I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4555 
To clarify the application of section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 as 
it relates to articles from areas of the West Bank and Gaza that are 
not administered by Israel. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2016 
Mr. LAMBORN (for himself, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. FRANKS of 
Arizona, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. ZELDIN, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. ROSS, Mr. WALKER, and Mr. 
COOK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To clarify the application of section 304 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930 as it relates to articles from areas of the West 
Bank and Gaza that are not administered by Israel. 
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 ‘‘Non-Discrimination 
of Israel in Labeling Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Prior to the issuance of Trade Directive 
(T.D.) 95–25 and T.D. 97–16, the Customs Service 
had taken the position that, in order for the country 
of origin marking of a good which was produced in 
the West Bank or Gaza Strip to be considered ac-
ceptable, the word ‘‘Israel’’ must appear in the 
marking designation. 
(2) The Department of State advised the De-
partment of Treasury that, in view of certain devel-
opments, principally the Israeli-PLO Declaration of 
Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrange-
ments (signed on September 13, 1993), also known 
as the Oslo Accords, the primary purpose of section 
304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1304) 
would be best served if goods produced in the West 
Bank and Gaza Strip under the Palestinian interim 
self-government were permitted to be marked ‘‘West 
Bank’’ or ‘‘Gaza Strip’’. 
(3) The Oslo Accords created a new self-rule 
entity, an interim self-governing Palestinian council, 
granting it the authority to independently conduct 
its affairs, including financial matters such as im-
port and export. 
(4) On March 17, 1995, President Clinton 
signed Presidential Proclamation 6788 designating 
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the West Bank and Gaza Strip as a beneficiary of 
the generalized system of preferences program. 
(5) The United States Customs Border Protec-
tion Cargo Systems Messaging Service guidance 
dated March 28, 1995, stated: ‘‘The extension of the 
generalized system of preferences program to the 
West Bank and Gaza Strip pursuant to this Presi-
dential Proclamation applies only to goods produced 
in the areas for which arrangements are being estab-
lished for Palestinian interim self-government, as set 
forth in Articles I, III, and IV of the Declaration of 
Principles on Interim Self-Government arrange-
ments.’’. 
(6) The March 28, 1995, guidance further ar-
ticulated Articles IV and V of the Declaration of 
Principles on Interim Self-Government arrange-
ments, stating: ‘‘It is understood that: Jurisdiction 
of the Council will cover West Bank and Gaza Strip 
territory, except for issues that will be negotiated in 
the permanent status negotiations: Jerusalem, settle-
ments, military location, and Israelis.’’. 
(7) It is the longstanding policy of the United 
States to oppose any effort to delegitimize Israel. 
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