US Congress House Bill 4729 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on May 22 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-05-22 - Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Pending: House Armed Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting False "Made in America" Claims Act - Requires a person convicted of intentionally affixing a "Made in America" label to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in America to be debarred from contracting with the Department of Defense (DOD) unless the Secretary of Defense waives such debarment in the interest of national security (current law requires the Secretary to decide whether a convicted person should be debarred). Directs the Secretary to notify the congressional defense committees annually of any exercise of such waiver authority.

Prohibiting False 'Made in America' Claims Act

Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]

Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-22	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

HB4435 (Related) 2014-06-05 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 425.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4729/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4729/BILLS-113hr4729ih.pdf