[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1711 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1711

   To require online retailers to disclose the country of origin of 
   products imported into the United States, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 4, 2019

  Mr. Merkley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require online retailers to disclose the country of origin of 
   products imported into the United States, 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 ``Transparency in Online Retailing 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN BY ONLINE RETAILERS.

    (a) In General.--A person that, through an internet website, sells 
an article of foreign origin imported into the United States shall mark 
in a conspicuous place on that website, and in the same language that 
is used on the rest of that website, the name of the country of origin 
of that article.
    (b) Enforcement.--
            (1) Unfair and deceptive acts or practices.--A violation of 
        subsection (a) shall be treated as a violation of a rule 
        defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice prescribed 
        under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act 
        (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)).
            (2) Powers of federal trade commission.--
                    (A) In general.--The Federal Trade Commission shall 
                enforce this Act in the same manner, by the same means, 
                and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as 
                though all applicable terms and provisions of the 
                Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) 
                were incorporated into and made a part of this Act.
                    (B) Privileges and immunities.--Any person that 
                violates subsection (a) shall be subject to the 
                penalties, and entitled to the privileges and 
                immunities, provided in the Federal Trade Commission 
                Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).
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