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
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1