[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3080 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3080

 To prohibit the manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of any 
             consumer product containing dimethylfumarate.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2009

 Ms. Speier (for herself and Ms. Schakowsky) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of any 
             consumer product containing dimethylfumarate.

    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 ``DMF Free Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF PRODUCTS CONTAINING 
              DMF.

    (a) Prohibition.--Beginning on the date that is 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to 
manufacture for sale, offer for sale, or distribute in commerce any 
consumer product containing dimethylfumarate (DMF). Beginning on such 
date, any consumer product that contains dimethylfumarate shall be 
treated as a banned hazardous substance as defined in section 2(q) of 
the Federal Hazardous Substance Act (15 U.S.C. 1261(q)).
    (b) Treatment of Violation.--A violation of subsection (a) shall be 
treated as a violation of section 19(a)(1) of the Consumer Product 
Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2068(a)(1)).
    (c) Definition of Consumer Product.--As used in this Act, the term 
``consumer product'' has the meaning given such term in section 3(a)(1) 
of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(1)).
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