[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2332 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2332

 To amend section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the marking 
of frozen produce with the country of origin on the front panel of the 
                        package for retail sale.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 1997

 Mr. Everett (for himself, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Barcia, Mr. Boehner, Mr. 
  Bono, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Deal of 
Georgia, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Farr of California, 
    Mr. Filner, Mr. Foley, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Hunter, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
Kucinich, Mr. McHugh, Mr. McNulty, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Miller of 
     California, Mr. Ney, Mr. Poshard, Mr. Riley, Ms. Rivers, Mr. 
 Rohrabacher, Mr. Souder, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Stump, Mr. Tanner, and Mrs. 
   Thurman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the marking 
of frozen produce with the country of origin on the front panel of the 
                        package for retail sale.

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

SECTION 1. MARKING OF FROZEN PRODUCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1304) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (h) through (k) as 
        subsections (i) through (l), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(h) Frozen Produce.--
            ``(1) Marking of frozen produce.--Unless otherwise excepted 
        under paragraph (3) of subsection (a), frozen produce shall be 
        marked, on the front panel of its package for retail sale, with 
        the country of origin of the produce in permanent, indelible, 
        and clearly legible print or type.
            ``(2) Definitions.--As used in this subsection:
                    ``(A) Frozen produce.--The term `frozen produce' 
                means--
                            ``(i) frozen vegetables or mixtures of 
                        frozen vegetables provided for in chapter 7 of 
                        the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
                        States; and
                            ``(ii) frozen fruits or mixtures of frozen 
                        fruits provided for in chapter 8 of such 
                        Schedule.
                    ``(B) Front panel.--The `front panel' of a package 
                is that part of the package that is most likely to be 
                displayed, presented, shown, or examined by the 
                ultimate purchaser under customary conditions of 
                display for retail sale.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 304(j) of such Act, as 
redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended by striking ``subsection 
(h)'' and inserting ``subsection (i)''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 1 apply to goods entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, after the end of the 18-month 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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