[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3057 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3057

To require that household cleaning products and similar products bear a 
 label that contains a complete and accurate list of all the product's 
                              ingredients.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2009

  Mr. Israel introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require that household cleaning products and similar products bear a 
 label that contains a complete and accurate list of all the product's 
                              ingredients.

    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 ``Household Product Labeling Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. LABELING REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS.

    (a) Labeling Requirement.--Any household cleaning product or 
similar product shall bear a label on the product's container or 
packaging that contains a complete and accurate list of all the 
product's ingredients. Beginning on the date that is 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, any household cleaning product or 
similar product that is manufactured for sale, offered for sale, 
distributed in commerce, or imported to the United States without such 
a label shall be treated as a misbranded hazardous substance within the 
meaning of section 2(p) of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 
U.S.C. 1261(p)).
    (b) Definition of Household Cleaning Product or Similar Product.--
As used in this Act, the term ``household cleaning product or similar 
product'' means any substance which is customarily produced and 
distributed for use in or about a household as a cleaning agent, 
pesticide, epoxy, paint or stain, or similar substance.
    (c) Rulemaking Authority.--The Consumer Product Safety Commission 
may issue such regulations as it determines necessary to provide for 
the effective enforcement of this Act, including regulations which 
expand on or exempt from the definition in subsection (b) any product 
or product category.
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