[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4583 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4583

     To amend the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 to revise the 
    requirements for labeling of certain wool and cashmere products.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2005

    Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Ms. Schakowsky) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 to revise the 
    requirements for labeling of certain wool and cashmere products.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wool Suit Fabric Labeling Fairness 
and International Standards Conforming Act''.

SEC. 2. LABELING OF WOOL AND CASHMERE PRODUCTS TO FACILITATE COMPLIANCE 
              AND PROTECT CONSUMERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 4(a) of the Wool Products Labeling Act of 
1939 (15 U.S.C. 68b(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraphs:
            ``(5) In the case of a wool product stamped, tagged, 
        labeled, or otherwise identified as--
                    ``(A) `Super 80's' or `80's', if the average 
                diameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
                average 19.5 microns or finer;
                    ``(B) `Super 90's' or `90's', if the average 
                diameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
                average 19.0 microns or finer;
                    ``(C) `Super 100's' or `100's', if the average 
                diameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
                average 18.5 microns or finer;
                    ``(D) `Super 110's' or `110's', if the average 
                diameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
                average 18.0 microns or finer;
                    ``(E) `Super 120's' or `120's', if the average 
                diameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
                average 17.5 microns or finer;
                    ``(F) `Super 130's' or `130's', if the average 
                diameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
                average 17.0 microns or finer;
                    ``(G) `Super 140's' or `140's', if the average 
                diameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
                average 16.5 microns or finer;
                    ``(H) `Super 150's' or `150's', if the average 
                diameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
                average 16.0 microns or finer;
                    ``(I) `Super 160's' or `160's', if the average 
                diameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
                average 15.5 microns or finer;
                    ``(J) `Super 170's' or `170's', if the average 
                diameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
                average 15.0 microns or finer;
                    ``(K) `Super 180's' or `180's', if the average 
                diameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
                average 14.5 microns or finer;
                    ``(L) `Super 190's' or `190's', if the average 
                diameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
                average 14.0 microns or finer;
                    ``(M) `Super 200's' or `200's', if the average 
                diameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
                average 13.5 microns or finer; and
                    ``(N) `Super 210's' or `210's', if the average 
                diameter of wool fiber of such wool product does not 
                average 13.0 microns or finer.
        In each such case, the average fiber diameter of such wool 
        product may have a variation of up to 0.25 microns and may be 
        subject to such other standards or deviations as adopted by 
        regulation by the Commission.
            ``(6) In the case of a wool product stamped, tagged, 
        labeled, or otherwise identified as cashmere, if--
                    ``(A) such wool product is not the fine (dehaired) 
                undercoat fibers produced by a cashmere goat (capra 
                hircus laniger);
                    ``(B) the average diameter of the fiber of such 
                wool product exceeds 19 microns; or
                    ``(C) such wool product contains more than 3 
                percent (by weight) of cashmere fibers with average 
                diameters that exceed 30 microns.
        The average fiber diameter may be subject to a coefficient of 
        variation around the mean that shall not exceed 24 percent.''.
    (b) Applicability Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to wool products manufactured on or after January 1, 2006.
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