For Immediate Release December 20, 2022  Washington, DC – Today, the Coalition to Protect America’s Small Sellers is thrilled to announce that Congress has passed its omnibus spending bill, which includes the Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for (INFORM) Consumers Act. The inclusion of INFORM in the omni was the culmination of a multi-year effort and we would like to thank Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) for their tireless advocacy on behalf of consumers and small businesses.
 Washington, DC – Today, the Coalition to Protect America’s Small Sellers is thrilled to announce that the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for (INFORM) Consumers Act (H.R. 5502). The bill passed under suspension of the rules, indicating strong bipartisan support for the legislation. We would like to thank Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) for spearheading the INFORM Consumers Act in the House and for their tireless advocacy on behalf of consumers and small businesses.
On June 2, the Coalition to Protect America's Small Sellers (PASS) submitted a letter to key leaders of the Bipartisan Innovation Act Conference Committee outlining legislative priorities for the finalized competition measure. As the Committee works to reconcile differences between the America COMPETES Act and USICA, PASS has identified three issues for the committee's consideration: (1) removal of the SHOP SAFE Act - Section 80103 (America COMPETES); (2) inclusion of the INFORM Consumers Act - Section 20213 (America COMPETES); and (3) removal of the Country of Origin Labeling Act - Section 2511 (USICA).
 A coalition of online marketplaces and resale sites, including eBay, ETSY, Poshmark and others are urging the China competition bill conference committee to scrap language the package on accountability for counterfeit goods and country of origin labeling.
 One of the big-ticket legislative items this summer is USICA, the massive legislative package aimed at boosting America’s competitiveness with China in high-tech research and manufacturing. This bill is already the subject of a ton of lobbying by everyone from Big Tech companies to pet interests – yes, animal lobbyists – who are looking to influence the international trade of pets.
 A group of online marketplaces has written a letter to several lawmakers in hopes of urging them to tweak the language of new China competition bills. The Coalition to Protect America’s Small Sellers (PASS) in its letter sent Thursday the expressed its concern over a set of bills that it said will “harm consumers, disadvantage medium and smaller-sized businesses, and disrupt thousands of legitimate websites.”
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