Online Retailer Product Origin Disclosure Act
This bill requires sellers to conspicuously disclose the country of origin of imported foreign products sold over the internet.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6941 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6941
To require online retailers to prominently disclose product country-of-
origin information, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 19, 2020
Mr. Kinzinger introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To require online retailers to prominently disclose product country-of-
origin information, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Online Retailer Product Origin
Disclosure Act''.
SEC. 2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR ONLINE RETAILERS AND
SELLERS.
(a) In General.--
(1) In general.--Beginning on the date that is 180 days
after the date of enactment of this Act--
(A) it shall be unlawful for any person to operate
an online retail platform that does not comply with the
requirements of paragraph (2); and
(B) it shall be unlawful for any person who offers
a product for sale through an online retail platform to
knowingly provide false information to the platform
with respect to the country of origin of such product.
(2) Country-of-origin disclosure requirements.--The
requirements of this paragraph, with respect to an online
retail platform, are the following:
(A) The online retail platform shall require any
person that intends to sell a product through the
platform to provide the platform with information on
the country of origin of such product.
(B) With respect to any article of foreign origin
imported into the United States that is subject to the
country of origin and is offered for sale on the online
retail platform, the platform discloses, in a
conspicuous manner and in the same language that is
used on the rest of the platform, the name of the
country of origin.
(b) Enforcement.--
(1) Unfair and deceptive acts or practices.--A violation of
this section shall be treated as a violation of a rule defining
an unfair or deceptive act or practice prescribed under section
18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C.
57a(a)(1)(B)).
(2) Powers of commission.--
(A) In general.--The Commission shall enforce this
section in the same manner, by the same means, and with
the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all
applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated
into and made a part of this section.
(B) Privileges and immunities.--Any person that
violates this section shall be subject to the penalties
(including the provisions of subsections (l) and (m) of
section 5 of such Act), and entitled to the privileges
and immunities, provided in the Federal Trade
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).
(3) Consultation with u.s. customs and border protection.--
In carrying out this section and promulgating rules under this
section, the Commission shall consult with the Commissioner of
U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal
Trade Commission.
(2) Country of origin.--The term ``country of origin''
means the following:
(A) In the case of a product wholly manufactured in
one country, the English name of that country.
(B) In the case of a product that was made by
assembling multiple products or product components
manufactured in other countries, the English name of
the country that performed the final assembly of the
product components before shipping as a marketed
product.
(C) In the case of a product containing
technological components that are designed in any way
to receive, process, or transmit data, or be connected
to the internet, and during any part of the production
process that product or product component was made or
assembled in the People's Republic of China or the
Russian Federation, or at any facility that is
majority-owned by a citizen or agent of such country,
the English name of each such country, and any country
described in subparagraph (A) or (B), as applicable.
(3) Online retail platform.--The term ``online retail
platform'' means any internet website or other online platform
through which products are sold.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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