A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require online retailers to disclose whether articles sold by such retailers originate in the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-4364
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2020-07-29
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia

China

Consumer affairs

Manufacturing

Retail and wholesale trades

Tariffs
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-29
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires an online retailer to disclose whether articles sold through its platform originate in China.</p> <p>Specifically, any online retailer selling articles of foreign commerce imported into the United States shall legibly state and conspicuously disclose on the webpage for each such article if the article or any major component thereof originates in China or if the article was manufactured or assembled in China. </p> <p>The bill also authorizes the Department of the Treasury to determine the acceptable method of disclosure and to authorize the exception of certain articles from disclosure requirements. Further, such disclosure is not required to be made for specified types of products (e.g., coffee and tea, spices, and silk products).</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4364 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 29, 2020 Ms. McSally introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require online retailers to disclose whether articles sold by such retailers originate in the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.

1. Disclosure by online retailers of whether articles originate in the People's Republic of China (a) In general Section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1304 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (m) Marking of articles from the People's Republic of China sold by online retailers (1) In general Any person that sells, through an online marketplace or e-commerce platform, articles of foreign origin imported into the United States, shall state as legibly as possible, in a conspicuous place on the webpage for each such article, if any of the following is the People's Republic of China: (A) The country of origin of the article. (B) The country of origin of any major component of the article. (C) The country in which the article was manufactured. (D) The country in which the article was assembled. (2) Application of certain provisions The following provisions of this section shall apply with respect to the statement required by paragraph (1) to the same extent that such provisions apply with respect to the marking of articles under subsection (a): (A) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a). (B) Subparagraphs (E), (H), (I) of subsection (a)(3). (C) Subsections (f), (g), (h), (k), and (l). . (b) Regulations The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe regulations to carry out subsection (m) of section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as added by subsection (a), which regulations may include exceptions to the requirements of that subsection for small retailers or for second point-of-sale retailers. (c) Applicability The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date that is 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.