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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 294 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require origin and location disclosure for new products of Foreign origin |
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| 6 | 6 | | offered for sale on the internet. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY29, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | ALDWIN(for herself and Mr. SCOTTof Florida) introduced the following |
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| 11 | 11 | | bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Science, and Transportation |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To require origin and location disclosure for new products |
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| 15 | 15 | | of Foreign origin offered for sale on the internet. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Country Of Origin La-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | beling Online Act’’ or the ‘‘COOL Online Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. MANDATORY ORIGIN AND LOCATION DISCLOSURE 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | FOR NEW PRODUCTS OF FOREIGN ORIGIN 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | OFFERED FOR SALE ON THE INTERNET. 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) M |
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| 25 | 25 | | ANDATORYDISCLOSURE.— 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) I |
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| 27 | 27 | | N GENERAL.— 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •S 294 IS |
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| 31 | 31 | | (A) DISCLOSURE.—Subject to subpara-1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | graph (B), it shall be unlawful for a product 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | that is marked or required to be marked under 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | U.S.C. 1304) to be introduced, sold, advertised, 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | or offered for sale in commerce on an internet 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | website unless the internet website description 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | of the product indicates in a conspicuous 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | place— 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (i) the country of origin of the prod-10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | uct (or, in the case of a multi-sourced 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | product, the countries of origin), in a man-12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ner consistent with the regulations pre-13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | scribed under such section 304; and 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (ii) the country in which the seller of 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the product has its principal place of busi-16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ness. 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (B) E |
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| 49 | 49 | | XCLUSIONS.— 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (i) A |
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| 51 | 51 | | GRICULTURAL PRODUCTS .—The 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | disclosure requirements under clauses (i) 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | and (ii) of subparagraph (A) shall not 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | apply to— 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (I) a covered commodity (as de-23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | fined in section 281 of the Agricul-24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | •S 294 IS |
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| 60 | 60 | | tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | U.S.C. 1638)); 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (II) a meat or meat food product 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | subject to inspection under the Fed-4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | eral Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | 601 et seq.); 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (III) a poultry or poultry product 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | subject to inspection under the Poul-8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | try Products Inspection Act (21 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | U.S.C. 451 et seq.); or 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (IV) an egg product subject to 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | regulation under the Egg Products 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1031 et 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | seq.). 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (ii) F |
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| 75 | 75 | | OOD AND DRUGS .—The disclo-15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | sure requirements under clauses (i) and 16 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (ii) of subparagraph (A) shall not apply to 17 |
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| 78 | 78 | | a food or drug (as those terms are defined 18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | in paragraphs (f) and (g), respectively, of 19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, 20 |
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| 81 | 81 | | and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321) that is 21 |
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| 82 | 82 | | subject to the jurisdiction of the Food and 22 |
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| 83 | 83 | | Drug Administration. 23 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (iii) U |
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| 85 | 85 | | SED OR PREVIOUSLY -OWNED 24 |
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| 86 | 86 | | ARTICLES.—The disclosure requirements 25 |
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| 89 | 89 | | •S 294 IS |
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| 90 | 90 | | under clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph 1 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (A) shall not apply to any used or pre-2 |
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| 92 | 92 | | viously-owned article sold by an internet 3 |
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| 93 | 93 | | website marketplace or a seller on an inter-4 |
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| 94 | 94 | | net website marketplace. For the purposes 5 |
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| 95 | 95 | | of the preceding sentence, the term ‘‘used 6 |
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| 96 | 96 | | or previously-owned article’’ means an arti-7 |
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| 97 | 97 | | cle that was previously sold or offered for 8 |
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| 98 | 98 | | sale at retail. 9 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (iv) S |
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| 100 | 100 | | MALL SELLER.—The disclosure 10 |
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| 101 | 101 | | requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) of 11 |
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| 102 | 102 | | subparagraph (A) shall not apply to goods 12 |
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| 103 | 103 | | listed by a small seller. For the purposes 13 |
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| 104 | 104 | | of the preceding sentence, the term ‘‘small 14 |
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| 105 | 105 | | seller’’ means a seller with annual sales of 15 |
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| 106 | 106 | | less than $20,000 and fewer than 200 dis-16 |
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| 107 | 107 | | crete sales. 17 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (C) M |
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| 109 | 109 | | ULTI-SOURCED PRODUCTS .—For 18 |
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| 110 | 110 | | purposes of subparagraph (A)(i), a product 19 |
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| 111 | 111 | | shall be considered to be a ‘‘multi-sourced prod-20 |
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| 112 | 112 | | uct’’ if a seller offers for sale a finished prod-21 |
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| 113 | 113 | | uct, identical versions of which are produced in 22 |
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| 114 | 114 | | multiple countries. 23 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (2) C |
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| 116 | 116 | | ERTAIN DRUG PRODUCTS .—It shall be un-24 |
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| 117 | 117 | | lawful for a drug that is not subject to section 25 |
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| 120 | 120 | | •S 294 IS |
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| 121 | 121 | | 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 1 |
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| 122 | 122 | | Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)) and that is required to be 2 |
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| 123 | 123 | | marked under section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 3 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (19 U.S.C. 1304) to be offered for sale in commerce 4 |
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| 125 | 125 | | to consumers on an internet website unless the inter-5 |
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| 126 | 126 | | net website description of the drug indicates in a 6 |
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| 127 | 127 | | conspicuous place the name and place of business of 7 |
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| 128 | 128 | | the manufacturer, packer, or distributor that is re-8 |
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| 129 | 129 | | quired to appear on the label of the drug in accord-9 |
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| 130 | 130 | | ance with section 502(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, 10 |
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| 131 | 131 | | and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 352(b)). 11 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (3) O |
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| 133 | 133 | | BLIGATION TO PROVIDE .—A manufac-12 |
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| 134 | 134 | | turer, importer, distributor, seller, supplier, or pri-13 |
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| 135 | 135 | | vate labeler seeking to have a product introduced, 14 |
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| 136 | 136 | | sold, advertised, or offered for sale in commerce 15 |
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| 137 | 137 | | shall provide the information identified clauses (i) 16 |
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| 138 | 138 | | and (ii) of paragraph (1)(A) or paragraph (2), as 17 |
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| 139 | 139 | | applicable, to the relevant retailer. 18 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (4) S |
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| 141 | 141 | | AFE HARBOR.—A retailer or a seller on an 19 |
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| 142 | 142 | | internet website marketplace satisfies the disclosure 20 |
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| 143 | 143 | | requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph 21 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (1)(A) or paragraph (2), as applicable, if the disclo-22 |
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| 145 | 145 | | sure includes the country of origin and seller infor-23 |
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| 146 | 146 | | mation provided by a third-party manufacturer, im-24 |
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| 149 | 149 | | •S 294 IS |
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| 150 | 150 | | porter, distributor, seller, supplier, or private labeler 1 |
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| 151 | 151 | | of the product. 2 |
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| 152 | 152 | | (b) E |
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| 153 | 153 | | NFORCEMENT BY THE COMMISSION.— 3 |
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| 154 | 154 | | (1) U |
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| 155 | 155 | | NFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRAC -4 |
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| 156 | 156 | | TICES.—A violation of subsection (a) shall be treated 5 |
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| 157 | 157 | | as a violation of a rule prescribed under section 6 |
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| 158 | 158 | | 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act 7 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)). 8 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (2) P |
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| 161 | 161 | | OWERS OF THE COMMISSION .— 9 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (A) I |
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| 163 | 163 | | N GENERAL.—The Commission shall 10 |
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| 164 | 164 | | enforce this section in the same manner, by the 11 |
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| 165 | 165 | | same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 12 |
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| 166 | 166 | | powers, and duties as though all applicable 13 |
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| 167 | 167 | | terms and provisions of the Federal Trade 14 |
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| 168 | 168 | | Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were in-15 |
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| 169 | 169 | | corporated into and made a part of this section. 16 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (B) P |
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| 171 | 171 | | RIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES .—Any 17 |
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| 172 | 172 | | person that violates subsection (a) shall be sub-18 |
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| 173 | 173 | | ject to the penalties and entitled to the privi-19 |
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| 174 | 174 | | leges and immunities provided in the Federal 20 |
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| 175 | 175 | | Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) 21 |
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| 176 | 176 | | as though all applicable terms and provisions of 22 |
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| 177 | 177 | | that Act were incorporated and made part of 23 |
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| 178 | 178 | | this section. 24 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (C) AUTHORITY PRESERVED .—Nothing in 1 |
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| 183 | 183 | | this section may be construed to limit the au-2 |
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| 184 | 184 | | thority of the Commission under any other pro-3 |
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| 185 | 185 | | vision of law. 4 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (3) I |
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| 187 | 187 | | NTERAGENCY AGREEMENT .—Not later 5 |
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| 188 | 188 | | than 6 months after the date of enactment of this 6 |
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| 189 | 189 | | section, the Commission, the U.S. Customs and Bor-7 |
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| 190 | 190 | | der Protection, and the Department of Agriculture 8 |
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| 191 | 191 | | shall— 9 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (A) enter into a Memorandum of Under-10 |
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| 193 | 193 | | standing or other appropriate agreement for the 11 |
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| 194 | 194 | | purpose of providing consistent implementation 12 |
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| 195 | 195 | | of this section; and 13 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (B) publish such agreement to provide 14 |
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| 197 | 197 | | public guidance. 15 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (4) D |
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| 199 | 199 | | EFINITION OF COMMISSION .—In this sub-16 |
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| 200 | 200 | | section, the term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Federal 17 |
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| 201 | 201 | | Trade Commission. 18 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (c) L |
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| 203 | 203 | | IMITATION OFLIABILITY.—A retailer or seller 19 |
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| 204 | 204 | | is not in violation of subsection (a) if— 20 |
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| 205 | 205 | | (1) a third-party manufacturer, distributor, sell-21 |
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| 206 | 206 | | er, supplier, or private labeler provided the retailer 22 |
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| 207 | 207 | | or seller with a false or deceptive representation as 23 |
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| 208 | 208 | | to the country of origin of a product or its parts or 24 |
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| 209 | 209 | | processing; and 25 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (2) the retailer or seller— 1 |
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| 214 | 214 | | (A) relied in good faith on that representa-2 |
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| 215 | 215 | | tion; and 3 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (B) took immediate action to remove any 4 |
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| 217 | 217 | | such false or deceptive representations upon no-5 |
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| 218 | 218 | | tice. 6 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (d) A |
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| 220 | 220 | | UTHORITYPRESERVED.—Nothing in this sec-7 |
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| 221 | 221 | | tion may be construed to limit the authority of the Depart-8 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ment of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, 9 |
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| 223 | 223 | | or U.S. Customs and Border Protection under any other 10 |
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| 224 | 224 | | provision of law. 11 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (e) E |
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| 226 | 226 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall take effect 12 |
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| 227 | 227 | | 12 months after the date of the publication of the Memo-13 |
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| 228 | 228 | | randum of Understanding or agreement under subsection 14 |
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| 229 | 229 | | (b)(3). 15 |
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