MadeInAmerica.gov Act

Bill: 114-hr-6534
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2016-12-20
Policy area: Commerce
Latest action: action_date: 2016-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-12-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>MadeInAmerica.gov Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Commerce to create and maintain a MadeInAmerica.gov website within two years.</p> <p>The website shall: (1) publish a list of all products made in America and all companies that only make products made in America, (2) publish contact information, and (3) be searchable by product and company.</p> <p>Commerce shall: (1) only publish such products, companies, contact information, and order page information requested by a company; (2) create a form interested companies may complete in order to satisfy such requirement; and (3) make the form publicly available in a conspicuous location on the homepage of MadeInAmerica.gov. </p> <p>The bill imposes penalties against any company found to have submitted false information in order to secure product or company inclusion on the website.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6534 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the MadeInAmerica.gov Act . 2. Definitions (a) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Commerce. (b) Made in America The term Made in America shall have the meaning prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to section 3 of this Act. 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 America; (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, contact information, and order page information requested by a company; (2) create a form interested companies may complete in order to satisfy the requirement in paragraph (1); and (3) make publicly available, in a conspicuous location 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 company 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 section 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. (f) Effective date The website required by this Act shall be operational within two years of enactment of this Act.