Online Retailer Product Origin Disclosure Act

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4001 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4001

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

                             June 17, 2021

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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