[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2480 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2480


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 29, 2010

                                Received

                             August 5, 2010

  Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                             Transportation

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                                 AN ACT


 
    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 2010''.

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. EXEMPTION FOR DISCRETE SALES BY NON-RETAILERS.

    Section 3 of the Fur Products Labeling Act (15 U.S.C. 69a) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) No provision of this Act shall apply to a fur product--
            ``(1) the fur of which was obtained from an animal through 
        trapping or hunting; and
            ``(2) when sold in a face to face transaction at a place 
        such as a residence, craft fair, or other location used on a 
        temporary or short term basis, by the person who trapped or 
        hunted the animal, where the revenue from the sale of apparel 
        or fur products is not the primary source of income of such 
        person.''.

SEC. 4. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION REVIEW OF FUR PRODUCTS NAME GUIDE.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Federal Trade Commission shall publish in the Federal Register 
notice of, and an opportunity to comment on, a review of the Fur 
Products Name Guide (16 CFR. 301.0).

SEC. 5. PAYGO COMPLIANCE.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 28, 2010.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.