,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fida  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ai1 #bjbj,mr4  
,kinzinger introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require online retailers to 
prominently disclose product            
country-of-origin information1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,online        
,retailer ,product ,origin ,disclosure  
,act4  #b4 ,country of origin notice    
requirements for online retailers and   
sellers  7a7 ,in general  7#a7 ,in      
general ,beginning on the date that is  
#ahj days after the date of enactment of
 this ,act-- 7,a7 it shall be unlawful  
for any person to operate an online     
retail platform that does not comply    
with the requirements of paragraph 7#b72
 and  7,b7 it shall be unlawful for any 
person who offers a product for sale    
through an online retail platform to    
knowingly provide false information to  

the platform with respect to the country
 of origin of such product4  7#b7       
,country-of-origin disclosure           
requirements ,the requirements of this  
paragraph1 with respect to an online    
retail platform1 are the following3 7,a7
 ,the online retail platform shall      
require any person that intends to sell 
a product through the platform to       
provide the platform with information on
 the country of origin of such product4 
7,b7 ,with respect to any article of    
foreign origin imported into the ,united
 ,states that is subject to the country 
of origin and is offered for sale on the
 online retail platform1 the platform   
discloses1 in a conspicuous manner and  
in the same language that is used on the
 rest of the platform1 the name of the  
country of origin4  7b7 ,enforcement    
7#a7 ,unfair and deceptive acts or      
practices ,a violation of this section  
shall be treated as a violation of a    
rule defining an unfair or deceptive act
 or practice prescribed under section   

#ah7;a77#a77;,b7 of the ,federal ,trade 
,commission ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4         
#eg;a7a77#a77;,b774  7#b7 ,powers of    
commission  7,a7 ,in general ,the       
,commission shall enforce this section  
in the same manner1 by the same means1  
and with the same jurisdiction1 powers1 
and duties as though all applicable     
terms and provisions of the ,federal    
,trade ,commission ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4  
#da et seq47 were incorporated into and 
made a part of this section4  7,b7      
,privileges and immunities ,any person  
that violates this section shall be     
subject to the penalties 7including the 
provisions of subsections 7l7 and 7m7 of
 section #e of such ,act71 and entitled 
to the privileges and immunities1       
provided in the ,federal ,trade         
,commission ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #da et  
seq474  7#c7 ,consultation with ,u4,s4  
,customs and ,border ,protection ,in    
carrying out this section and           
promulgating rules under this section1  
the ,commission shall consult with the  

,commissioner of ,u4,s4 ,customs and    
,border ,protection4  7c7 ,definitions  
,in this section3 7#a7 ,commission ,the 
term ,commission means the ,federal     
,trade ,commission4  7#b7 ,country of   
origin ,the term country of origin means
 the following3 7,a7 ,in the case of a  
product wholly manufactured in one      
country1 the ,english name of that      
country4  7,b7 ,in the case of a product
 that was made by assembling multiple   
products or product components          
manufactured in other countries1 the    
,english name of the country that       
performed the final assembly of the     
product components before shipping as a 
marketed product4  7,c7 ,in the case of 
a product containing technological      
components that are designed in any way 
to receive1 process1 or transmit data1  
or be connected to the internet1 and    
during any part of the production       
process that product or product         
component was made or assembled in the  
,people's ,republic of ,china or the    

,russian ,federation1 or at any facility
 that is majority-owned by a citizen or 
agent of such country1 the ,english name
 of each such country1 and any country  
described in subparagraph 7,a7 or 7,b71 
as applicable4  7#c7 ,online retail     
platform ,the term online retail        
platform means any internet website or  
other online platform through which     
products are sold4