[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4688 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4688

  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

                            October 2, 1998

Mr. McGovern (for himself, Mr. Weygand, Mrs. Thurman, and Mr. Pallone) 
 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 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 described in this 
section.
    (b) Jewelry.--The jewelry described in this subsection means any 
article described in heading 7117 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States.
    (c) Definition.--As used in this section, 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customs territory of the United States'' means enters, or is withdrawn 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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