114 S1424 IS: Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015 U.S. Senate 2015-05-21 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II 114th CONGRESS1st Session S. 1424 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 21, 2015 Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself, Mr. Portman, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Kirk, and Mr. Peters) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To prohibit the sale or distribution of cosmetics containing synthetic plastic microbeads.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015.

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Prohibition against sale or distribution of cosmetics containing synthetic plastic microbeads

(a)

In general

Section 601 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 361) is amended by adding at the end the following: (f)If it contains synthetic plastic microbeads.. (b)

Effective date

The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2018.