Much Needed Legislation for Uniform Law on Made in America Claims Introduced

Kudos to Sen. Lee from Utah and Sen. King from Maine for reintroducing on a bipartisan basis The Reinforcing American Made Products Act which would set a uniform law and standard for making Made in USA claims. The present patchwork of state and federal laws is a trap for the unwary. There are customs definitions, federal procurement definitions, the Federal Trade Commission guidelines, and state laws, notably in California. Many companies in good faith, small and large, have got caught up in these myriad requirements which mainly benefit trial lawyers looking for the next class action.

A clear, feasible, rational, uniform federal definition is much needed. It also would be helpful if unions and other advocates for ultra stringent definitions would recognize that in a global economy it would be better to allow a little leeway in order to incentivize companies as much as possible to produce products in and obtain materials  from the United States rather than set a  standard of virtually 100% purity which is often unattainable in many product categories. But, regardless of the definition, clarity and uniformity would be a great step forward.