Reinforcing American-Made Products Act

Bill: 117-hr-5474
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2021-09-30
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Buy American requirements

Consumer affairs

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Federal preemption

Marketing and advertising

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2021-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-09-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Reinforcing American-Made Products Act</b></p> <p>This bill&nbsp;specifies that&nbsp;the Federal Trade Commission's regulation of the labeling of products as <em>Made in the U.S.A.</em> or <em>Made in America</em> supersedes any conflicting state laws. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5474 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 30, 2021 Mrs. Trahan (for herself and Mr. Curtis ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To make exclusive the authority of the Federal Government to regulate the labeling of products made in the United States and introduced in interstate or foreign commerce, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reinforcing American-Made Products Act . 2. Exclusivity of Federal authority to regulate labeling of products made in the United States and introduced in interstate or foreign commerce Section 320933 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( 15 U.S.C. 45a ) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking To the extent and inserting the following: (a) In general To the extent ; (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) Effect on State law (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), the provisions of this section shall supersede any provisions of the law of any State expressly relating to the extent to which a product is introduced, delivered for introduction, sold, advertised, or offered for sale in interstate or foreign commerce with a Made in the U.S.A. or Made in America label, or the equivalent thereof, in order to represent that such product was in whole or substantial part of domestic origin. (2) Enforcement Nothing in this section shall preclude the application of the law of any State to the use of a label not in compliance with subsection (a). ; and (3) in the third sentence of subsection (a), as so designated by paragraph (1), by striking Nothing in this section and inserting Except as provided in subsection (b), nothing in this section .