A bill to amend the Textile Fiber products Identification Act, the Tariff Act of 1930, and the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 to improve the labeling of textile fiber and wool products.
Textile Fiber and Wool Product Identification Improvement Act - Amends the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act and the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 to require a textile fiber or wool product to be so labeled if it has been processed or manufactured in the United States.
Requires the product, as well as the package in which it is contained, to be labeled as to country of origin. Makes special exceptions for hosiery products.
Requires catalog sales descriptions and other advertisements for textile and wool products to contain country of origin information.
Requires that the identification label on imported textile fiber or wool products be affixed to the most conspicuous place on the inner side of the product.
Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Subcommittee on Consumer. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-863.
Committee on Commerce. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Commerce. Reported to Senate by Senator Packwood with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 98-529.
Committee on Commerce. Reported to Senate by Senator Packwood with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 98-529.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1011.
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