Fair Treatment of Israel in Product Labeling Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2474
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2016-02-01
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Customs enforcement

Department of the Treasury

Gaza Strip

Israel

Middle East

West Bank
Latest action: action_date: 2016-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-02-01
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Fair Treatment of Israel in Product Labeling Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>This bill requires that, for goods produced or originating in the areas known as the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, proper markings for country of origin include: (1) Israel, (2) Product of Israel, (3) Made in Israel, (4) West Bank, (5) Gaza, (6) Gaza Strip, (7) West Bank/Gaza, or (8) West Bank/Gaza Strip. </p> <p>Neither the Department of the Treasury, the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security, nor any competent official of another federal department or agency shall prohibit the use of any such markings for purposes of country of origin marking requirements.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2474 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 1, 2016 Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To allow for additional markings, including the words Israel and Product in Israel , to be used for country of origin marking requirements for goods made in the geographical areas known as the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Treatment of Israel in Product Labeling Act of 2016 . 2. Additional markings for goods To the extent that Treasury Decision 95–25, Treasury Decision 97–16, and any other existing regulation, policy statement, or statute is inconsistent with this section, this section controls and supersedes all prior inconsistent statutes, regulations, and policy statements. (1) For goods produced or originating in the geographical areas known as the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, proper markings for country of origin marking requirements, in accordance with the requirements of 19 U.S.C. 1304 and 19 CFR Part 134, shall include: (A) Israel; (B) Product of Israel; (C) Made in Israel; (D) West Bank; (E) Gaza; (F) Gaza Strip; (G) West Bank/Gaza; or (H) West Bank/Gaza Strip. (2) The Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of State, Secretary of Homeland Security, and any other competent official and their designees shall not prohibit the use of any of the markings listed under section 1 for purposes of country of origin marking requirements.