[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2474 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2474

 To allow for additional markings, including the words ``Israel'' and 
    ``Product in Israel'', to be used for country of origin marking 
requirements for goods made in the geographical areas known as the West 
                          Bank and Gaza Strip.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 1, 2016

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow for additional markings, including the words ``Israel'' and 
    ``Product in Israel'', to be used for country of origin marking 
requirements for goods made in the geographical areas known as the West 
                          Bank and Gaza Strip.

    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 ``Fair Treatment of Israel in Product 
Labeling Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL MARKINGS FOR GOODS.

    To the extent that Treasury Decision 95-25, Treasury Decision 97-
16, and any other existing regulation, policy statement, or statute is 
inconsistent with this section, this section controls and supersedes 
all prior inconsistent statutes, regulations, and policy statements.
            (1) For goods produced or originating in the geographical 
        areas known as the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, proper 
        markings for country of origin marking requirements, in 
        accordance with the requirements of 19 U.S.C. 1304 and 19 CFR 
        Part 134, shall include:
                    (A) Israel;
                    (B) Product of Israel;
                    (C) Made in Israel;
                    (D) West Bank;
                    (E) Gaza;
                    (F) Gaza Strip;
                    (G) West Bank/Gaza; or
                    (H) West Bank/Gaza Strip.
            (2) The Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of State, 
        Secretary of Homeland Security, and any other competent 
        official and their designees shall not prohibit the use of any 
        of the markings listed under section 1 for purposes of country 
        of origin marking requirements.
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