[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9349 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9349

  To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that required country-of-
origin labeling for any agricultural product packaged in a can shall be 
     on the front label or top of such can, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 13, 2024

Mr. Harder of California (for himself and Mr. Van Orden) 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 provide that required country-of-
origin labeling for any agricultural product packaged in a can shall be 
     on the front label or top of such can, 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 ``American Consumer Awareness of 
National Source Act'' or the ``American CANS Act''.

SEC. 2. METHOD OF NOTIFICATION OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF AN AGRICULTURAL 
              PRODUCT PACKAGED IN A CAN.

    (a) In General.--Section 304(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1304(b)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the 
following: ``In the case of such an article that is an agricultural 
product (as defined in section 207 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
1946) packaged in a can, the marking required under this subsection 
shall appear on the front label of the can or be stamped, embossed, or 
printed on the top of the can.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
only apply to agricultural products imported on or after the date that 
is 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
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