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                                                 Union Calendar No. 329
111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2480

                          [Report No. 111-571]

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2009

   Mr. Moran of Virginia (for himself, Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. Moore of 
Kansas, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Cohen, Mr. George 
   Miller of California, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Farr, Mr. McCotter, Mr. 
   Hinchey, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Sherman, Mr. King of New York, and Mr. 
   Platts) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

                             July 27, 2010

   Additional sponsors: Mr. Castle, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. 
Reichert, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Jones, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Smith of 
New Jersey, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Wexler, Mr. 
 Kennedy, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Berman, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
    Doyle, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. McNerney, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. 
McGovern, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Lincoln 
   Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. 
 Courtney, Mr. Sestak, Mr. Filner, Mr. Honda, Mr. Smith of Washington, 
Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Stark, Mr. Peters, Mr. Welch, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Frank 
   of Massachusetts, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. 
  Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Nadler of New 
York, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Tierney, Ms. Matsui, Ms. 
   Shea-Porter, Ms. Speier, Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. LoBiondo, Ms. Moore of 
 Wisconsin, Mr. Holt, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Massa, Mr. Gerlach, 
Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Pastor of Arizona, Ms. Chu, Mr. Spratt, Mr. 
 Weiner, Ms. Giffords, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, 
 Mr. Shuler, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Rothman 
 of New Jersey, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Pierluisi, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Murtha, 
 Mr. Cummings, Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of 
California, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, 
   Mr. Polis of Colorado, Ms. Sutton, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
   Abercrombie, Mr. McCaul, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
      Andrews, Mr. Israel, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Brady of 
Pennsylvania, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Coffman of Colorado, Mr. Bishop of New 
 York, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Campbell, 
  Mr. Wu, Mr. Olver, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Roybal-
   Allard, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Hare, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Arcuri, Mr. 
 Michaud, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Schiff, Ms. 
Titus, Mr. Towns, Mr. Inslee, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Quigley, 
   Mr. Adler of New Jersey, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Fattah, Ms. Kilroy, Mr. 
 Foster, Mr. Markey of Massachusetts, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Perriello, Mr. 
 Himes, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. Berkley, Mr. LaTourette, Mrs. 
    Dahlkemper, Mr. Engel, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. 
  Whitfield, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Schauer, Mr. Upton, Mrs. Halvorson, Mr. 
 Aderholt, Mr. Sires, Ms. Kosmas, Ms. Norton, Mr. Kissell, Mr. Maffei, 
  Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Kratovil, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Schock, Ms. 
     Castor of Florida, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Tim Murphy of 
                 Pennsylvania, and Ms. Pingree of Maine

                             July 27, 2010

Deleted sponsor: Mr. Lance (added July 30, 2009; deleted September 15, 
                                 2009)

                             July 27, 2010

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Truth in Fur Labeling Act 
of 2009''.</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION REVIEW OF FUR PRODUCTS NAME 
              GUIDE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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 C.F.R. 301.0).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. STATE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE LABELING OF FUR 
              PRODUCTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Section 12 of the Fur Products Labeling 
Act (15 U.S.C. 69(j)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``The provisions of'' and 
        inserting ``(a) The provisions of''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>

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 C.F.R. 301.0).
                                                 Union Calendar No. 329

111th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2480

                          [Report No. 111-571]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 27, 2010

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed