 Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2010 -- A bill to provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes. H.R.3039 Philippines 809: Save Our Industries Act of 2009 -- Grants duty-free treatment, subject to specified conditions, to certain apparel wholly assembled in the United States or the Philippines, or both, and cetain components of such apparel. H.R. 3012, S. 2821 Trade Act of 2009: Trade Reform, Accountability, Development, and Employment Act of 2009 -- To require a review of existing trade agreements and renegotiation of existing trade agreements based on the review, to set terms for future trade agreements, to express the sense of the Congress that the role of Congress in trade policymaking should be strengthened, and for other purposees. H.R. 4101, S.114 Least Developed Countries (Bangladesh/Cambodia): New Partnership for Trade Development Act of 2009 -- To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act and the Trade Act of 1974 to provide improved duty-free treatment for certain articles from certain least-developed countries, and for other purposes. S. 1141 Least Developed Countries (Bangladesh/Cambodia): Tariff Relief Assistance for Developing Economies Act of 2009 -- Authorizes the President to designate Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Maldives, Nepal, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yemen, and Sri Lanka or their successor political entities as beneficiary TRADE Act of 2009 countries eligible to receive duty-free treatment for certain articles that are the growth, product, or manufacture of such countries. H.R. 4284 Extension of Andean (ATPA) and GSP Programs until December 31, 2010 -- To extend the Generalized System of Preferences and the Andean Trade Preserence Act, and for other purposes. S. 1982 Trade Enforcement Priorities Act -- A bill to renew and extend the provisions relating to the identification of trade enforcement priorities, and for other purposes. H.R. 5393 Textile Enforcement & Securities Act of 2010 -- To provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection with authority to more agressively enforce trade laws relating to textile or apparel articles, and for other purposes. U.S. Peru Trade Promotion Agreement -- all provisions relating to U.S.-Peru trade in textiles and apparel. U.S.-Columbia Trade Promotion Agreement -- all provisions relating to U.S.-Columbia trade in textiles and apparel. U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement -- all provisions relating to U.S.-Korea trade in textiles and apparel. Doha Round -- WTO Multilateral Negotiations -- all provisions relating to tariff rates, rules of origin and customs enforcement. Vietnam and China Import Monitoring -- ensure effective implementation and analysis of imports of certain apparel from China and Vietnam.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CASS JOHNSON —
SARAH FAYE PIERCE —
JACKIE LYNN RAY —

Contacted: U.S. Customs & Border Protection; SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Small Business Administration (SBA); State, Dept of (DOS); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: S. 114 (111th), H.R. 3039 (111th), H.R. 4101 (111th), H.R. 3012 (111th), H.R. 679 (111th), S. 2821 (111th), S. 336 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th), H.R. 2378 (111th), S. 1027 (111th), S. 3134 (111th), H.R. 4284 (111th), H.R. 3116 (111th), H.R. 5393 (111th), S. 1982 (111th), S. 1141 (111th)

Foreign Relations FOR

H.R.1318, S.496 Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZ): Afghanistan-Pakistan Security and Prosperity Enhancement Act -- To provide duty-free treatment for certain goods from designated Reconstruction Opportunit Zones in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and for other purposes. H.R. 2378, S. 1027 Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act -- To amend Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify that fundamental exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is actionable under United States countervailing and antidumping duty laws, and for other purposes. S. 3134 Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2010 -- A bill to provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes. H.R.3039 Philippines 809: Save Our Industries Act of 2009 -- Grants duty-free treatment, subject to specified conditions, to certain apparel wholly assembled in the United States or the Philippines, or both, and cetain components of such apparel. H.R. 3012, S. 2821 Trade Act of 2009: Trade Reform, Accountability, Development, and Employment Act of 2009 -- To require a review of existing trade agreements and renegotiation of existing trade agreements based on the review, to set terms for future trade agreements, to express the sense of the Congress that the role of Congress in trade policymaking should be strengthened, and for other purposees. H.R. 4101, S.114 Least Developed Countries (Bangladesh/Cambodia): New Partnership for Trade Development Act of 2009 -- To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act and the Trade Act of 1974 to provide improved duty-free treatment for certain articles from certain least-developed countries, and for other purposes. S. 1141 Least Developed Countries (Bangladesh/Cambodia): Tariff Relief Assistance for Developing Economies Act of 2009 -- Authorizes the President to designate Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Maldives, Nepal, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yemen, and Sri Lanka or their successor political entities as beneficiary TRADE Act of 2009 countries eligible to receive duty-free treatment for certain articles that are the growth, product, or manufacture of such countries. H.R. 4284 Extension of Andean (ATPA) and GSP Programs until December 31, 2010 -- To extend the Generalized System of Preferences and the Andean Trade Preserence Act, and for other purposes. S. 1982 Trade Enforcement Priorities Act -- A bill to renew and extend the provisions relating to the identification of trade enforcement priorities, and for other purposes. H.R. 5393 Textile Enforcement & Securities Act of 2010 -- To provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection with authority to more agressively enforce trade laws relating to textile or apparel articles, and for other purposes. U.S. Peru Trade Promotion Agreement -- all provisions relating to U.S.-Peru trade in textiles and apparel. U.S.-Columbia Trade Promotion Agreement -- all provisions relating to U.S.-Columbia trade in textiles and apparel. U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement -- all provisions relating to U.S.-Korea trade in textiles and apparel. Doha Round -- WTO Multilateral Negotiations -- all provisions relating to tariff rates, rules of origin and customs enforcement. Vietnam and China Import Monitoring -- ensure effective implementation and analysis of imports of certain apparel from China and Vietnam.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CASS JOHNSON —
SARAH FAYE PIERCE —

Contacted: Transportation Security Administration (TSA); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; SENATE; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: S. 114 (111th), S. 2821 (111th), S. 496 (111th), S. 3134 (111th), H.R. 4284 (111th), S. 1982 (111th), H.R. 2378 (111th), S. 1141 (111th), H.R. 4101 (111th), H.R. 1318 (111th), H.R. 5393 (111th), S. 1027 (111th), H.R. 3039 (111th), H.R. 3012 (111th)

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