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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 914

American CANS Act

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Introduced 2025-02-04Topic: economy jobs

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

American Consumer Awareness of National Source Act or the American CANS Act This bill revises country-of-origin labeling requirements for canned goods. Under current country-of-origin labeling requirements, every article of foreign origin entering the United States must be legibly marked with the English name of the country of origin of the article (with certain exemptions). This bill requires country-of-origin labeling for any agricultural product packaged in a can to (1) appear on the front label of the can; or (2) be stamped, embossed, or printed on the top of the can.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-02-04HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.refer
2025-02-04Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-02-04Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.