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HR 2191 106th 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: June 14, 1999 Introduced by: McGovern, James P. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Jun 24, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jun 14, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 14, 1999
Introduced in House
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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 June 24, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2191: To require that jewelry imported from another country be indelibly marked with the country of origin.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2191/
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"H.R. 2191: To require that jewelry imported from another country be indelibly marked with the country of origin.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2191/.
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H.R. 2191, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2191/.
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