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Union Calendar No. 686
114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5092
[Report No. 114–876]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 28, 2016
Mr. Harper (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Lance, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Pompeo, and Mr. Stewart) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
December 13, 2016
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To make exclusive the authority of the Federal Government to regulate the labeling of products made in the United States and introduced in interstate or foreign commerce, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Reinforcing American-Made Products Act of 2016
.
Exclusivity of Federal authority to regulate labeling of products made in the United States and introduced in interstate or foreign commerce
Section 320933 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (15 U.S.C. 45a) is amended—
in the first sentence, by striking To the extent
and inserting the following:
In general
To the extent
;
by adding at the end the following:
Effect on State law
The provisions of this section shall supersede any provisions of the law of any State relating to the extent to which a product is introduced, delivered for introduction, sold, advertised, or offered for sale in interstate or foreign commerce with a Made in the U.S.A.
or Made in America
label, or the equivalent thereof, in order to represent that such product was in whole or substantial part of domestic origin.
; and
in the third sentence of subsection (a), as designated by paragraph (1), by striking Nothing in this section
and inserting Except as provided in subsection (b), nothing in this section
.
December 13, 2016
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
