[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1480 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1480

To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require that certain laminated woven 
               bags be marked with the country of origin.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2009

 Mr. Kagen (for himself and Mr. Petri) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require that certain laminated woven 
               bags be 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 CERTAIN LAMINATED WOVEN BAGS.

    (a) Marking of Bags.--Section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1304) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection (m); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (k) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(l) Marking of Certain Laminated Bags.--No exception may be made 
under subsection (a)(3) with respect to laminated woven bags that--
            ``(1) consist of one or more plies of fabric consisting of 
        woven polypropylene strip, or woven polyethylene strip, or 
        both,
            ``(2) have an extrusion coating of polypropylene, or 
        polyethylene, or both, on one or both sides of the fabric,
            ``(3) are laminated by any method either to an exterior ply 
        of plastic film, such as biaxially oriented polypropylene, or 
        to an exterior ply of paper that is suitable for high quality 
        print graphics,
            ``(4) are printed with three or more colors in register, 
        and
            ``(5) weigh less than 1 kilogram each,
whether or not the bags have lining, are closed on one end, are in roll 
form, have handles, or have special closing features. Each such bag 
shall be marked as to the country of origin of the bag itself, in close 
proximity to, and type size comparable to, any other designation of 
origin or United States location placed on the bag before importation 
or added to the bag after importation.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, 
on or after the 30th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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