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HR 4688 105th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Administrative procedure Commerce Department of the Treasury Government Operations and Politics Imports Jewelry trade Labeling Law

To require that jewelry imported from another country be indelibly marked with the country of origin.

Introduced: October 2, 1998 Introduced by: McGovern, James P. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 2, 1998
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe and implement regulations that require certain jewelry that enters the U.S. customs territory to have the English name of the country of origin indelibly marked in a conspicuous place by cutting, die-sinking, engraving, stamping, or some other permanent method.

What's happening now October 2, 1998

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  • S 2436 Identical bill A bill to require that jewelry imported from another country be indelibly marked with the country of origin.
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Oct 2, 1998
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4688: To require that jewelry imported from another country be indelibly marked with the country of origin.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4688/
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"H.R. 4688: To require that jewelry imported from another country be indelibly marked with the country of origin.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4688/.
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H.R. 4688, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4688/.
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