Pub. L. 100-418, tit. I, subtit. H, pt. 1, sec. 1907

IMPORT MARKING PROVISIONS.

EnactedYear: 1988Length: 369 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 1907. IMPORT MARKING PROVISIONS. (a) Increase in Penalty for Violations of Country-of-Origin Marking Requirements.— (1) Section 304(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1304(h)) is amended to read as follows: “(h) Penalties.— Any person who, with intent to conceal the information given thereby or contained therein, defaces, destroys, removes, alters, covers, obscures, or obliterates any mark required under the provisions of this Act shall— “(1) upon conviction for the first violation of this subsection, be fined not more than $100,000, or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both; and “(2) upon conviction for the second or any subsequent violation of this subsection, be fined not more than $250,000, or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both.”. (2) (A) The amendment made by paragraph (1) applies with respect to acts committed on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (B) The conviction of a person under section 304(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930 for an act committed before the date of the enactment of this Act shall be disregarded for purposes of applying paragraph (2) of such subsection (as added by the amendment made by paragraph (1) of this subsection. 102 STAT. 1315 (b) Marking of Containers of Imported Mushrooms.— Imported preserved mushrooms shall not be considered to be in compliance with section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1304) or any other law relating to the marking of imported articles unless the containers thereof indicate in English the country in which the mushrooms were grown. (c) Native-American Style Jewelry and Native-American Style Arts and Crafts.— By no later than the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe and implement regulations under section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1304) which require, to the greatest extent possible, that all Native-American style jewelry and Native-American style arts and crafts that are imported into the United States have the English name of the country of origin of such jewelry or arts and crafts indelibly marked in a conspicuous place on such jewelry or arts and crafts by a permanent method of marking.
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