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HR 3359 101th Congress House

To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to require product advertising to disclose the countries in which components of the product are produced.

Introduced: November 1, 1989 See on congress.gov
Commerce AdvertisingForeign Trade and International FinanceImportsManufacturing industries
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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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
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 Latest action October 6, 1989

Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Nov 8, 1989
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Nov 1, 1989
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 27, 1989
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Sep 27, 1989
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3359: To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to require product advertising to disclose the countries in which components of the product are produced.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3359/
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"H.R. 3359: To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to require product advertising to disclose the countries in which components of the product are produced.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3359/.
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H.R. 3359, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3359/.
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