[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2191 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2191

  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

                             June 14, 1999

 Mr. McGovern 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described in subsection (b) that enters, or is withdrawn from warehouse 
for consumption, into 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.
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