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[H.R. 2480 Reported in House (RH)]
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]
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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,
<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