H.R. 6534 · 114th Congress

MadeInAmerica.gov Act

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Grace Meng
Introduced
2016-12-20
Latest action
2016-12-20 · Introduced in House

Summary

MadeInAmerica.gov Act

This bill requires the Department of Commerce to create and maintain a MadeInAmerica.gov website within two years.

The website shall: (1) publish a list of all products made in America and all companies that only make products made in America, (2) publish contact information, and (3) be searchable by product and company.

Commerce shall: (1) only publish such products, companies, contact information, and order page information requested by a company; (2) create a form interested companies may complete in order to satisfy such requirement; and (3) make the form publicly available in a conspicuous location on the homepage of MadeInAmerica.gov.

The bill imposes penalties against any company found to have submitted false information in order to secure product or company inclusion on the website.