Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 44 — Department of Housing and Urban Development
§ 3546. Use of domestic products
Statutory text
Prohibition against fraudulent use of “Made in America” labels
A person shall not intentionally affix a label bearing the inscription of “Made in America”, or any inscription with that meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States, if that product is not a domestic product.
Report
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit, before , a report to the Congress on procurements of products that are not domestic products.
“Domestic product” defined
For the purposes of this section, the term “domestic product” means a product—
that is manufactured or produced in the United States; and
at least 50 percent of the cost of the articles, materials, or supplies of which are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992
Pub. L. 102–550 title IX § 920 · 106 Stat. 3672
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 3546
(Pub. L. 102–550, title IX, § 920, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3883.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 102–550, title IX, § 920, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3883.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 920. USE OF DOMESTIC PRODUCTS. (a) Prohibition Against Fraudulent Use of “Made in America” Labels.— A person shall not intentionally affix a label bearing the inscription of “Made in America”, or any inscription with that meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States, if that product is not a domestic product. (b) Report.— The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit, before January 1, 1994, a report to the Congress on procurements of products that are not domestic products. (c) Definitions.— For the purposes of this section, the term “domestic product” means a product- (1) that is manufactured or produced in the United States; and (2) at least 50 percent of the cost of the articles, materials, or supplies of which are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, and not as part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act which comprises this chapter.