[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3474 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3474

 To amend the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 and the Textile Fiber 
  Products Identification Act to require that labeling required under 
 those Acts identify products processed or manufactured in a territory 
                         of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 12, 2001

   Mr. Smith of Washington introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 and the Textile Fiber 
  Products Identification Act to require that labeling required under 
 those Acts identify products processed or manufactured in a territory 
                         of the United States.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United States Territories Truth in 
Labelling Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT LABELS INDENTIFY WOOL AND TEXTILE FIBER 
              PRODUCTS PROCESSED OR MANUFACTURED IN TERRITORIES OF THE 
              UNITED STATES.

    (a) Wool Products.--Section 4(a)(2) of the Wool Products Labeling 
Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. 68b(A)(2)) is amended by adding after 
subparagraph (D) the following:
                    ``(E) the full name of the Territory where 
                processed or manufactured.''.
    (b) Textile Fiber Products.--Section 4(b) of the Textile Fiber 
Products Identification Act (15 U.S.C. 70b(b)) is amended by adding 
after paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) If it is a textile fiber product processed or 
        manufactured in a Territory, it be so identified with the full 
        name of such Territory.''.
    (c) Application.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
shall apply after the expiration of the 120-day period that begins on 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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