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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6534 
To require the creation and maintenance of a MadeInAmerica.gov website. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 20, 2016 
Ms. MENG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the creation and maintenance of a 
MadeInAmerica.gov website. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘MadeInAmerica.gov 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the 
Secretary of Commerce. 
(b) MADE IN AMERICA.—The term ‘‘Made in Amer-
ica’’ shall have the meaning prescribed by the Secretary 
pursuant to section 3 of this Act. 
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SEC. 3. MADEINAMERICA.GOV. 
(a) WEBSITE CREATION.—The Secretary shall create 
and maintain a website named ‘‘MadeInAmerica.gov’’. 
(b) WEBSITE FEATURES.—Such website shall— 
(1) publish a list of all products made in Amer-
ica; 
(2) publish a list of all companies that only 
make products made in America; 
(3) publish contact information, including 
website addresses, for manufacturers of products 
listed pursuant to paragraph (1); 
(4) publish contact information, including 
website addresses, for companies listed pursuant to 
paragraph (2); 
(5) provide direct links to online ordering pages 
for products listed pursuant to paragraph (1); and 
(6) be searchable by product, company, type of 
product, and type of company. 
(c) WEBSITE INCLUSION.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) only publish such products, companies, con-
tact information, and order page information re-
quested by a company; 
(2) create a form interested companies may 
complete in order to satisfy the requirement in para-
graph (1); and 
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(3) make publicly available, in a conspicuous lo-
cation on the homepage of MadeInAmerica.gov, the 
form required by paragraph (2). 
(d) PENALTIES.— 
(1) Any company found to have submitted false 
information in order to secure product or company 
inclusion on MadeInAmerica.gov shall be— 
(A) fined not less than $10,000 for each 
false statement; and 
(B) barred from listing product or com-
pany information on MadeInAmerica.gov— 
(i) for not less than one year for the 
first offense; 
(ii) for not less than five years for the 
second offense; and 
(iii) permanently for the third offense. 
(2) Any penalty collected pursuant to this sec-
tion shall be used to operate and advertise 
MadeInAmerica.gov, and enact the requirements of 
this Act. 
(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue such 
regulations as are necessary to implement this Act. 
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(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The website required by this 
Act shall be operational within two years of enactment of 
this Act. 
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