New Bill Would Ensure Safety and Quality in Building Materials</titl= e>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple style=3D'tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=3DSection1> TRADE ALERT<o:p></o:p></s= pan> <o:p> </o:p><= /b> House Bill Would Ensure S= afety and Quality in Building Materials<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p><= /b> (June 3, 2009)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p><= /b> US Congressman Bart Stupak (D-Michigan) has introduced H.R. 2155 to limit the entry in the U.S of sub-standard building materials including ste= el, drywall, and cement products. </span= >US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would be given the authority to prohibit entry of products that fail to meet industry standards. CBP currently has the ability to t= est steel for quality and strength, but they lack the authority to reject infer= ior steel. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> While CBP’s testimony at a 2008 Congressional Steel Caucus ad= dressed steel, the recent problems in regards to sub-standard drywall have also bec= ome an issue. There have been rec= ent reports of problems with imported dry wall from China that release odors and gases that appear to be corroding electrical wiring. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> In regards to cement, there haven’t been any cases of sub-standard cement entering the U.S., but Stupak included it due to proble= ms in other countries and an increased demand for cement in the U.S as projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act begin.<o:p></o:p></spa= n> <o:p> </o:p> Interested parties may follow the progress of H.R. 2155 = at:<o:p></o:p> <a href=3D"http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/111search.html">http://thomas.loc.gov/bss= /111search.html</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Press Release from Rep. Bart Stupak on H.R. 2155: <a href=3D"http://www.house.gov/apps/list/speech/mi01_stupak/morenews/20090520= cbp.html">http://www.house.gov/apps/list/speech/mi01_stupak/morenews/200905= 20cbp.html</a><o:p></o:p> <div style=3D'mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid w= indowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> A.N. Deringer, Inc. is a leading provider of international logistics services including Freight Forwarding, Warehousing & Distribution, Customs Brokerage, Logistics Consulting, Cargo Insurance, and Meat Inspection. Deringer combines over 30= US offices with a global agency network to facilitate the movement of cargo throughout the world<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html> ------=_NextPart_01C9E525.337731D0 Content-Location: file:///C:/6378D639/BuildingMaterialsBill060409_files/header.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"> <meta name=3DProgId content=3DWord.Document> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 11"> <meta name=3DOriginator content=3D"Microsoft Word 11"> <link id=3DMain-File rel=3DMain-File href=3D"../BuildingMaterialsBill060409= .htm"> <![if IE]> <base href=3D"file:///C:\6378D639\BuildingMaterialsBill060409_files\header.= htm" id=3D"webarch_temp_base_tag"> <![endif]> </head> <body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple> <div style=3D'mso-element:footnote-separator' id=3Dfs> <![if !supportFootnotes]> <hr align=3Dleft size=3D1 width=3D"33%"> <![endif]> </div> <div style=3D'mso-element:footnote-continuation-separator' id=3Dfcs> <![if !supportFootnotes]> <hr align=3Dleft size=3D1> <![endif]> </div> <div style=3D'mso-element:endnote-separator' id=3Des> <![if !supportFootnotes]> <hr align=3Dleft size=3D1 width=3D"33%"> <![endif]> </div> <div style=3D'mso-element:endnote-continuation-separator' id=3Decs> <![if !supportFootnotes]> <hr align=3Dleft size=3D1> <![endif]> </div> </body> </html> ------=_NextPart_01C9E525.337731D0 Content-Location: file:///C:/6378D639/BuildingMaterialsBill060409_files/filelist.xml Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/xml; charset="utf-8" <xml xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"> <o:MainFile HRef=3D"../BuildingMaterialsBill060409.htm"/> <o:File HRef=3D"header.htm"/> <o:File HRef=3D"filelist.xml"/> </xml> ------=_NextPart

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