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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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2020 
Mr. KINZINGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Online Retailer Prod-
uct Origin Disclosure Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR 
ONLINE RETAILERS AND SELLERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
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(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 re-
tail platform to knowingly provide false infor-
mation to the platform with respect to the 
country of origin of such product. 
(2) COUNTRY-OF-ORIGIN DISCLOSURE REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The requirements of this paragraph, with 
respect to an online retail platform, are the fol-
lowing: 
(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 plat-
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form 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 PRAC-
TICES.—A violation of this section shall be treated 
as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or decep-
tive 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 in-
corporated 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 sub-
sections (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.). 
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(3) CONSULTATION WITH U.S. CUSTOMS AND 
BORDER PROTECTION.—In carrying out this section 
and promulgating rules under this section, the Com-
mission 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 manu-
factured in one country, the English name of 
that country. 
(B) In the case of a product that was 
made by assembling multiple products or prod-
uct components manufactured in other coun-
tries, the English name of the country that per-
formed the final assembly of the product com-
ponents 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 
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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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