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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 297
AN ACT
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reinforcing American-
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Made Products Act’’.
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SEC. 2. EXCLUSIVITY OF FEDERAL AUTHORITY TO REGU-
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LATE LABELING OF PRODUCTS MADE IN THE
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UNITED STATES AND INTRODUCED IN INTER-
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STATE OR FOREIGN COMMERCE.
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Section 320933 of the Violent Crime Control and
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Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (15 U.S.C. 45a) is amend-
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ed—
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(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘To the ex-
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tent’’ and inserting the following:
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‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent’’;
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(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(b) EFFECT ON STATE LAW.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
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graph (2), the provisions of this section shall super-
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sede any provisions of the law of any State expressly
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relating to the extent to which a product is intro-
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duced, delivered for introduction, sold, advertised, or
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offered for sale in interstate or foreign commerce
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with a ‘Made in the U.S.A.’ or ‘Made in America’
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label, or the equivalent thereof, in order to represent
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that such product was in whole or substantial part
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of domestic origin.
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‘‘(2) ENFORCEMENT.—Nothing in this section
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shall preclude the application of the law of any State
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to the use of a label not in compliance with sub-
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section (a).’’; and
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(3) in the third sentence of subsection (a), as
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so designated by paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Noth-
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ing in this section’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as pro-
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vided in subsection (b), nothing in this section’’.
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Passed the Senate September 14, 2021.
Attest:
Secretary.
117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 297
AN ACT
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.