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COOL Online Act
To require origin and location disclosure for new products of Foreign origin offered for sale on the internet.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Country of Origin Labeling Requirement Act or the COOL Online Act
This bill requires sellers of imported products online to conspicuously disclose the country of origin of the products and the country where the seller's principal place of business is located.
This requirement does not apply to specified products, such as agricultural commodities, food or drugs, or previously owned items.
The Federal Trade Commission must enforce violations of this requirement as unfair or deceptive trade practices.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Jun 15, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
- May 29, 2026 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- May 29, 2026 Introduced in House
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