[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 574 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 574

      To modify labeling and advertising requirements for watches.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2001

 Mrs. Christensen introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
      To modify labeling and advertising requirements for watches.

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

SECTION 1. LABELING AND ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS FOR WATCHES.

    Section 320933 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 
of 1994 (15 U.S.C. 45a) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence by striking ``To the extent'' and 
        inserting ``(a) Authority of Federal Trade Commission.--To the 
        extent''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Labels and Advertising for Watches.--Notwithstanding 
subsection (a) and notwithstanding any decision or order of the Federal 
Trade Commission issued under section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission 
Act (15 U.S.C. 45), the Federal Trade Commission, in reviewing labels 
on any watch or watch movement that state a United States or foreign 
country of origin or any advertising relating thereto, the Commission 
shall determine the country of origin of the watch or watch movement on 
the basis of the substantial transformation criteria established by the 
United States Customs Service pursuant to section 304 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1304).
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