A textile trade bill that would sharply limit growth in U.S. textile imports passed Congress in 1988 but was vetoed by the President. Textile trade legislation may be considered by Congress again in 1989. An input-output model called IMPLAN was used to analyze some of the economic effects of reduced textile imports. If $3 billion of textiles were produced in the U.S. rather than imported, and the fixed relationships in the model held, output in the cotton sector would change from a $1.6 million decline in Arizona to $48.6 million gain in Texas. Allocation of larger textile import quotas to trading partners that purchase American raw cotton would benefit cotton growers, especially in the West and Southwest where a larger proportion of cotton production is exported.