No Specific Timeframe for Trade Votes in June, McCarthy Tells GOP Caucus

House Republican leadership isn’t scheduled to hold trade votes during any specific week this month, said Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in a memo he released to Republican colleagues in recent days that outlines the June agenda. The chamber will “likely consider” Trade Promotion Authority and Trade Adjustment Assistance on the floor at some point in the month, however, and at that time, the House will consider the preference package and Customs Reauthorization. The preference package includes renewals for the Generalized System of Preferences, the African Growth and Opportunity Act and two Haiti tariff preference level programs. Trade experts say House leadership is taking its time to ensure it has the votes to pass TPA and TAA, despite calls for quick passage of the bills (see 1505310002).