[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[S. 1518 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 381
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1518

                          [Report No. 114-221]

 To make exclusive the authority of the Federal Government to regulate 
 the labeling of products made in the United States and introduced in 
        interstate or foreign commerce, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 4, 2015

  Mr. Lee (for himself, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. King, Ms. Collins, and Mrs. 
    Capito) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

                             March 7, 2016

                Reported by Mr. Thune, without amendment

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                                 A BILL


 
 To make exclusive the authority of the Federal Government to regulate 
 the labeling of products made in the United States and introduced in 
        interstate or foreign commerce, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Reinforcing American-Made Products 
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSIVITY OF FEDERAL AUTHORITY TO REGULATE LABELING OF 
              PRODUCTS MADE IN THE UNITED STATES AND INTRODUCED IN 
              INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN COMMERCE.

    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 the following:
    ``(a) In General.--To the extent'';
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Effect on State Law.--The provisions of this section shall 
supersede any provisions of the law of any State relating to the extent 
to which a product is introduced, delivered for introduction, sold, 
advertised, or offered for sale in interstate or foreign commerce with 
a `Made in the U.S.A.' or `Made in America' label, or the equivalent 
thereof, in order to represent that such product was in whole or 
substantial part of domestic origin.''; and
            (3) in the third sentence of subsection (a), as designated 
        by paragraph (1), by striking ``Nothing in this section'' and 
        inserting ``Except as provided in subsection (b), nothing in 
        this section''.
                                                       Calendar No. 381

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1518

                          [Report No. 114-221]

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                                 A BILL

 To make exclusive the authority of the Federal Government to regulate 
 the labeling of products made in the United States and introduced in 
        interstate or foreign commerce, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             March 7, 2016

                       Reported without amendment