Reps. Gimenez and Norcross Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Require Country of Origin Labels for Online Products
The COOL Online Act is in the early stages of the legislative process and is currently sitting in three different House committees. Since May 28, 2026, no further action has been taken by these committees. Because most bills do not receive a committee vote, this bill is considered stalled until the committees decide to move it forward.
The bill has support from both parties and addresses a common consumer complaint, but it is still in the very early stages of the lawmaking process.
This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.
Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 6299 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
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Small businesses selling foreign-made goods online would need to add country-of-origin and seller location information to every product listing. This creates a new compliance burden, especially for sellers who source from multiple countries. However, very small sellers (under $20,000 in annual sales and fewer than 200 transactions) are fully exempt, and all sellers get a safe harbor if they rely in good faith on information from their suppliers.
“the term ``small seller'' means a seller with annual sales of less than $20,000 and fewer than 200 discrete sales.”
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.
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Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
H.R. 9057, introduced May 29 by Rep. Gimenez, would require online sellers to clearly disclose a product's country of origin and the seller's principal place of business. The bill aims to close a loophole where online sales are not subject to the same labeling requirements as physical stores.
During a contentious oversight hearing, Senator Tammy Baldwin highlighted the COOL Online Act, which would require products sold online to disclose where they are made. The bill, previously co-led by J.D. Vance, seeks to empower the FTC to enforce country-of-origin transparency in e-commerce.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
COOL Online Act
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