[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3551]
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SA 2132. Ms. McSALLY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1262. DISCLOSURE BY ONLINE RETAILERS OF WHETHER ARTICLES
ORIGINATE IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
(a) In General.--Section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1304) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(m) Marking of Articles From the People's Republic of
China Sold by Online Retailers.--
``(1) In general.--Any person that sells, through an online
marketplace or e-commerce platform, articles of foreign
origin imported into the United States, shall state as
legibly as possible, in a conspicuous place on the webpage
for each such article, if any of the following is the
People's Republic of China:
``(A) The country of origin of the article.
``(B) The country of origin of any major component of the
article.
``(C) The country in which the article was manufactured.
``(D) The country in which the article was assembled.
``(2) Application of certain provisions.--The following
provisions of this section shall apply with respect to the
statement required by paragraph (1) to the same extent that
such provisions apply with respect to the marking of articles
under subsection (a):
``(A) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a).
``(B) Subparagraphs (E), (H), (I) of subsection (a)(3).
``(C) Subsections (f), (g), (h), (k), and (l).''.
(b) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall
prescribe regulations to carry out subsection (m) of section
304 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as added by subsection (a),
which regulations may include exceptions to the requirements
of that subsection for small retailers or for second point-
of-sale retailers.
(c) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date that is
15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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