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HR 445 109th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Commerce Furniture industry Imports Labeling Tariff

To amend section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the marking of imported home furniture.

Introduced: February 1, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Feb 14, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Feb 1, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 1, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the requirement that every article of foreign origin (or its container) imported into the United States be marked conspicuously, legibly, indelibly, and permanently in a manner to indicate to an ultimate purchaser in the United States the English name of the article's country of origin.

Prohibits any exception to such marking requirement for imported home furniture.

What's happening now February 14, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Sep 28, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 445: To amend section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the marking of imported home furniture.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-445/
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"H.R. 445: To amend section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the marking of imported home furniture.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-445/.
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H.R. 445, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-445/.
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