To amend section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the marking of imported home furniture.

Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the requirement that every article of foreign origin (or its container) imported into the United States be marked conspicuously, legibly, indelibly, and permanently in a manner to indicate to an ultimate purchaser in the United States the English name of the article's country of origin.

Prohibits any exception to such marking requirement for imported home furniture.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 445 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 445

  To amend section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the 
                  marking of imported home furniture.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2005

Mr. Ehlers (for himself and Mr. McHugh) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the 
                  marking of imported home furniture.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MARKING OF IMPORTED HOME FURNITURE.

    (a) In General.--Section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1304) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (i), (j), (k), and (l) as 
        (j), (k), (l), and (m), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(i) Marking of Home Furniture.--No exception shall be made under 
subsection (a)(3) of this section with respect to home furniture, each 
piece of which shall have, in addition to the permanent marking 
required by subsection (a), a hang tag or paper label affixed in such a 
manner that a retail purchaser viewing the piece of unpackaged 
furniture can identify the country of origin on initial inspection 
without rotating, turning, or tilting the piece of home furniture. The 
hang tag or paper label shall be at least 70 square centimeters in 
size, shall be affixed in such a manner that it remains on the piece of 
home furniture until the piece reaches the ultimate retail consumer, 
and shall not be affixed to the back or underside of the piece of 
furniture.''; and
            (3) in subsection (k), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``subsection (i)'' and inserting ``subsection (j)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, 
on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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