[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 3610 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3610

    To improve the accuracy of fur product labeling, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 26 (legislative day, September 17), 2008

 Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. Cantwell, 
Mr. Levin, Mr. Feingold, and Mr. Casey) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
    To improve the accuracy of fur product labeling, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Truth in Fur Labeling Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF EXEMPTION TO FUR PRODUCT LABELING REQUIREMENTS 
              FOR PRODUCTS CONTAINING RELATIVELY SMALL QUANTITIES OR 
              VALUES OF FUR.

    (a) In General.--Section 2(d) of the Fur Products Labeling Act (15 
U.S.C. 69(d)) is amended by striking ``; except that'' and all that 
follows through ``contained therein''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO FUR PRODUCTS NAME GUIDE TO ELIMINATE CONSUMER 
              CONFUSION OVER PRODUCTS CONTAINING RACOON DOG FUR.

    (a) Clarification.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall amend the 
item relating to ``Racoon, Asiatic'' in the Fur Products Name Guide (16 
C.F.R 301.0)--
            (1) by striking ``Raccoon, Asiatic'' and inserting ``Dog, 
        Raccoon''; and
            (2) by striking ``Nyctereutes Procyonoidos'' and inserting 
        ``Nyctereutes Procyonoides''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall make 
such amendments to such other rules or guidance documents issued by the 
Commission under section 7 of the Fur Products Labeling Act (15 U.S.C. 
69e) as the Commission considers appropriate to bring such rules or 
guidance documents into conformity with the Fur Products Name Guide as 
amended in accordance with subsections (a) and (b).

SEC. 4. STATE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE LABELING OF FUR PRODUCTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 12 of the Fur Products Labeling Act (15 
U.S.C. 69(j)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The provisions of'' and inserting ``(a) 
        The provisions of''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Nothing in this Act shall preclude or deny any right of any 
State or political subdivision thereof to adopt or enforce any 
provision of State or local law that provides more restrictive labeling 
requirements for fur products than what is provided for in this Act.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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