; (2) the economic effects of expanded exportation of those articles on the economy of the country exporting the articles; and (3) the economic effects of expanded imports of those articles on the economy of the United States. (d) Appropriate congressional committees defined In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1) the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and (2) the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 11. African Growth and Opportunity Act forum and other updates Section 105 of the African Growth and Opportunity Act ( 19 U.S.C. 3704 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)(1), in the first sentence, by striking host the first annual meeting and inserting host a meeting on or before September 30 of each year, in the United States or in Sub-Saharan Africa, ; (2) in subsection (d)— (A) in the subsection heading, by striking USIS and inserting Department of Commerce ; and (B) by striking United States Information Service and inserting Department of Commerce ; and (3) by striking subsection (e). 12. Updating protections against transshipment of certain textiles and apparel articles (a) Repeal of outdated textile visa requirements The African Growth and Opportunity Act ( 19 U.S.C. 3701 et seq. ) is amended— (1) in section 112 ( 19 U.S.C. 3721 ), as amended by section 7— (A) by striking subsection (d); and (B) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) respectively; and (2) in section 113 ( 19 U.S.C. 3722 )— (A) in subsection (a)(1)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking an effective visa system, domestic laws, and inserting domestic laws ; (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking the semicolon and inserting ; and ; (iii) in subparagraph (E), by striking ; and and inserting a period; and (iv) by striking subparagraph (F); (B) in subsection (b)(5), by striking the effectiveness of the visa systems and