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 CIS NO: 93-H341-6
 TITLE: Joint Field Hearing To Address Proposed North American Free Trade
     Agreement with Mexico and Canada, and H.R. 3878, the American Jobs
     Protection Act.
 SOURCE: Committee on Education and Labor. House; Committee on Interior
     and Insular Affairs. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: v+201 p. il.
 DATE: Apr. 24, 1992
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 102-2             SUDOC: Y4.ED8/1:102-129
 ITEM NO: 1015-A; 1015-B
 MC ENTRY NO: 93-15189

 Committee Serial No. 102-129. Joint hearing in San Francisco, Calif., with
 the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee to examine environmental
 and U.S. job market implications of the proposed North American Free Trade
 Agreement (NAFTA), to be negotiated by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to
 promote the liberalization of trade and investment among the countries.
   Includes very brief consideration of H.R. 3878, the American Jobs
 Protection Act, to require U.S. employers transferring jobs outside of the
 U.S. to provide laid-off workers with specified assistance.
   Supplementary material (p. 171-201) includes news articles and:
 a. Kingsley Group; and U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, "Conference
     Report: U.S.-Mexico Transport '91" Apr. 1991 (p. 174-181).
 b. Kingsley Group, "North American Free Trade Accord To Expand Needs for
     U.S.-Mexico Transport Resources" (182-188).
 CONTENT NOTATION: North Amer Free Trade Agreement environmental and
     employment implications
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE
     AGREEMENT (Environmental and employment implications);
     FOREIGN.INVESTMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL.POLLUTION.AND.CONTROL; LABOR;
     AMERICAN JOBS PROTECTION ACT (Businesses relocation from US to foreign
     countries, displaced workers assistance requirement); LOCATION OF
     INDUSTRIES (Businesses relocation from US to foreign countries,
     displaced workers assistance requirement); UNEMPLOYMENT (Businesses
     relocation from US to foreign countries, displaced workers assistance
     requirement); LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS (Businesses relocation from
     US to foreign countries, displaced workers assistance requirement);
     U.S.-MEXICO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ("Conference Report: U.S.-Mexico
     Transport '91"); TRANSPORTATION (North Amer Free Trade Agreement
     impact on US-Mexico border transportation, rpts); SAN FRANCISCO,
     CALIF.; CANADA; MEXICO
 BILLS: 102 H.R.3878
 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L.103-182

 93-H341-6 TESTIMONY NO: 1          Apr. 24, 1992 p. 5-35
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     HENNING, JOHN F. (Executive Secretary-Treasurer, California Labor
        Federation, AFL-CIO)
     DOWD, DOUGLAS (Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
        International Studies)
     ARIAN, DAVID (International President, International Longshoremen's
        and Warehousemen's Union)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Anticipated negative impact of NAFTA on U.S.
     workers and economy; concerns relating to lack of uniform labor
     standards in the U.S. and Mexico, emphasizing port-related labor.
 CONTENT NOTATION: North Amer Free Trade Agreement environmental and
     employment implications
 DESCRIPTORS: HARBORS AND PORTS; CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION;
     INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S AND WAREHOUSEMEN'S UNION

 93-H341-6 TESTIMONY NO: 2          Apr. 24, 1992 p. 36-121
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     MERRILEES, CRAIG (National Co-Director, Fair Trade Campaign)
     POPE, CARL (Associate Executive Director, Conservation and
        Communications, Sierra Club)
     MEYERHOFF, ALBERT H. (Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense
        Council)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Review of environmental concerns relating to
     NAFTA (related materials, p. 58-63); negative implications of NAFTA for
     California; review of suggested environmental criteria for revised
     NAFTA.
       Potential for NAFTA to preempt Federal, State, and local environmental
     standards; concerns about possible threat to U.S. regulation of various
     chemicals and toxins (related materials, p. 94-115).
 CONTENT NOTATION: North Amer Free Trade Agreement environmental and
     employment implications
 DESCRIPTORS: ENVIRONMENTAL.REGULATION; STATE.GOVERNMENTS; LOCAL
     GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC.HEALTH; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; CALIFORNIA; FAIR
     TRADE CAMPAIGN; SIERRA CLUB; NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL

 93-H341-6 TESTIMONY NO: 3          Apr. 24, 1992 p. 121-170
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     HITCHCOCK, DENNIS M. (Communications Chair, Air Transport Employees
        Local 1781, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace
        Workers)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Anticipated negative impact of NAFTA on aircraft
     maintenance workers, citing possible expanded use of foreign repair
     stations by U.S. registered and owned aircraft (related materials, p.
     155-167).
 INSERTIONS: 
     a. FAA, "Foreign Repair Station Rules" concerning airlines foreign
        repair stations, final rule, Nov. 22, 1988 (p. 135-150).
     b. H.R. 1886, to terminate certain amendments to FAA foreign repair
        station rules, text (p. 154).
 CONTENT NOTATION: North Amer Free Trade Agreement environmental and
     employment implications
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY; FEDERAL
     AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (Airlines foreign repair stations, FAA
     regulation revision); AIRLINES (Foreign repair stations use by US
     airlines, FAA regulation revision); COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT (Airlines
     foreign repair stations, FAA regulation revision); TRANSPORTATION
     REGULATION (Airlines foreign repair stations, FAA regulation revision);
     FOREIGN.TRADE (Airlines foreign repair stations, FAA regulation
     revision); AIRCRAFT