HR 3359
101th Congress
House
Commerce
Advertising
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Imports
Manufacturing industries
To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to require product advertising to disclose the countries in which components of the product are produced.
Introduced: September 27, 1989
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 6, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
Sep 27, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 27, 1989
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to make it unlawful for any person to advertise any product unless the advertisement discloses: (1) the country in which the product is finally assembled; and (2) if parts constituting 50 percent or more of the cost to the assembler were manufactured in one or more foreign countries, then the name of the country or the disclosure that the parts are from a foreign country.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
Committees of jurisdiction
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