[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8950 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8950

To amend the Small Business Act to require penalties for small business 
 concerns falsely claiming goods or services are Made in America, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 8, 2024

Ms. Van Duyne (for herself, Ms. Hageman, and Mr. Van Orden) introduced 
   the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small 
                                Business

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Small Business Act to require penalties for small business 
 concerns falsely claiming goods or services are Made in America, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Made in America Integrity Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. PENALTIES FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS FALSELY CLAIMING GOODS OR 
              SERVICES ARE MADE IN AMERICA.

    Section 16 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 645) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h) False Claims of Made in America.--In addition to any other 
applicable penalties, a small business concern that is awarded a 
Federal contract in part or in whole because the concern falsely claims 
the goods or services that are the subject of the contract are made or 
produced in the United States shall be subject to the penalties and 
remedies described in subsection (d)(2), except that subparagraph (D) 
of such subsection shall be applied to such concern by substituting `5 
years' for `3 years'.''.
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