S 2232
102th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Automobile industry
Automobile parts
Automobile parts industry
Automobiles
Buy American
Consumer education
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Labeling
Motor vehicles
American Automobile Labeling Act
Introduced: February 19, 1992
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 24, 1992
Subcommittee on Consumer. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 102-979.
Feb 19, 1992
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Feb 19, 1992
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
American Automobile Labeling Act - Requires manufacturers of new automobiles to affix, in a prominent place, on each automobile manufactured after 1992, a label indicating: (1) the percentage (by value) of U.S. automobile equipment on it; (2) the percentage (by man-hour) of labor performed by U.S. workers in assembling it; and (3) the name of any country, other than the United States, where at least one-third of the automobile equipment (by value) in it originated. Sets forth civil penalties for violation of this Act.
What's happening now
Subcommittee on Consumer. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 102-979.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1