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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 44 — Department of Housing and Urban Development

§ 3546. Use of domestic products

Statutory text

(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 , a report to the Congress on procurements of products that are not domestic products.

(c)

“Domestic product” defined

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.

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.

  1. 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.

Credits

(Pub. L. 102–550, title IX, § 920, , 106 Stat. 3883.)

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