117 S297 IS: Reinforcing American-Made Products Act U.S. Senate 2021-02-08 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II117th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 297IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESFebruary 8, 2021Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. King) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationA BILLTo 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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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Reinforcing American-Made Products Act.

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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

(1)

In general

Except as provided in paragraph (2), the provisions of this section shall supersede any provisions of the law of any State expressly 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.(2)

Enforcement

Nothing in this section shall preclude the application of the law of any State to the use of a label not in compliance with subsection (a).; and(3)in the third sentence of subsection (a), as so designated by paragraph (1), by striking Nothing in this section and inserting Except as provided in subsection (b), nothing in this section.