The President of National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), Cass Johnson, has re- introduced the TESA bill before the U.S. Congress. The bill is aimed at increasing enforcement activities under the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as well as trade facilitation through improved targeting, enhanced resources and better authority.

The TESA legislation addresses many key issues by providing U.S. Customs with expanded authority to target textile goods, while also giving them additional tools and resources to increase their commercial enforcement efforts and reduce the frequency of malpractices that are damaging the U.S. textile industry.
The bill includes terms that would:

- Increase the number of trained import specialist in textile and apparel verifications at the 15 largest U.S. ports.

- Mandate the government publish names of companies that intentionally violate the rules of trade agreements.

- Instruct the U.S. government to establish an electronic verification program that tracks yarn and fabric inputs in free trade agreement countries.

- Allow Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Treasury to use amounts from the fines and penalties collected to pay for expenses directly related to investigations and/or training.