S 1219
106th Congress
Senate
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Administrative procedure
Commerce
Department of the Treasury
Government Operations and Politics
Imports
Jewelry trade
Labeling
Law
A bill to require that jewelry imported from another country be indelibly marked with the country of origin.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 14, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 14, 1999
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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