S.Amdt. 2132Senate116th Congress (2019-2021)
S.Amdt. 2132
Sponsored by
Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ)
Submitted June 25, 2020
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June 25, 2020
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SA 2132. Ms. McSALLY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following: SEC. 1262. DISCLOSURE BY ONLINE RETAILERS OF WHETHER ARTICLES ORIGINATE IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. (a) In General.--Section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1304) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(m) Marking of Articles From the People's Republic of China Sold by Online Retailers.-- ``(1) In general.--Any person that sells, through an online marketplace or e-commerce platform, articles of foreign origin imported into the United States, shall state as legibly as possible, in a conspicuous place on the webpage for each such article, if any of the following is the People's Republic of China: ``(A) The country of origin of the article. ``(B) The country of origin of any major component of the article. ``(C) The country in which the article was manufactured. ``(D) The country in which the article was assembled. ``(2) Application of certain provisions.--The following provisions of this section shall apply with respect to the statement required by paragraph (1) to the same extent that such provisions apply with respect to the marking of articles under subsection (a): ``(A) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a). ``(B) Subparagraphs (E), (H), (I) of subsection (a)(3). ``(C) Subsections (f), (g), (h), (k), and (l).''. (b) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe regulations to carry out subsection (m) of section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as added by subsection (a), which regulations may include exceptions to the requirements of that subsection for small retailers or for second point- of-sale retailers. (c) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date that is 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. ______