[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1076 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1076

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 19, 2009

 Mr. Menendez (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Feingold) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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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,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

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. REVISION OF FUR PRODUCTS NAME GUIDE.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Federal Trade Commission shall initiate a rulemaking to revise the 
Fur Products Name Guide (16 C.F.R. 301.0) in accordance with section 
553 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 4. STATE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE LABELING OF FUR PRODUCTS.

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