S.Amdt. 4033Senate115th Congress (2017-2019)

S.Amdt. 4033

What it does: Adds DIVISION L--REINFORCING AMERICAN-MADE PRODUCTS ACT OF 2018 at the end of the bill
Sponsored by Mike LeeSen. Mike Lee (R-UT)
Submitted October 2, 2018

What it changes

1 change to H.R. 302

Adds a section
  1. Adds DIVISION L--REINFORCING AMERICAN-MADE PRODUCTS ACT OF 2018 at the end of the bill

    Adds a section

    Inserted: DIVISION L--REINFORCING AMERICAN-MADE PRODUCTS ACT OF 2018

    Inserted: SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE.

    Inserted: This division may be cited as the "Reinforcing American-Made Products Act of 2018".

    Inserted: SEC. 2002. EXCLUSIVITY OF FEDERAL AUTHORITY TO REGULATE LABELING OF PRODUCTS MADE IN THE UNITED STATES AND INTRODUCED IN INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN COMMERCE.

    Inserted: Section 320933 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (15 U.S.C. 45a) is amended--

    Inserted: (1) in the first sentence, by striking "To the extent" and inserting the following:

    Inserted: "(a) In General.--To the extent";

    Inserted: (2) by adding at the end the following:

    Inserted: "(b) Effect on State Law.--

    Inserted: "(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the provisions of this section shall supersede any provisions of the law of any State expressly relating to the extent to which a product is introduced, delivered for introduction, sold, advertised, or offered for sale in interstate or foreign commerce with a Made in the U.S.A. or Made in America label, or the equivalent thereof, in order to represent that such product was in whole or substantial part of domestic origin.

    Inserted: "(2) Enforcement.--Nothing in this section shall preclude the application of the law of any State to the use of a label not in compliance with subsection (a)."; and

    Inserted: (3) in the third sentence of subsection (a), as designated by paragraph (1), by striking "Nothing in this section" and inserting "Except as provided in subsection (b), nothing in this section".

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As printed

SA 4033. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 302, to provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end, add the following:

DIVISION L--REINFORCING AMERICAN-MADE PRODUCTS ACT OF 2018

SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE.

This division may be cited as the “Reinforcing American-Made Products Act of 2018”.

SEC. 2002. EXCLUSIVITY OF FEDERAL AUTHORITY TO REGULATE LABELING OF PRODUCTS MADE IN THE UNITED STATES AND INTRODUCED IN INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN COMMERCE.

Section 320933 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (15 U.S.C. 45a) is amended--

(1) in the first sentence, by striking “To the extent” and inserting the following:

“(a) In General.--To the extent”;

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(b) Effect on State Law.--

“(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the provisions of this section shall supersede any provisions of the law of any State expressly relating to the extent to which a product is introduced, delivered for introduction, sold, advertised, or offered for sale in interstate or foreign commerce with a Made in the U.S.A. or Made in America label, or the equivalent thereof, in order to represent that such product was in whole or substantial part of domestic origin.

“(2) Enforcement.--Nothing in this section shall preclude the application of the law of any State to the use of a label not in compliance with subsection (a).”; and

(3) in the third sentence of subsection (a), as designated by paragraph (1), by striking “Nothing in this section” and inserting “Except as provided in subsection (b), nothing in this section”.

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Senate amendment submitted

October 2, 2018