[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1219 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1219

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 14, 1999

   Mr. Reed introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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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 for in section 304 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1304) shall not apply to jewelry described in 
subsection (b).
    (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customs territory of the United States'' means enters, or is withdrawn 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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