[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4074 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4074

  To require that jewelry imported from another country be indelibly 
                   marked with the country of origin.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 12, 1996

   Mr. Reed introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require that jewelry imported from another country be indelibly 
                   marked with the country of origin.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MARKING OF IMPORTED JEWELRY.

    (a) Marking Requirement.--By no later than the date that is 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall prescribe and implement regulations that require that 
all jewelry described in subsection (b) that enters the customs 
territory of the United States have the English name of the country of 
origin indelibly marked in a conspicuous place on such jewelry by 
cutting, die-sinking, engraving, stamping, or some other permanent 
method. The exceptions from marking requirements provided in section 
304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1304) shall not apply to 
jewelry subject to this section.
    (b) Jewelry.--The jewelry referred to in subsection (a) is any 
article described in heading 7113 or 7117 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

    As used in this Act, the term ``enters the customs territory of the 
United States'' means enters, or is withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, in the customs territory of the United States.
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